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Industries

  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • June 19, 2020
InvenTrust hires Florida leasing rep

Midwest REIT owns 10 retail centers in the Sunshine State, including in St. Petersburg, Sarasota and Port Charlotte

  • Commercial Real Estate
  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • June 19, 2020
Moffitt plans new $400 million hospital in Tampa

Planned hospital development with 19 new operating rooms comes three years after the purchase of North McKinley Drive property in Tampa

  • Commercial Real Estate
  • By Brian Hartz
  • June 19, 2020
Results-oriented accounting firm makes bold move to stand out

Accounting firm Hancock Askew & Co. LLP has launched Clarity Capital Advisors, a Tampa-based spinoff firm that handles interim/fractional CFO solutions, mergers and acquisitions and general corporate finance advice.

  • Finance
  • By Business Observer Staff
  • June 18, 2020
Builder moves forward with green, clean developments

The Met and The Epic will be the first communities to implement Pearl Homes’ “Live & Build Healthy” program developed in conjunction with the U.S. Green Building Council.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Brian Hartz
  • June 18, 2020
Federal case: Firm finds winning formula in government contracts

Eric Knellinger, president of St. Petersburg-based US Federal Contractor Registration, is still standing after losing his wife to cancer in 2011 and now battling the disease himself.

  • Florida
  • By Grier Ferguson
  • June 17, 2020
Amid pandemic, banker reflects on experiences from years past, from hurricanes to real estate collapse

Kevin Hagan is the president of Englewood Bank & Trust and Crews Bank & Trust.

  • Finance
  • By Grier Ferguson
  • June 17, 2020
Banking leader takes inspiration from the mantra 'Keep Calm and Carry On'

Adria Starkey is the Collier County president of FineMark National Bank & Trust.

  • Finance
  • By Grier Ferguson
  • June 17, 2020
Investment research managing director says prudent, short-term planning is best course of action

Brian Frohn is the managing director of Venice-based Ned Davis Research.

  • Finance
  • By Brian Hartz and Grier Ferguson
  • June 17, 2020
Banking leaders tackle PPP loans, look ahead to uncertain future

Gulf Coast banking executives faced a challenge like never before when COVID-19 shut down the economy. Many made herculean efforts to help their business banking clients survive, but much work remains to be done.

  • Finance
  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • June 12, 2020
Top duo leaves Savills to start their own firm

ONeil Commercial Advisors, a new commercial real estate brokerage firm based in St. Petersburg, has been formed by Cheri and Shane O'Neil, formerly of Savills plc.

  • Commercial Real Estate
  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • June 12, 2020
New Jersey firm buys senior housing properties

Portopiccolo Group of New Jersey spends $45 million for trio of nursing homes, assisted living facilities in Collier and Sarasota counties.

  • Commercial Real Estate
  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • June 12, 2020
A Good Fit

LandQwest, of Fort Myers, needed a CRE vet to boost its image and run its office in Tampa. Stevens Tombrink needed a new challenge. What happened next…

  • Commercial Real Estate
  • By Business Observer Staff
  • June 11, 2020
Never give up, never surrender

Marc Devisse, despite opening during the pandemic, refuses to give up on his restaurant ownership dreams.

  • Construction-Development
  • By Brian Hartz
  • June 11, 2020
Current affairs: Ad agency makes quick course correction for aquarium campaign

Dunn & Co., a Tampa, Florida, ad agency, reacted quickly when COVID-19 forced its new client, The Florida Aquarium, to shutter.

  • Travel-Tourism
  • By Grier Ferguson
  • June 10, 2020
Travel marketing adapts during pandemic to keep close eye on mood of travelers

The coronavirus has made marketing travel and tourism a tricky business. Destinations and marketing agencies are having to rethink many strategies.

  • Travel-Tourism
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