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Industries

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  • By Brian Hartz
  • August 13, 2020
Ticket to ride: Theme park details thinking behind restart

In reopening after being sidelined by the pandemic, Busch Gardens Tampa executives learned some key lessons: Go slow, set expectations and provide clear directions.

  • Travel-Tourism
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  • By Mark Gordon
  • August 12, 2020
Firms sue insurers over unpaid pandemic claims

A complicated debate is brewing between insurance firms and businesses that buy insurance. At stake is billions of dollars in pandemic-connected claims.

  • Insurance
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  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • August 7, 2020
Developer Edge Central pushing ahead with St. Petesburg police headquarters project

Following a COVID-19-inspired delay, the former St. Petersburg police headquarters is now poised for an $80 million, mixed-use redevelopment.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • August 7, 2020
Native Development Group and Crescent Communities team up for Lakeland industrial project

Industrial development in Lakeland will contain 300,000 square feet in a pair of Central Florida buildings just off Interstate 4.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • August 7, 2020
Tampa Bay restaurants and merchants remain cautiously optimistic

Tampa Bay restaurants and merchants still betting on consumer pent-up demand and touchless experiences to overcome virus fears

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • August 7, 2020
Casto Southeast hires manager for Midtown Tampa

Industry veteran Kathleen Hacksaw will oversee retail and other elements within $500 million, mixed-use Midtown Tampa development for Casto Southeast Realty Services.

  • Commercial Real Estate
  • By Achieva Credit Union
  • August 6, 2020
The Banking Relationship Every Business Needs

The Banking Relationship Every Business Needs

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  • July 31, 2020
Area attorney named to state appeals court

Suzanne Labrit, a partner in Shutts & Bowen’s Tampa, Florida, office, has been appointed by Gov. Ron DeSantis to Florida’s Second District Court of Appeal.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Brian Hartz
  • July 31, 2020
Pier ahead: Amid a new reality, rebuilt $92M amenity finally opens

After nearly a decade without one, St. Petersburg, Florida, again has a pier, with the $92 million project, more than seven years in the making, opening on July 6.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • July 31, 2020
Bridge buys pair of area apartments

Tampa, St. Petersburg multifamily rental deals for more than $100 million the latest purchases by Utah-based investor Bridge Investment Group.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • July 31, 2020
Moss promotes Mazza to regional presidency

Construction company veteran Mike Mazza will oversee Central Florida, California, Texas and Hawaii markets from Moss Construction's Tampa office.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • July 31, 2020
What They're Saying: JLL

Tampa Bay’s office market hasn’t been greatly impacted by COVID-19 as yet, but the CRE brokerage firm remains cautious about the future of the secto in the region.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • July 31, 2020
Luxury brand Ritz-Carlton is expected to make "a real statement" with Tampa condos

Luxury brand Ritz-Carlton will put its name on a new Related Group condominium development in Tampa, a potent signal of the city’s growing status

  • Commercial Real Estate
  • By Michael Saunders & Company
  • July 31, 2020
Q2 2020 State of the Market

Q2 2020 State of the Market

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  • By Mark Gordon
  • July 30, 2020
Company puts Tampa HQ up for sale for $6.5M

With many offices looking more like ghost towns than bustling hubs of people, some entrepreneurs — even ones running growing companies — are doing the once unthinkable: downsizing space.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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