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  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • April 3, 2020
Stoneweg US's portfolio tops $1 billion

St. Petersburg-based apartment investor Stoneweg US, which has focused on workforce housing, maintains ambitious plan to grow

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Mark Gordon
  • April 2, 2020
Crisis relief is tantalizing, but patience, paperwork, will be key

Bankers, attorneys agree: having an up-to-date financial house will be a big asset in receiving federal funds.

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  • By Brian Hartz
  • April 2, 2020
Employment law makes dramatic shifts

The coronavirus pandemic has resulted in changes to national and state employment laws that businesses need to be aware of.

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  • By Mark Gordon
  • April 1, 2020
Executives shift from growing book of business to client triage

Cbiz manages crisis for clients while also looking to be ready when the economy shifts.

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  • By Mark Gordon
  • March 27, 2020
Bankers embrace opportunities to shine for clients

Behind the drive-thru-only branches and iPad meetings lies a core community banker belief: They want to be there for customers.

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  • March 27, 2020
Apartment developers providing a surge of product

Sarasota and Manatee counties have been an epiccenter for multifamily rental development since 2015

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  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • March 27, 2020
Feldman Equities exits Riverwalk Place project

Planned $350 million Riverwalk Place skyscraper being redesigned by Miami firm with the potential addition of a luxury hotel

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  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • March 27, 2020
FGCAR names 2019 Pinnacle Award winners

Tampa-area commercial real estate group Florida Gulfcoast Commercial Association of Realtors recognizes brokers and firms in annual honors

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  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • March 27, 2020
Parkway Property hires Duncan as development director

Orlando-based broker Whitt Duncan will oversee work on planned five million-square-foot business park for Parkway Property Investments

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  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • March 27, 2020
Iconic Sarasota restaurant reeling from virus' impact

Michael's on East, famed Sarasota restaurant, feeling the effects of pandemic, statewide restaurant shutdown

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  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • March 27, 2020
Publix Super Markets Inc. boosts supply chain

Publix Super Markets Inc., Lakeland-based grocer and the state's larges food supplier, is working to keep shelves stocked and stores virus free during the pandemic.

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  • By Brian Hartz
  • March 25, 2020
Restaurateur to staff: 'We're going to have cuts'

Restaurateur Dan Bavaro expects to lay off half of his staff — 50 people — as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.

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  • By Brian Hartz
  • March 25, 2020
Fast-moving financial crisis demands decisive action: banker

David Druey, Centennial Bank’s Florida regional president, says the coronavirus pandemic presents a host of challenges.

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  • By Beth Luberecki
  • March 21, 2020
Naples airport works to keep operations flowing

Despite COVID-19, the airport is still experiencing an increase in air traffic.

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  • By Grier Ferguson
  • March 20, 2020
Construction industry faces persistent labor shortage

The construction field is getting squeezed on both ends — not as many young people are entering the industry and more people, especially the bulge of baby boomers, are retiring.

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