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  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • January 31, 2020
Cushman & Wakefield adds high-profile pair to Tampa industrial team

Commercial real estate brokerage firm Cushman & Wakefield has added a pair of high-profile industrial agents, Trey Carswell and Lisa Ross, to its Tampa roster

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Mark Gordon
  • January 31, 2020
New area business college dean creates long list

Running a business school like a business sounds obvious — but in academia that’s not always a certainty. One new dean embraces that mission.

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  • By Grier Ferguson
  • January 31, 2020
Former restaurant industry executive shifts to commercial real estate

Doug Sullivan once built a $57 million restaurant company. Now he helps other restaurateurs find spots to open their own places.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Brian Hartz
  • January 31, 2020
Jackpot: Builder scores with $750M casino project

Miami-based builder Suffolk-Yates LLC has completed its $750 million renovation and expansion of the Seminole Hard Rock Resort & Casino in Tampa.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • January 31, 2020
Ohio joint venture forging ahead with downtown Fort Myers apartments

An Ohio joint venture has spent $12.5 million to acquire a tract in downtown Fort Myers, where it plans to build a two-building apartment project

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • January 31, 2020
Brennan Investment properties turn super sized

Brennan Investment Group's new speculative distribution facility in Lakeland will measure 1 million square feet. Experts believe that size will become commonplace in the years to come amid technological changes and consumer demands.

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

Commercial real estate brokerage firm JLL says the surging industrial sector in Tampa is expected to continue in 2020, while office development remains in the "peaking phase" of the economic cycle in the region

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • January 31, 2020
Prima Luce project advancing

MacFarlane Barney Development says it is going forward with its long-awaited Fort Myers condo tower, Prima Luce.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • January 24, 2020
Tri-County Business Park sells for nearly $37 million

The Tri-County Business Park, a collection of 20 office and light industrial buildings, has been sold to a pair of South Florida firms for nearly $37 million.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • January 24, 2020
Company finds Sarasota office market is tight

PropLogix discovered that for growing firms in need of office space in Sarasota, options are few. It went with a building outside of downtown to meet its needs.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Grier Ferguson
  • January 24, 2020
New COO of restaurant group brings lessons from entertainment giant

Michelle Schlingmann has also brought an eye for details to her role at American Dreams Restaurant Group.

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  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • January 24, 2020
Seagate Development's NeoGenomics' deal the result of being in the right place and having the right relationship

Seagate Development nurtured a long-standing landlord-tenant tie with cancer screener NeoGenomics Inc. for more than a decade. It's paying off now through development of the company's new 150,000-square-foot, $60 million headquarters.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By John Haughey
  • January 17, 2020
Taxes, regulations on the docket in Tallahassee

Multiple bills with far-reaching impact on the business community will be up for debate in the 2020 Legislative Session.

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  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • January 17, 2020
Miami developer receives tax benefit extension

Jaxi Builders has received a six-month extension on its planned construction start of three condo towers just outside downtown Fort Myers, which will keep in tact tax benefits worth millions of dollars to the planned One and Allure condo projects.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • January 17, 2020
Meridian sells Concourse Center property in Clearwater

Meridian Development Group has sold its Concource Center property in Clearwater aftfer 13 years of ownership, and is focusing on buying additional properties in the Tampa area.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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