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Industries

  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • May 6, 2019
100 N. Tampa tower coming to market

After nearly a dozen years of ownership, Prudential Real Estate is selling the 42-story 100 N. Tampa skyscraper in downtown Tampa, and has hired commercial brokerage HFF to makret it for what could be a record-setting $207 million.

  • Commercial Real Estate
  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • May 6, 2019
Fort Myers appraisal company defining the evolving industry

Technology-driven data collection and valuation models have dramatically changed the appraisal business in the past decade

  • Commercial Real Estate
  • By Mark Gordon
  • May 3, 2019
Family ties strong as daughter moves to top of firm

With a bigger appetite for risk, Taylor Collins takes over a stalwart area insurance business her father, JIm Tollerton, founded.

  • Insurance
  • By Mark Gordon
  • May 3, 2019
FIrm grows rapidly in bid to fend off merger proposals

Private equity firms are circling the insurance industry. One firm, behind a bold acquisition and organic growth strategy, aims to remain independent.

  • Insurance
  • By Brian Hartz
  • May 3, 2019
Like minded: Insurer's alignment with parent company pays off

Thanks to a merger with Progressive, St. Petersburg, Florida-based insurance firm ASI now sells insurance in more states — 44, plus Washington, D.C. — than ever before. It has also managed to keep its unique corporate culture alive and flourishing, despit

  • Insurance
  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • May 3, 2019
Commercial Question of the Week -- Opportunity Zones

"What is the biggest misconception that investors and others have about Opportunity Zones?"

  • Commercial Real Estate
  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • May 3, 2019
Alta Resources moving to build-to-suit

Fast-growing Fort Myers company will occupy 90,000 square feet near Southwest Florida International AIrport

  • Commercial Real Estate
  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • May 3, 2019
CBRE lures broker Hanerfeld to Tampa office

Veteran broker becomes the third agent to join firm from rival this year

  • Commercial Real Estate
  • By Grier Ferguson
  • April 26, 2019
Master-planned community has eye on more growth, opportunities ahead

Lakewood Ranch, in Manatee and Sarasota counties, is expanding by increasing its land area.

  • Commercial Real Estate
  • By Brian Hartz
  • April 26, 2019
Work of art: Building designed to make a statement, link business districts

Indianapolis-based developer Milhaus discusses its latest project, Artistry, a $53 million, six-story, 251-unit apartment and commercial complex that will be located at 1601 Central Avenue in St. Petersburg, Florida.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • April 26, 2019
Lease sparks office activity at Water Street Tampa

Accounting firm RSM US LLP becomes the first office tenants announced at Water Street Tampa, a $3 billion redevelopment transforming downtown Tampa

  • Commercial Real Estate
  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • April 26, 2019
Office landlords embarking on improvements to remain competitive

Tampa landlords like Feldman Equities, Farley White Interests, Denholtz Associates and Convergent Capital Partners say continual upgrades and improvements to office buildings are necessary to remain viable.

  • Commercial Real Estate
  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • April 26, 2019
Blackstone fund buys St. Petersburg apartments

Blackstone Group continues to buy Gulf Coast apartment projects, even as it prepares to shift its corporate structure to a corporation this summer.

  • Commercial Real Estate
  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • April 26, 2019
Dallas partners buy Fort Myers industrial land

A Dallas-based partnership has acquired a 100-acre tract zoned for industrial development for what will likely be a major new business park in Fort Myers

  • Commercial Real Estate
  • By Grier Ferguson
  • April 19, 2019
Community bank, fresh off name change, looks for big opportunities in new areas

Arcadia-based Crews Bank & Trust is moving into Sarasota with a branch opening downtown soon.

  • Finance
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