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Industries

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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.

  • Florida
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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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  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • January 17, 2020
From managing to selling

LandQwest Commercial Real Estate Service's Brett Low's career has had twists and turns, but he appears to have hit a stride with Southwest Florida land deals

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • January 17, 2020
Long-stalled Murdock Village to get new life as Westport

Kolter Group aims to build hundreds of homes and Private Equity Group apartments, hotel rooms at long-stalled Murdock Village property in Charlotte County

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Brian Hartz
  • January 17, 2020
Crown jewel: Marketing company shines in an age of disruption

Tampa video production company Diamond View has cultivated a roster of big-name clientele thanks to the way it uses emotion, inspiration and story to get viewers to respond to its ads.

  • Strategies
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  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • January 10, 2020
Maryland firm buys major Lee County site

Knott Realty Group. of Timinium, Md., has purchased a nearly 123 acre tract in Fort Myers for $5.7 million for future development.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • January 10, 2020
Former CBRE executive sues firm

Anne-Marie Ayers, an executive at commercial real estate brokerage firm CBRE Inc. who was terminated last year, has filed a lawsuit against the company and its top executive in Tampa.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • January 10, 2020
What They're Saying: CoStar Group

Apartment development in Sarasota and Fort Myers is among the tops in the U.S., according to a new report by commercial real estate research firm CoStar Group

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • January 10, 2020
Firing on all cylinders

The Gulf Coast's commercial real estate growth and positive momentum show few signs of abating in 2020

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Grier Ferguson
  • January 3, 2020
Area developer moves forward on future apartments, restaurants

Naples-based Stock Development and its Stock Luxury Apartment Living division is developing Fruitville Commons in Sarasota.

  • Construction-Development
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  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • January 3, 2020
New Arthrex headquarters to add 'quality jobs' to Collier economy

Arthrex Inc.'s new headquarters in Naples is expected to house hundreds of new workers and continue the medical device maker's expansion in Naples and Collier County.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Grier Ferguson
  • January 3, 2020
Waterfront development underway will combine living, retail, office space and more

Construction on Waterside Place is expected to be finished at the end of 2020, with an opening planned for first quarter 2021.

  • Construction-Development
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  • By Brian Hartz
  • January 3, 2020
Big game, big business

The Super Bowl LV Host Committee’s Business Connect program wants to help Tampa Bay companies land deals related to Super Bowl LV in February 2021.

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  • By Brian Hartz
  • January 3, 2020
Imagine that: With $64 million project, city dreams big for downtown revitalization

2020 will bring new energy to Clearwater's stagnant downtown waterfront and business district as the ambitious, $64.5 million Imagine Clearwater project breaks ground.

  • Construction-Development
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