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Industries

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  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • April 10, 2020
Co-Working in the age of coronavirus

Tampa-area’s largest collective work environments, Industrious and WeWork, remain open as other businesses shutter amid pandemic.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Brian Hartz
  • April 8, 2020
COVID-19 crisis: Insurers to the rescue?

Retired insurance industry executive Paul Karon thinks insurers could step up and save the economy from the ravages of the COVID-19 crisis.

  • Insurance
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  • By Brian Hartz
  • April 8, 2020
Pandemic hasn't slowed insurer's growth path

Clearwater-based insurance company Ensurem continues to hire and grow amid the COVID-19 crisis.

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  • By Brian Hartz
  • April 8, 2020
Don't look now, but hurricane season is coming

Tampa property insurance firm HCI Group enacted its much-rehearsed crisis management plan to deal with the coronavirus pandemic.

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  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • April 3, 2020
Gulf Coast CRE firms shift to teleworking

Coronavirus prompts mandatory "work-from-home" strategies to limit the spread of the contagion

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • April 3, 2020
Landlords, tenants seek middle ground in complicated situation

Tenants, landlords and lenders are scrambling to evaluate -- and possibly renegotiate -- lease and mortgage commitments amid Covid-19 outbreak

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • April 3, 2020
Apartment development in the wake of crisis

Southwest Florida's foreclosure crisis of a decade ago left its mark and persuaded many to opt for apartment living

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • April 3, 2020
McGarvey Development kicks off new industrial project

McGarvey Development Co.'s new 42-acre business park in Fort Myers comes in response to area's growth

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • April 3, 2020
SVN's Bloom receives companywide award

Ashley Bloom, managing director of brokerage SVN Lotus Commercial Real Estate Advisors, has received a national award from SVN International

  • Commercial Real Estate
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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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  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • March 27, 2020
Apartment developers providing a surge of product

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

  • Commercial Real Estate
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