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Industries

  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • April 27, 2018
Creating a market for self-storage properties nationwide

Mike Mele's decision to pursue self storage brokerage was a fortuitious one

  • Commercial Real Estate
  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • April 27, 2018
Tampa City Center tower coming to market

Alliance Capital HSP selling skyscraper after more than three years of ownership

  • Commercial Real Estate
  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • April 27, 2018
Steelbridge Capital parts with Clearwater office building

Company had acquired Park Place properties in 2015

  • Commercial Real Estate
  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • April 27, 2018
Paul Rutledge joins JLL from CBRE

Retail brokerage veteran moves to JLL

  • Commercial Real Estate
  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • April 27, 2018
Feldman team unveils design for 52-story tower

Riverwalk Place would be tallest structure along Gulf Coast

  • Commercial Real Estate
  • By Grier Ferguson
  • April 27, 2018
To stand out, hotel focuses on the arts

The newly opened Art Ovation Hotel in Sarasota brands itself as an authentic arts experience. Will that translate to success in a crowded market?

  • Travel-Tourism
  • By Mark Gordon
  • April 20, 2018
Alex Sink turned a statewide election defeat into a new career: startup sage

One of her newest roles includes mentoring young tech entrepreneurs.

  • Finance
  • By Mark Gordon
  • April 20, 2018
Three bankers — all longtime CEOs and previous bank founders — join forces at one institution

CenterState Bank targets more market share on the west coast of Florida.

  • Finance
  • By Business Observer Staff
  • April 20, 2018
Battle between banks and credit unions heats up

At stake is hundreds of millions in potential taxes.

  • Finance
  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • April 20, 2018
The Return of the Condo

Sarasota has had ample hotel and apartment development this growth cycle, but condos are now back in favor.

  • Commercial Real Estate
  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • April 20, 2018
Knott Realty to begin work on new Fort Myers apartments

Decorum development expected to contain 435 units

  • Commercial Real Estate
  • By Grier Ferguson
  • April 20, 2018
Atlanta Federal Reserve president on tweets, taxes and what's to come

Raphael Bostic — at the helm of the Atlanta Fed — shares his thoughts on interest rates, Florida business and what’s ahead in 2019.

  • Finance
  • By Grier Ferguson
  • April 20, 2018
The region's independent trust companies share success strategies

A trio of independent trust companies face some significant challenges connected to a 'good' problem: rapid growth

  • Finance
  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • April 20, 2018
Tampa is considered a secondary market no longer

Lantower Residential says Tampa is now on the radar of the large institutions it competes against

  • Commercial Real Estate
  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • April 20, 2018
Starwood Capital completes $143 million Urban Centre deal

Sale likely to be among the largest office transactions in Tampa Bay in 2018

  • Commercial Real Estate
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