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Industries

  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • March 23, 2018
Griffin Capital buys Brennan distribution building in Lakeland for $60 million

Industrial deal shows strength of I-4 Corridor

  • Commercial Real Estate
  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • March 23, 2018
Market spotlight — Sarasota/Manatee Industrial market shows robust activity

Industrial vacancies shrinks to 2.8% in Sarasota/Manatee market

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Mark Gordon
  • March 23, 2018
Tech companies surge in region

Salaries in tech jobs in the region are also on the rise, increasing 8.5% in 2017 over 2016.

  • News
  • By Mark Gordon
  • March 23, 2018
Tech startup blows past deadline, leaving miffed investors

Despite obstacles, Sarasota entrepreneur says he's '100% committed to delivering' the product.

  • News
  • By Ted Carter
  • March 23, 2018
British entrepreneur seeks to win over America with translation software

From a launch in Britain to now Southwest Florida, a tech entrepreneur has high hopes for his unique software firm.

  • Entrepreneurs
  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • March 21, 2018
Kolter closes on Ritz-Carlton Residences land in Sarasota on Quay site

Kolter Group's $19.3 million deal paves way for new condo tower

  • Commercial Real Estate
  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • March 16, 2018
Virtual reality changes the way firms market real estate

Virtual and augmented reality is changing the way commercial real estate is designed, built, marketed and even furnished.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • March 16, 2018
Florida CRE industry has 12-figure annual impact

Florida's commercial real estate industry contributed $189.4 billion to the state's economy in 2017, the third most of any state in the nation, according to an annual economic impact study.

  • Commercial Real Estate
  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • March 16, 2018
Chinese tower gains BOMA designation with local help

The Building Owners and Managers Association International has bestowed its “Certificate of Excellence” on Shanghai Tower, thanks in part to some help from a local source.

  • Commercial Real Estate
  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • March 16, 2018
Knott begins work on Lee spec industrial project

Baltimore-based Knott Realty Group has begun work on a nearly 201,000-square-foot, speculative industrial building in Fort Myers near the Southwest Florida International Airport.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • March 9, 2018
Activity sparks Lake Suzy land listing

Land Solutions Inc. founder and CEO Randy Thibaut has listed a large Lake Suzy tract he owns for sale for $10.4 million, a move he says stems from a slate of recent activity.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • March 9, 2018
Sembler hires VP of leasing

Regency Center veteran joins St. Petersburg group.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • March 9, 2018
Sarasota-Bradenton a millennial mecca?

Not fake news! City ranks in the Top 10 in Brookings study.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • March 9, 2018
Paying Off

MetLife's Tampa office park will house the area's first new office building with speculative space since 2012. A PwC expansion is making it happen.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • March 9, 2018
q&a: BRUCE LAUER

Vice Chairman Cushman & Wakefield Tampa

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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