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Industries

  • By Ted Carter
  • July 7, 2017
Ready to Roll

Charlotte County business leaders and officials have big expectations for a new higher education partnership with a Michigan college. Will the hopes come to fruition?

  • Strategies
  • By Traci McMillan Beach
  • June 30, 2017
Space for Culture

Companies are trying to be more creative with their office spaces, going smaller, yet with greater impact. But the first step in redesigning office space comes from someplace deeper: company culture.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • June 30, 2017
Carter Validus portfolio balloons

Tampa-based Carter Validus Mission Critical REIT II Inc. has invested more than $444 million since the start of this year to add to its portfolio of healthcare and data-oriented buildings, a study of its holdings show.

  • Commercial Real Estate
  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • June 30, 2017
Colorado firm acquires Pasco apartments

In one of the largest multifamily purchases of the past year in Pasco County, a Boulder, Colo.-based firm has acquired the Enclave at Wesley Chapel apartments for $52.5 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • June 30, 2017
Like a Rocket

Multifamily complexes throughout the Gulf Coast are attracting buyers, sending prices to new heights.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Business Observer Staff
  • June 30, 2017
Vision eyes more space at Renaissance Center

Vision Properties' risk in building spec at its Renaissance Center office park in Tampa's Westshore area was rewarded earlier this year, when AAA leased the developer's entire 150,000 square-foot property under construction.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • June 30, 2017
Market Spotlight | Downtown Tampa Office Market

Job and population growth and a lack of inventory make Tampa hot, hot, hot.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Alicia Ceccarelli
  • June 30, 2017
'Constant Development'

Naples hotelier and restaurateur Phil McCabe's appetite for economics, and risk, helped rebuild what's now a star attraction in downtown Naples: Fifth Avenue South.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • June 23, 2017
HC Government Realty doubles board size

HC Government Realty Trust Inc. has added four independent members to its board, more than doubling its number of directors as it continues a bid to become a public company.

  • Commercial Real Estate
  • By Mark Gordon
  • June 23, 2017
New World

Sarasota might never be the next Silicon Valley. Yet two tech-centric firms, with more than 100 combined employees, recently relocated to the area. What was the attraction?

  • Entrepreneurs
  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • June 23, 2017
Executive Profile - David Stevens

Principal, Investment Properties Corp., Naples

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • June 23, 2017
FGCAR weighs in on lease tax cut

Florida Gulfcoast Commercial Association of Realtors' leaders say they are pleased that state lawmakers trimmed the 6% tax on commercial leases, but that the measure that passed in the most recent legislative session doesn't go far enough.

  • Commercial Real Estate
  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • June 23, 2017
Money Well Spent

Feldman Equities and Tower Realty Partners have benefitted greatly from making improvements to their properties.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Mark Gordon
  • June 16, 2017
Branch Out

A Florida-centric community bank targeting $1 billion in assets is undaunted about seeking customers in places other banks traditionally avoid.

  • Finance
  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • June 16, 2017
Priatek Plaza sale brings $65.75 million

Third Lake Capital LLC, the investment firm controlled by the family that also owns Ashley Furniture, paid $65.75 million for St. Petersburg's tallest building and adjacent land, according to Pinellas County property records.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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