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Industries

  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • October 7, 2016
Thibaut promoted at LSI

Justin Thibaut was promoted to director of sales at Land Solutions Inc., the Fort Myers-based commercial brokerage firm that specializes in Gulf Coast land transactions.

  • Commercial Real Estate
  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • October 7, 2016
Feldman Equities is growing, hiring

In preparation for the development of a 52-story mixed-use downtown skyscraper in Tampa and potential acquisitions, Feldman Equities LLC has hired a handful of new employees in the past month.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Business Observer Staff
  • October 7, 2016
MY VIEW | Why I ran for the U.S. Senate

By Carlos Beruff

  • Florida
  • By Mark Gordon
  • October 7, 2016
On the rise

A national boom in cases of businesses allegedly defrauding government offices is in full blast, and the Gulf Coast leads the way. Do all the cases have merit?

  • Law
  • By Mark Gordon
  • October 7, 2016
Updated digs

Lawyers traditionally emphasize convention over contemporary in offices. That's started to change.

  • Law
  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • October 7, 2016
A positive trend for Gulf Coast CRE?

“As pricing in first-tier markets stalls and yields hover in the sub-4 percent range in some of the major gateway markets — which are, in some cases, already in peak pricing territory — we should probably expect investors to move more aggressively into secondary and tertiary markets — and to opportunities beyond core assets to core-plus and value-add properties.”So says David Lynn, CEO and chairman of Scottsdale, Ariz.-based Everest Medical Core Properties.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • October 7, 2016
Growth point

A new study says Florida's population will surge by 2070. That could be good news for commercial real estate sectors.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
  • By Pam Schuneman
  • October 7, 2016
Maximize your deductions

If you are considering a major renovation, make sure you are aware of the ability to write off part of your asset. Missing this deduction could take years to remedy.

  • Finance
  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • September 30, 2016
Osprey sheds Sarasota County business park

Continuing a push to whittle down its portfolio amid squabbles between partners, Michigan-based Osprey SA Ltd. sold a 19-acre business park in North Sarasota County for $4 million.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • September 30, 2016
Exeter buys Polk County industrial property

A Pennsylvania-based commercial real estate investment firm has acquired a Polk County warehouse occupied by Amazon.com for $24.6 million, the latest in a series of industrial purchases and developments in the county aimed at taking advantage of the strategic Interstate 4 corridor.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Mark Gordon
  • September 30, 2016
Jail sale

A developer with experience in offices shifts his focus to apartments. Will the project break free?

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • September 30, 2016
Vision quest

New Jersey-based owner of Renaissance Center likely will be first out of the ground with new office space in the Tampa market.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • September 30, 2016
MARKET SPOTLIGHT | Southwest Florida Retail Market

Southwest Florida's retail properties have rebounded considerably from the economic recession of the past decade, when vacancy rates overall topped 11.4%.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
  • By Beth Luberecki
  • September 23, 2016
Like a rock

Demand has risen swiftly at a Gulf Coast paving and concrete firm. Seven newly hired superintendents lead the cavalry to handle the workload.

  • Industries
  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • September 23, 2016
Earth mover

EHC Inc. shifted gears to survive, then thrive.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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