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Industries

  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • September 2, 2016
Polk County lands new Medline center

Medline Industries Inc., the nation's largest privately held maker and distributor of health care-related products, is planning to develop a new 830,000-square-foot distribution center beginning later this year in Auburndale.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • September 2, 2016
Farley White in buying mode

Boston-based Farley White Interests, fresh from its $73 million acquisition of the Hidden River I, II and III complex in Tampa's Westshore district last month, hopes to assemble a portfolio of Florida properties.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
  • By Traci McMillan Beach
  • September 2, 2016
'Legal Angel'

Sylvia Walbolt's storied law career, spanning 50 years, has another capstone. Her business/life lessons can resonate in any profession.

  • Law
  • By Will Powell
  • August 26, 2016
Campaign climb

Want to succeed at crowdfunding? Follow the two P's: planning and publicity.

  • Finance
  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • August 26, 2016
Tampa student housing sells for $45 million

A New York-based investment firm has acquired the 4050 Lofts complex in Tampa for $45 million, the latest in a wave of institutional student housing deals nationwide.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Mark Gordon
  • August 26, 2016
Not done yet

World War II veteran Chuck Palmeri has been a salesman, from shoes to condos to commercial real estate, for nearly 70 years. It's a long lifetime of lessons learned.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • August 26, 2016
Bounce back

Like many developers, Chris Deveso suffered through the recession last decade. But he also learned a valuable lesson about the value of timing and good customer service.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • August 26, 2016
A moving tale

During a two-year search, Coast to Coast Moving & Storage had three deals fall apart before finding the right fit for its headquarters.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • August 26, 2016
Herald-Tribune's move a short one

Talk about staying close. After more than a decade in its iconic downtown Sarasota headquarters, the Herald-Tribune Media Group will relocate less than 50 yards away from its current digs early next year, following a lease signing late last week.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Mark Gordon
  • August 26, 2016
Set sights

The developers of the Heights are armed with a keen sense of urgency for a project with decade-long timeline. Another key driver? Avoid debt.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • August 26, 2016
TGM investment in Bay Isle to grow

Although its mid-August purchase of the Bay Isle Key apartments in St. Petersburg represented one of the largest multifamily deals throughout the Gulf Coast in years, New York-based TGM Associates' investment in the complex is far from over.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Business Observer Staff
  • August 19, 2016
Williams picks JLL to sell 4,470-acre Lakeland tract

Williams Acquisition Holding Co. LLC has hired commercial brokerage firm JLL to sell a 4,470-acre property in Lakeland, one of the largest blocks of land to come to market in Central Florida in recent history.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • August 19, 2016
Colliers International snags Osprey listings, staffers

Ending months of speculation over the fate of Osprey S.A. Ltd.'s portfolio of more than a dozen office buildings in Sarasota, St. Petersburg and Tampa, the Michigan-based firm has awarded listings to commercial real estate brokerage Colliers International Tampa Bay.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • August 19, 2016
CBC Saunders forms auction division

Coldwell Banker Commercial Saunders Real Estate, a Lakeland-based commercial real estate brokerage firm, has formed a new division to auction commercial and residential properties.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • August 19, 2016
Full circle

J. Mark Stroud has worked with some of the top developers in the region. Now, he's back working mainly for himself.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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