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Industries

  • By Jean Gruss
  • September 11, 2015
Familiar bankers

Fifteen former bank CEOs work for Seaside National Bank & Trust. The bank is expanding its network from Tampa to Sarasota and Naples.

  • Finance
  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • September 11, 2015
Moving up

Ryan McCurdy; Ned Roberts

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • September 11, 2015
The return of retail

Developers and merchants flex at annual confab in a fashion similar to a decade ago.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Business Observer Staff
  • September 11, 2015
Beachwold Residential buys Bradenton apartments

New York City's Beachwold Residential purchased the 200-unit Solana Vista Apartments for $22 million.

  • Commercial Real Estate
  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • September 4, 2015
Are dark clouds forming for CRE?

Even before China's stock market began melting down earlier this month and Wall Street became caught in the web of volatility, analysts were starting to sound warning bells about the future of commercial real estate in Florida and elsewhere.

  • Commercial Real Estate
  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • September 4, 2015
Looking beyond The Vue

As its hotel and condo project sells out, Kolter Group has designs on a pair of premier Sarasota properties.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Jean Gruss
  • September 4, 2015
Home concierge

Luxury hotel operators John Ayres and son James Ayres bring resort-style services to people's homes from a smartphone.

  • Industries
  • By Business Observer Staff
  • September 4, 2015
Iberiabank cashes in tower

With office rents rising and vacancies falling in the market, the bank decided to sell its prominent Naples building and reduce its presence there.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • September 4, 2015
Commercial Real Estate Profile: John Harshman, President and Founder, Harshman & Co. Inc., Sarasota

John Harshman formed Harshman & Co. in downtown Sarasota in 1989, seven years after beginning his commercial real estate career.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Mark Gordon
  • September 4, 2015
Take flight

Good times are roaring at St. Pete-Clearwater International Airport. Yet worry lurks.

  • Industries
  • By Business Observer Staff
  • September 4, 2015
California's Focus Group buys Hidden River Grande

La Jolla, Calif.-based The Focus Group purchased the 212-unit waterfront Hidden River Grande Apartments for $8.3 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Business Observer Staff
  • September 4, 2015
Minnesota's TPI Hospitality buys Pierview Hotel & Suites

Willmar, Minn.'s TPI Hospitality purchased the 70-unit Pierview Hotel & Suites for $10.9 million.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
  • By Barry Friedman
  • September 4, 2015
That's Amore

Kate Lake aims to set the right atmosphere for entrepreneurs to prosper in a new kind of business incubator. The premium is on commerce over creativity.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Business Observer Staff
  • September 4, 2015
Homes by Towne company buys land for Lakewood Ranch apartment

An affiliate of Homes by Towne purchased 41.16 acres on the east side of Lakewood Ranch Boulevard for $5.94 million.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • August 28, 2015
Commercial Real Estate Profile: Lee Delieto Sr., Broker, Sarasota

Lee DeLieto Sr. began selling and leasing commercial real estate in Sarasota in the early 1980s, when Maas Bros. still operated what it called “the largest department store between Tampa and Miami” on the city's Main Street.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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