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Tampa Bay–Lakeland

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  • Louis Llovio
  • January 24, 2022
Florida furniture retailer puts 35 stores, three distribution centers and HQ on the market

Badcock Furniture is selling 2.2 million square feet of property with plans to lease it back from new owners.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • January 24, 2022
Tampa orthopedic firm, thanks to investment, saw explosive growth in 2021

Florida Orthopaedic Institute is now the nation’s 12-largest provider of orthopedic care.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • Business Observer Staff
  • January 21, 2022
Developer, on the strength of 230% growth, adds to executive team

Tampa, Florida-based Franklin Development Corp. has hired a chief development officer and chief construction officer as it enjoys big growth driven by Florida's construction boom.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Louis Llovio
  • January 21, 2022
Sister City plan wave of the future, says Rays' owner as he asks: What happens now?

As baseball officials in Tampa and Montreal ponder the future, they say their rejected sister-city plan was groundbreaking — and will someday be the norm in pro sports.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Louis Llovio
  • January 20, 2022
Rays' plans for split season foiled, future in limbo

With the Sister City plan dead, the team is taking a hard look at its future.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • January 20, 2022
Amid record growth, insurer expands executive team

Amid record growth, Clearwater, Florida-based AmeriLife Group LLC has expanded its executive team.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Louis Llovio
  • January 20, 2022
Accountant pleads guilty to murder-for-hire plot involving dark web and Bitcoin

Tampa accountant was charged with trying to hire someone to kill the wife of an ex-boyfriend

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Louis Llovio
  • January 19, 2022
Wyoming registered agent conglomerate acquires Tampa shopping center for $8M

The 29,600-square-foot center on Bearss Avenue is three miles from USF and is 92% full

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • January 19, 2022
Arizona restaurant chain set to expand in area, hire 130 people

Arizona restaurant chain True Food Kitchen is set to expand to Tampa, Florida.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Louis Llovio
  • January 18, 2022
Area resident gets federal prison for $800K COVID-19 relief fraud

Louis Thornton III applied for federal relief funds in the names of defunct companies

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • January 18, 2022
University launches business administration doctoral program

Applications are being accepted for the new University of Tampa PhD program in business administration, set to debut in the fall 2022 semester.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • January 17, 2022
Water treatment firm brings on new president

Andrea d’Agostini has been named president and chief strategic officer at Clearwater, Florida-based OriginClear.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • January 14, 2022
Prominent law firm names slate of new partners

Tampa, Florida-based law firm Hill Ward Henderson has elevated eight attorneys to shareholder status.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • January 13, 2022
Insurance firm postpones subsidiary’s IPO

Tampa, Florida-based TypTap Insurance Group has delayed its IPO, saying market pricing ‘does not accurately reflect’ firm’s value.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • January 12, 2022
Locally based cybersecurity leader opens first location in India

ReliaQuest, a fast-growing cybersecurity “unicorn” headquartered in Tampa, Florida, recently has opened a new office in Pune, India.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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