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Tampa Bay–Lakeland

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  • Business Observer Staff
  • March 3, 2020
Investment, banking veteran lands senior vice president role

Valley Bank has named Jeff Armstrong senior vice president of its Pinellas County commercial banking team.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • March 2, 2020
City renames street to honor entrepreneur

Hillsborough county officials have approved the renaming of a portion of West Comanche Avenue as "Tony Alessi Sr. Avenue," to honor the late Tampa entrepreneur and the company he created.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • Business Observer Staff
  • February 28, 2020
Prominent architecture firm expands footprint in region

Goodwyn, Mills and Cawood, a privately held, Montgomery, Ala.-based architecture firm with offices throughout the Southeast, has expanded to Tampa, Florida.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Brian Hartz
  • February 28, 2020
Sight lines: Nimble developer makes savvy shifts with an eye toward portfolio balance

Tampa-based Sight Real Estate has shifted its business model to chase larger projects backed by institutional investors, while keeping an eye out for splashy passion projects.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Kevin McQuaid
  • February 28, 2020
American Landmark going on buying spree

Tampa-based apartment owner bought $1.7 billion worth of multifamily rental projects in 2019. The company says it will likely exceed that figure this year.

  • Commercial Real Estate
    By
  • Brian Hartz
  • February 27, 2020
South Florida developer unveils upscale apartment community in area

Altís Grand Central, a new pedestrian-friendly, upscale apartment community in Tampa’s Hyde Park neighborhood, has opened its doors to residents.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Kevin McQuaid
  • February 26, 2020
On Fire

Gulf Coast hospitality development and investment sales have been rampant — but the upswing is far from over, a leading industry expert says.

  • Commercial Real Estate
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • February 26, 2020
Revamped ballpark, with bank as naming rights sponsor, opens for spring training

Following extensive renovations that began last year, the Toronto Blue Jays’ spring training home in Dunedin, Florida, has been renamed TD Ballpark.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • February 25, 2020
Prominent attorney elevated to shareholder at area law firm

Jonathan “Tre” Dixon III has been promoted to shareholder at the Tampa, Florida, office of Carlton Fields, a national law firm.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • February 24, 2020
Locally based restaurant chain opens prototype eatery

On Monday, Beef ‘O’ Brady’s unveiled a new corporate-owned prototype restaurant at 889 E. Bloomingdale Ave., in Brandon, east of Tampa, Florida.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • February 21, 2020
Area marketing firm taps 20-year industry veteran as new president

Jennie Treby is the new president of Roger West, a Tampa-based marketing agency founded in 2007.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • February 20, 2020
Telecom infrastructure firm expands to region, plans to hire 100 people

Fast Wave Communications, an Atlanta company that designs and builds 5G cellular towers, has opened an office in Tampa.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • February 19, 2020
Real estate developer sentenced in $2.7M mortgage scheme

Real estate developer Marek Harrison, a Plant City, Florida, resident, has been sentenced to 20 months in federal prison for a mortgage fraud scheme.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • February 18, 2020
Area real estate firm, CEO face fraud charges in alleged $170M scheme

EquiAlt, a Tampa real estate investment firm, faces federal fraud charges stemming from what the SEC says was a $170 million Ponzi scheme.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Kevin McQuaid
  • February 18, 2020
Saunders' MSC Commercial joins TCN network

Sarasota's MSC Commercial, the commercial real estate brokerage arm of residential powerhouse Michael Saunders & Co., has joined the TCN Worldwide Real Estate Services network, of Dallas.

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