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Tampa Bay–Lakeland

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  • Business Observer Staff
  • August 29, 2019
Area attorney joins board of national sports group’s foundation

GrayRobinson P.A. shareholder Elizabeth DeConti has been elected to the United States Tennis Association Florida Foundation board of directors.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • Business Observer Staff
  • August 28, 2019
Area businessman arrested in alleged loan fee scam

Tampa, Florida, businessman William Wren faces four felony counts of assessing or collecting advance fees as a loan broker.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • August 27, 2019
Home services tech firm boosted by $15M financing round

HOMEE, an on-demand home services platform, has closed a $15 million Series B financing round, bringing the total invested in the company to nearly $30 million since the Tampa, Florida, firm was founded three years ago.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • Business Observer Staff
  • August 26, 2019
Area man, 84, faces prison in securities scheme

Larry Carr, a resident of Carrollwood, Florida, will serve four years in federal prison for selling more than $8 million in unregistered securities.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Kevin McQuaid
  • August 26, 2019
q&a: Danny Rice

Colliers International Tampa Bay Managing Director Danny Rice talks about recruiting, technology and the next downturn

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • Business Observer Staff
  • August 23, 2019
Multifamily developer completes new apartment complex in area

Multifamily housing developer The NRP Group has unveiled The Allure at Gateway, a 274-unit, market-rate apartment community in Pinellas Park, Florida.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Kevin McQuaid
  • August 23, 2019
Phoenix firm buys Crosstown Center for $199 million

JDM Partners, a Phoenix-based firm, has acquired the two-building Crosstown Center office complex occupied by military financial services firm USAA for $199 million.

  • Commercial Real Estate
    By
  • Kevin McQuaid
  • August 23, 2019
When last we left our hero...

Gov. Ron DeSantis has tapped CRE Consultants' Managing Partner Ray Sandelli to fill a seat on the Lee County Commission vacated by the April death of former Commissioner Larry Kiker.

  • Commercial Real Estate
    By
  • Kevin McQuaid
  • August 23, 2019
Waltermire joins Colliers International's retail practice

Erica Waltermire, who has worked for the past decade at commercial real estate firm CBRE Inc., has joined rival Colliers International in Tampa.

  • Commercial Real Estate
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • August 22, 2019
Prominent national outdoor retailer to make debut in region

Seattle-based outdoor retailer REI Co-op has chosen Bromley Companies’ Midtown Tampa development in Tampa, Florida, for the company’s first location on Florida’s west coast.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • August 21, 2019
Area tech firm bolsters executive team with e-commerce veteran

Fintech, a Tampa, Florida-based business solutions provider for the beverage alcohol industry, has named Dan Gaertner chief technology officer.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • August 20, 2019
Texas pet waste disposal business expands to area

McKinney, Texas-based Scoop Soldiers has arrived in Tampa, Florida, to do the dirty work of picking up after pets.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • August 19, 2019
Medical device firm appoints vice president

Nadine Baez has been named vice president of research and commercialization for Tampa, Florida-based SynDaver’s global government business unit.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • August 16, 2019
Area beer maker expands to new market

Clearwater, Florida-based Big Storm Brewing Co. has planted its flag in the Buckeye State, striking a deal with Ohio Eagle Distributing that will see the Clearwater brewer’s products available for sale in the Cincinnati area later this month.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Kevin McQuaid
  • August 16, 2019
American Landmark CEO is a one-trick magician

American Landmark Apartments, of Tampa, and and its CEO, Joe Lubeck, have settled on a formula to buy, upgrade and sell apartment projects in Sunbelt states that have made fans out of both investors and tenants alike.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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