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Tampa Bay–Lakeland

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  • February 12, 2020
Area man found guilty in promissory note scheme

James Hosner, a resident of Palm Harbor, has been found guilty in a $48,500 phony promissory note scheme.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • February 11, 2020
Builder plans new residences at lagoon community

Lennar, a Miami-based national homebuilder, has unveiled plans to build another community at Epperson, the master-planned Wesley Chapel, Florida, district that features a seven-acre recreational lagoon built by Crystal Lagoons.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • February 10, 2020
Area enjoys record-setting tourism revenues as peak season gets under way

Tourism revenue for Tampa and Hillsborough County, Florida, reached historic highs in January as the area’s bed tax collections surpassed $3 million for the first time.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • February 7, 2020
Developer opens $30 million hotel

The Karol Hotel, a $30 million project developed by the Bullard Group, opened for business on Feb. 6 in a ribbon-cutting ceremony attended by St. Petersburg, Florida, Mayor Rick Kriseman.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • Kevin McQuaid
  • February 7, 2020
Tampa continues to surge in national survey

Strong demographics and job growth throughout Tampa Bay and St. Petersburg are fueling investment and residential development throughout the metro area

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • Kevin McQuaid
  • February 7, 2020
CRE forecast remains optimistic for 2020

Continued economic growth in Tampa and throughout the U.S. should propel the commercial real estate industry forward in 2020, PwC Partner Mitch Roschelle says.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • February 6, 2020
Area shipping executive elected president of national industry group

A.R. Savage & Son President Arthur Savage has been elected president of the Association of Ship Brokers & Agents Inc., a ship agency and brokerage industry group that was founded in 1934 and is headquartered in New York City.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • February 5, 2020
Law firm names successor to retiring COO

Frederick O’Malley will succeed Anastasia Hiotis, who is retiring, as COO of Carlton Fields, a law firm that has an office in Tampa.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • February 4, 2020
Beverage firm sells coffee, tea operations for $405 million

Tampa, Fla.-based Cott Corp. has sold its S&D Coffee and Tea division, for $405 million, to North Little Rock, Ark.-based Westrock Coffee Co. LLC.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • February 3, 2020
Area law firm elevates two associates to shareholders

The Tampa office of Philadelphia-based Marshall Dennehey Warner Coleman & Goggin, a civil defense litigation law firm, has named Samuel Higginbottom and Lindsay McCormick shareholders of the firm.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • January 31, 2020
Bank tops $500M total assets milestone

St. Petersburg, Fla.-based First Home Bank, in 2019, surpassed $500 million in total assets for the first time.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • January 31, 2020
Silva to lead JLL statewide capital markets team

Julia Silva, a long-time industrial broker with Cushman & Wakefield, will make the transition to capital markets with her new firm, JLL.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • Kevin McQuaid
  • January 31, 2020
Cushman & Wakefield adds high-profile pair to Tampa industrial team

Commercial real estate brokerage firm Cushman & Wakefield has added a pair of high-profile industrial agents, Trey Carswell and Lisa Ross, to its Tampa roster

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • Brian Hartz
  • January 31, 2020
Jackpot: Builder scores with $750M casino project

Miami-based builder Suffolk-Yates LLC has completed its $750 million renovation and expansion of the Seminole Hard Rock Resort & Casino in Tampa.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • January 31, 2020
Brennan Investment properties turn super sized

Brennan Investment Group's new speculative distribution facility in Lakeland will measure 1 million square feet. Experts believe that size will become commonplace in the years to come amid technological changes and consumer demands.

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