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  • October 11, 2019
Tourism agency names new leader

The Pensacola leader will stay in his current position until mid-December.

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  • Kevin McQuaid
  • October 11, 2019
BTI Partners starts work on Westshore Marina District condos

BTI Partners has begun work on Marina Pointe, the first of three planned condo towers within its 52-acre Westshore Marina District mixed-use-project between Tampa and St. Petersburg.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • Kevin McQuaid
  • October 11, 2019
Pasco office complex sells via online auction

Woodside Capital Partners has acquired the eight-building Counsel Square office complex in New Port Richey for $9.1 million, in a deal brokered by Transwestern Commercial Services. But what made the transaction unusual was that it sold through the online

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  • October 8, 2019
Hospitality management firm hires CFO, technology director

Mainsail Lodging & Development has named Jill Lemaster CFO, a newly created role at the Tampa, Florida-based hospitality management firm. The company has also hired Tom Stoff as director of technology.

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  • October 8, 2019
Bank adds three executives to wealth management, financial services teams

Centennial Bank, headquartered in Conway, Ark., continues to grow its southwest Florida market with the appointment of three executives to its Tampa, Florida-based wealth management and financial services departments.

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  • October 8, 2019
Company plans headquarters, at least 100 new jobs

CAE USA, one of the leading training and simulation companies in the defense market, plans to build a nearly 300,000 square foot headquarters in Tampa,

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  • October 7, 2019
Port woos finance chief from Texas

David Delac has more than 20 years of experience in finance for large organizations.

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  • October 4, 2019
Area shipping company adds two newly built vessels to fleet

Tampa, Florida-based Overseas Shipholding Group Inc. (NYSE: OSG), which specializes in shipping crude oil and petroleum products, has taken delivery of two 50,000-ton tankers that were built at Hyundai Mipo Dockyard Co. Ltd. in Ulsan, South Korea.

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  • Kevin McQuaid
  • October 4, 2019
Giant Blackstone Group of New York buying area mobile home parks

Blackstone Group of New York has spent in excess of $30 million within the region in 2019 to acquire a series of mobile home parks, many of which are waterfront properties inhabited by residents 55 years and older.

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  • October 3, 2019
Area tech firm buys video production company

Clearwater, Florida-based KnowBe4, which specializes in products designed to combat phishing and other cybersecurity attacks, has acquired Twist and Shout Group, the firm that produced a series of training videos for it.

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  • October 2, 2019
Fast-growing cybersecurity firm grows again with acquisition

ReliaQuest, a Tampa, Florida-based enterprise cybersecurity firm, has agreed to acquire Austin-based Threatcare, which offers proactive cyber defense services to tech companies.

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  • October 1, 2019
Ad agency to anchor new co-work space

Gianco Cos., developer of the popular Station House co-working space in downtown St. Petersburg, Florida, plans to open a similar shared office development, Hyde House, in South Tampa in November.

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  • September 30, 2019
Retirement plan administration firm hires new vice president

MidAmerica Administrative and Retirement Solutions LLC, a Tampa, Florida, company that administers retirement plans for public sector employers and their employees, has named Steve Barber vice president of business development and strategy.

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  • September 27, 2019
Workers’ comp services firm promotes operations leader to new role

Ryan Bechtold has been promoted to executive vice president of Transcom Solutions, a Tampa-based transportation and translation company that serves the workers’ compensation industry.

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  • September 27, 2019
Vantage point: Developer sees big opportunity in boutique property

Fred Bullard, CEO of the Bullard Group, a Clearwater-based property development and management company, has named a Marriott Tribute Portfolio hotel in honor of his wife, Karol.

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