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Tampa Bay–Lakeland

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  • April 29, 2019
Area firm strengthens team with addition of employment law specialists

GrayRobinson, P.A., has entered into an agreement that forms a strategic alliance between it and Tampa, Florida-based labor and employment law firm Thompson, Sizemore, Gonzalez & Hearing, P.A.

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  • April 26, 2019
Ultra-healthy co-working concept debuts in area

The Ring, a co-working and startup incubator space, opened its doors last week in Clearwater, Florida, and the effects of its advanced environmental features on worker productivity are going to be studied by Harvard University researchers.

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  • Brian Hartz
  • April 26, 2019
Work of art: Building designed to make a statement, link business districts

Indianapolis-based developer Milhaus discusses its latest project, Artistry, a $53 million, six-story, 251-unit apartment and commercial complex that will be located at 1601 Central Avenue in St. Petersburg, Florida.

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  • Kevin McQuaid
  • April 26, 2019
Lease sparks office activity at Water Street Tampa

Accounting firm RSM US LLP becomes the first office tenants announced at Water Street Tampa, a $3 billion redevelopment transforming downtown Tampa

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  • Kevin McQuaid
  • April 26, 2019
Office landlords embarking on improvements to remain competitive

Tampa landlords like Feldman Equities, Farley White Interests, Denholtz Associates and Convergent Capital Partners say continual upgrades and improvements to office buildings are necessary to remain viable.

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  • April 26, 2019
Blackstone fund buys St. Petersburg apartments

Blackstone Group continues to buy Gulf Coast apartment projects, even as it prepares to shift its corporate structure to a corporation this summer.

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  • April 25, 2019
Luxury real estate agents join forces with new office

DWELL Real Estate, a Sarasota, Florida-based luxury real estate firm, has expanded to downtown St. Petersburg, Florida, and added Liane Jamason, a leading St. Pete realtor who generated $24 million in sales in 2018, to its roster of agents.

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  • April 24, 2019
Aided by $60M investment, data security firm plans hiring spree

Nearly one year after it closed one of the largest private equity investments in the Tampa Bay area, a $60 million capital injection from Mainsail Partners, Clearwater, Florida-based data security company FairWarning is poised to add more than 50 employee

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  • April 23, 2019
Business law firm adds property expert as shareholder

Gunster, a full-service business law firm headquartered in West Palm Beach, has named Gregory Rix a shareholder at its Tampa office.

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  • April 22, 2019
Bank posts dramatic rise in profits

First Citrus Bancorporation continues producing strong financial results.

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  • April 19, 2019
Area boat retailer makes splashy acquisition in Texas

MarineMax, a Clearwater, Florida-based recreational boat and yacht retailer, has purchased Sail & Ski Center, a Texas boat dealership founded in 1969 that operates in Austin and San Antonio.

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  • April 19, 2019
Playing to Strengths

Floridays Development Co. and its founder and CEO, Angus Rogers, have found that involving joint venture and other partners on its hotel projects add value and provide critical perspective

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  • Kevin McQuaid
  • April 19, 2019
Carter Validus merging to create $3 billion real estate firm

Carter Validus Mission Critical REIT and the related Carter Validus Mission Critical REIT II intend to merge later this year and create a $3 billion company

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  • April 19, 2019
Sears shedding closed stores throughout the Gulf Coast

Sears, Roebuck & Co. Chairman Edward Lambert's ESL Investments Inc. has purchased a pair of shuttered Sears stores along the Gulf Coast, part of a $5.2 billion purchase of the assets of the bankrupt retail icon.

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  • April 18, 2019
University to kick off construction of new residence hall, dining facility

The University of South Florida plans to break ground next week on a much-needed new residence hall and dining facility at its St. Petersburg, Florida, campus.

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