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Tampa Bay–Lakeland

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  • Business Observer Staff
  • October 17, 2018
Ferry service returns to area with lower fares

The Cross-Bay Ferry service linking St. Petersburg, Florida, and Tampa, Florida, will re-launch on Nov. 1 with a new schedule, lower fares and a new dock in downtown Tampa.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • October 16, 2018
Area firm funds massive solar power array at theme park

Seminole Financial Services LLC, headquartered in Belleair Bluffs, has agreed to provide loans to KDC Solar LLC — a Bedminster, N.J.-based developer, owner and operator of solar power facilities — for the construction of a 23.5-megawatt solar photovoltaic

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • October 15, 2018
Area law firm bolsters litigation team with two hires

Hill Ward Henderson, a Tampa, Florida-based, full-service law firm, has added two associates — Dalton Allen and Travis Foels — to the firm’s litigation group.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • October 15, 2018
Airport sets record for September passenger traffic

St. Pete-Clearwater International Airport in St. Petersburg, Florida, welcomed 121,192 passengers in September 2018, representing a 21% increase over the same month last year.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • October 12, 2018
Well-traveled back surgeon joins area health care firm

Tampa, Florida-based Laser Spine Institute, which offers minimally invasive spine surgery, has added board-certified orthopedic spine surgeon Drew Brown to its surgical team.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Kevin McQuaid
  • October 12, 2018
Banyan Street to buy Tampa City Center?

Banyan Street Capital is poised to acquire the 39-story Tampa City Center skyscraper, which would be the largest transaction in Tampa's downtown in the past three years

  • Commercial Real Estate
    By
  • Kevin McQuaid
  • October 12, 2018
JLL hires Rivers to lead Florida operations

Tim Rivers will lead commercial real estate brokerage firm JLL's seven offices in Florida

  • Commercial Real Estate
    By
  • Kevin McQuaid
  • October 12, 2018
Publix expansion will add significant space to Lakeland headquarters

Publix Super Markets Inc.'s headquarters, when expanded by 2027, will contain as much space as the 31-story Rivergate Tower in downtown Tampa

  • Commercial Real Estate
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • October 11, 2018
Credit union unveils high-tech expansion

Suncoast Credit Union employees have begun moving into the company’s new 107,000-square-foot administration building east of downtown Tampa, Florida.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • October 10, 2018
Prominent attorney to step down from firm

Law firm Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney will bid farewell to Rhea Law, shareholder and chairwoman of the firm’s Florida offices, at the end of the year.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • October 9, 2018
Orlando-based sushi chain expands to area

Bento Asian Kitchen + Sushi, an Orlando-based chain of quick-casual pan-Asian restaurants, has opened its first location in the Tampa Bay area, in St. Petersburg, Florida.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • October 8, 2018
Area sets record for tourism revenue, posting 11% increase

Hillsborough County, Florida, collected nearly $34 million in revenue from the tourist development tax, also known as the bed tax, during the budget year that ended Sept. 30.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • October 5, 2018
Bank flies into new market with artistic flair

As Pilot Bank readies to debut its first location in St. Petersburg, Florida, local artists are busy crafting a mural on one of the branch’s exterior walls that pays tribute to the city’s contribution to the development of commercial flight.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Kevin McQuaid
  • October 5, 2018
Polk properties prove to be investment worthy

Recent industrial deals involving distribution centers occupied by Best Buy Co. and Sherwin-Williams Co. demonstrate that the Polk County market remains a viable one for investors

  • Commercial Real Estate
    By
  • Kevin McQuaid
  • October 5, 2018
Midtown One to go spec, amid competition

Bromley Cos. plans to construct its Midtown One office building within its 22-acre Midtown Tampa project on a speculative basis, joining other developers like Strategic Property Partners with the same idea.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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