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Tampa Bay–Lakeland

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  • Business Observer Staff
  • October 4, 2018
Prominent boat dealer names new leader

MarineMax CEO Bill McGill has turned over control of the Clearwater, Florida-based boat retailer to his son Brett McGill.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • October 3, 2018
IT firm pledges $1M to cybersecurity education

ReliaQuest, a Tampa, Florida-based IT security firm, has committed to a $1 million gift, payable over five years, to the University of South Florida to fund the ReliaQuest Cybersecurity Labs at the USF Muma College of Business.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • October 2, 2018
WTA strikes deal with sports TV network

The Women’s Tennis Association, headquartered in St. Petersburg, Florida, has agreed to a five-year deal with Tennis Channel that will make the network the U.S. television and digital media home of the WTA, beginning in January.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • October 1, 2018
Tampa Bay Rays acquire soccer club

The Tampa Bay Rays appear to have a deal in place to buy the Tampa Bay Rowdies soccer club from St. Petersburg, Florida, businessman Bill Edwards, and gain control of Al Land Stadium, the Rowdies' waterfront home.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • September 28, 2018
Engineering firm adds two to leadership team

Tampa-based infrastructure engineering company Wade Trim has added a pair of senior project managers: Thomas Wilson and John Pacifici.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • John Haughey
  • September 28, 2018
Publix announces $28 million HQ upgrade, 700 jobs

Publix's $28 million expansion will be boosted by $4.2 million in performance-based state and local incentives coordinated through Enterprise Florida. To qualify for the subsidies, Publix’s renovated headquarters must add 700 new corporate jobs with an av

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Kevin McQuaid
  • September 28, 2018
Alexander at Countryside sells for $69.3 million

In one of the largest apartment deals in Pinellas County this year, an Ohio-based group buys the Alexander at Countryside multifamily complex for $69.3 million

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • Kevin McQuaid
  • September 28, 2018
Tampa Regional Industrial Park employs virtual reality in marketing

In a sign that virtual reality is becoming more abundant in commercial real estate, Cushman & Wakefield and Duke Realty are using it in the marketing of Duke's new Tampa Regional Industrial park project

  • Commercial Real Estate
    By
  • Brian Hartz
  • September 28, 2018
Dig it: Firm builds on a solid foundation

Universal Engineering Sciences' Tampa, Florida, office has been the main driver of the Orlando-headquartered geo-tech company's growth.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Brian Hartz
  • September 28, 2018
Spec-home specialists aim to build a legacy

The entrepreneurial minds behind Tampa, Florida-based New Legacy Homes bring a unique vision to their homebuilding business.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • September 27, 2018
Law firm expands health care practice with hire

Kristen Murphy has joined Carlton Fields’ Tampa, Florida, office as a transactional attorney in the firm’s national health care practice.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • September 26, 2018
South Florida law firm expands to area, names new partner

Lubell Rosen, a full-service law firm based in Fort Lauderdale, has opened an office in Tampa, Florida's historic Ybor City district and brought aboard local attorney David Hirshfeld to lead it.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • September 25, 2018
Real estate giant names new local branch leader

Coldwell Banker Residential Real Estate has appointed Susan Manning, formerly of Berkshire Hathaway, the new manager of its office in south Tampa, Florida.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • September 24, 2018
Company makes third acquisition in past 12 months

CoAdvantage Corp., headquartered in Tampa, Florida, has made its third acquisition in the past 12 months, adding Bradenton-based Remedy Employer Services, based in nearby Bradenton, Florida.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • September 21, 2018
Cargo business booming at area airport

The arrival of Amazon in 2015 and UPS in 2017 has given Tampa International Airport’s cargo business a jolt, spiking revenues from $2.6 million to $5.2 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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