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  • Business Observer Staff
  • December 13, 2018
Medical device maker changes name, stock listing

Bovie Medical Corp., a Clearwater, Florida-based maker of medical supplies and devices for cosmetic surgery practices, has changed its name to Apyx Medical Corp. and plans to move its stock to the NASDAQ exchange.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • December 12, 2018
Hospital leaders resign in wake of scandal

Facing backlash over a series of newspaper reports that revealed a sharp uptick in deaths of heart surgery patients, multiple members of the executive leadership team at Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital in St. Petersburg, Florida, including President

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • December 11, 2018
Builder appoints construction official for local division

Atlanta-based homebuilder PulteGroup has promoted Jeremy Young to construction manager of its west Florida division, which includes communities in Tampa, Florida.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • December 10, 2018
Area cybersecurity firm expands to European market

ReliaQuest, a Tampa, Florida-based cybersecurity company, has opened its first international office, in Dublin, Ireland.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • December 7, 2018
Grocer opens long-awaited store on college grounds

Lakeland, Florida-based grocer Publix has opened its first-ever store on a college campus, at the University of South Florida in Tampa.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Kevin McQuaid
  • December 7, 2018
Skyhouse Channelside deal shows investors are still hot on Tampa's rental market

Investors continue to clamor for downtown apartment buildings in Tampa and St. Petersburg, despite rising interest rates and an eight-year economic cycle, because of continued job growth and other factors, experts say.

  • Commercial Real Estate
    By
  • Kevin McQuaid
  • December 7, 2018
What They're Saying: JLL

Law firms in downtowns such as Orlando and Tampa still occupy a significant amount of space, and trends on the horizon could point to further leasing activity

  • Commercial Real Estate
    By
  • Kevin McQuaid
  • December 7, 2018
Renovations completed at downtown St. Petersburg landmark

Denholtz Associates and Convergent Capital Partners have completed roughly $13 million in renovations to 490 First Ave. in downtown St. Petersburg

  • Commercial Real Estate
    By
  • Kevin McQuaid
  • December 7, 2018
Job growth up, cap rates down. Coincidence?

CBRE Group contends in a new study that job growth and cap rates are more closely linked than many have believed, and that tracking the two data points can help investors

  • Commercial Real Estate
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • December 6, 2018
Health care organization appoints leader for philanthropic efforts

Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa, Florida, has hired Maria Muller as its executive vice president, chief philanthropy officer and president of its foundation.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • December 5, 2018
Luxury hotel gets multimillion-dollar makeover

The Westin Tampa Waterside, a luxury hotel on Harbour Island in downtown Tampa, Florida, has completed a multimillion-dollar renovation.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • December 4, 2018
Renowned global scientist, patent holder joins area college

Christian Bréchot, the former head of the world-renowned Pasteur Institute in Paris, has joined USF Health’s Morsani College of Medicine in Tampa, Florida, as senior associate dean for research in global affairs.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • December 3, 2018
Area tech firms honored for explosive growth

Two Tampa Bay, Florida, area cybersecurity firms — ReliaQuest and KnowBe4 — have made Deloitte’s Technology Fast 500, a ranking of North America’s 500 fastest-growing tech, media, telecom, life sciences and energy firms.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • November 30, 2018
Furniture chain hires vice president to oversee operations

Bryan Bach has joined Kane’s Furniture Corp., which is headquartered in St. Petersburg, Florida, and has 18 stores in the Sunshine State, as vice president of operations.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Brian Hartz
  • November 30, 2018
Draw it up: Architects break new ground with strategy

St. Petersburg, Florida-based Harvard Jolly Architecture has survived for eight decades in the competitive field of architectural design thanks to a unique mix of for- and non-profit clients.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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