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  • March 8, 2019
Prominent restaurant chain appoints new CEO

Tampa, Florida-based Bloomin’ Brands has a new CEO, David Deno.

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  • Kevin McQuaid
  • March 8, 2019
Pair of Tampa-area apartments sell for $230 million

Buyers in two separate apartments transactions in Brandon and downtown St. Petersburg cite the area's growing population as the primary reason behind investments in excess of $100 million.

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  • March 7, 2019
University foundation leader announces retirement

University of South Florida Foundation leader Joel Momberg plans to retire at the end of October after more than a decade of coordinating USF’s fundraising activities and overseeing operations of the USF alumni association in Tampa, Florida.

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  • March 6, 2019
Bank expands leadership team

Former USAmeriBank/Valley Bank executive Cami Gibertini has joined Tampa, Florida-based Pilot Bank as senior vice president and retail executive.

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  • March 5, 2019
Investment firm shakes up leadership team, names co-CEOs

After 10 years of leading Belleair Bluffs, Florida-based Seminole Financial Services, founder and CEO Bob Banks has stepped back from his role and will become chairman of the firm, which provides financing for renewable energy and multifamily housing proj

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • March 4, 2019
Health care firm shutters suddenly, lays off all 500 employees

Tampa, Florida-based Laser Spine Institute announced on Friday that it has gone out of business, effective immediately, after an attempt to enter Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings failed.

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  • March 1, 2019
National law firm names partner in charge of local office

New Orleans-based law firm Adams and Reese has appointed Andrew McBride partner in charge of its St. Petersburg, Florida, office.

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  • March 1, 2019
LandQwest Commercial adding Naples office to its fold

LandQwest Commercial Realty Services is adding a fourth office in Naples to better serve clients and beef up its property management portfolio

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  • March 1, 2019
Austin Center's value largely flat from 2015 purchase

Ally Capital's $28.96 million deal for the five-building Austin Center office project in Tampa's Westshore district was just 1.8% more than previous owner Redstone Commercial paid for the property in 2015

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  • February 28, 2019
Tech firm hires CFO, expands to nation’s capital

Lumina, a Tampa, Florida-based risk sensing and predictive analytics company, has hired Albert Narvades as chief financial officer and opened an office in Washington, D.C., to better serve its government and national security clients.

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  • February 27, 2019
Bank adds big names to board

St. Petersburg, Florida-based Freedom Bank has made a number of executive personnel moves, naming Craig Sher and Ron Campbell to its board of directors and hiring Valarie Nussbaum-Harris as vice president of Small Business Administration lending and Darry

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  • February 26, 2019
Onetime Sara Lee exec named CFO at area IT firm

Vology, a Clearwater, Florida-based provider of managed IT, security and cloud services, has named Grant Newmyer chief financial officer, effective immediately.

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  • February 25, 2019
Area tech firm makes acquisition in Brazil

KnowBe4, a cybersecurity training and simulated phishing firm, has acquired El Pescador, a Brazilian company.

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  • February 22, 2019
Iconic beach resort unveils next phase of extensive renovation process

Honoring its rich history, The Don CeSar in St. Pete Beach, Florida, has completed the second phase of its multi-stage renovation, unveiling refreshed and modernized meeting spaces that feature new artwork, carpet, paint schemes, lighting, drapery and fur

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  • February 22, 2019
Master class: Restoration firm takes big step up with new property

With the help of a $2.5 million loan from American Momentum Bank, Master Restoration — a 10-year-old Clearwater, Florida, firm that helps residential and commercial property owners across Florida and the Southeast recover from fires, floods, hurricanes an

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