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  • February 13, 2019
Real estate brokerage acquires rival, doubles in size

Tampa, Florida-based Pineywoods Realty, a division of Katz Capital, has acquired Brandon-based Kings Realty & Property Management, doubling its property management portfolio to more than 1,000 doors and adding 10 new property managers to its team.

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  • February 12, 2019
National firm acquires area office equipment dealer

Staples Inc., one of the world’s largest retailers of office supplies, has agreed to acquire Tampa, Florida-based based DEX Imaging, a leading dealer of office equipment such as printers and copiers.

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  • February 11, 2019
Restaurant group names head of seafood brand

Tampa, Florida-based Bloomin’ Brands Inc. has appointed Jeff Carcara president of Bonefish Grill.

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  • February 8, 2019
Reeling from scandal, hospital names interim president

Effective Feb. 18, Tom Kmetz will become interim president of scandal-plagued Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital in St. Petersburg, Florida.

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  • February 8, 2019
Self-storage superstars join Cushman & Wakefield

Self-storage industry leader Mike Mele and his team of 15 other brokers and support staff are joining commercial brokerage firm Cushman & Wakefield to gain more national status.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • February 8, 2019
Heights Union building breaks ground at 45% leased

With a lease for 50,000 square feet, co-work giant WeWork has pushed commitments in the Heights Union office building to 45% just as the project has broken ground.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • February 8, 2019
NAIOP awards its annual "Best of the Best"

The National Association of Industrial and Office Parks Tampa Bay recognized firms Central Florida Development and brokerage JLL as its "Best of the Best" for 2018 at a recent awards ceremony.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • February 8, 2019
Experts says Tampa has tailwinds behind it

Despite all of the growth it has had over the past seven years, a joint ULI and PricewaterhouseCoopers' annual report states that Tampa is poised for future economic expansion.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • February 6, 2019
Securities fraud complaint alleges $7M scam

The Florida Office of Financial Regulation has filed an administrative complaint against seven firms and individuals, including Tampa, Florida, financial consultant Wally Mackey and his company, Sycamore Group Inc., for allegedly selling unregistered secu

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  • February 6, 2019
Former Mastercard exec joins area marketing firm

Former Mastercard executive Marti Beller is the new president of St. Petersburg, Florida-based loyalty marketing firm Kobie Marketing.

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  • February 5, 2019
California-based pizza chain debuts in area

Blaze Fast-Fire’d Pizza has opened its first location in the Tampa Bay area, debuting a restaurant in Lutz, Florida, and giving away free pizza to customers who follow the Pasadena, Calif.-based chain on social media.

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  • February 4, 2019
Bank taps top official for new, expanded role

The Bank of Tampa, based in Tampa, Florida, has appointed Scott Gault market president for Hillsborough County.

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  • February 1, 2019
Home run: Ex-MLB star’s $16.5 million mansion sale shatters record

A three-story, 19,000-square-foot mansion in Belleair Shores has sold for a record-breaking $16.5 million, making it the highest-priced residential sale in the Tampa Bay area. The home belonged to former Philadelphia Phillies star first baseman Ryan Howar

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  • February 1, 2019
NetPark Tampa Bay was a creative conversion

NetPark@ Tampa Bay in Tampa represents the only retail mall in the U.S. to be successfully converted to pure office space, the result of an investment and commitment by insurer John Hancock Corp.

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  • February 1, 2019
New York firm buys Highwoods Preserve building in Tampa

Strategic Office Partners' purchase of the Highwoods Preserve I building in Tampa from Highwoods Realty is anchored by Syniverse Technologies.

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