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  • April 19, 2019
Playing to Strengths

Floridays Development Co. and its founder and CEO, Angus Rogers, have found that involving joint venture and other partners on its hotel projects add value and provide critical perspective

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • April 19, 2019
Carter Validus merging to create $3 billion real estate firm

Carter Validus Mission Critical REIT and the related Carter Validus Mission Critical REIT II intend to merge later this year and create a $3 billion company

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • Kevin McQuaid
  • April 19, 2019
Sears shedding closed stores throughout the Gulf Coast

Sears, Roebuck & Co. Chairman Edward Lambert's ESL Investments Inc. has purchased a pair of shuttered Sears stores along the Gulf Coast, part of a $5.2 billion purchase of the assets of the bankrupt retail icon.

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  • April 18, 2019
University to kick off construction of new residence hall, dining facility

The University of South Florida plans to break ground next week on a much-needed new residence hall and dining facility at its St. Petersburg, Florida, campus.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • April 17, 2019
New restaurant brings island flavors to area

WEPA! Cocina de Puerto Rico has planned a grand opening celebration for April 26 that will see a portion of the new St. Petersburg, Florida, restaurant’s proceeds donated to PRxPR, a nonprofit organization that supports efforts for hurricane recovery effo

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  • April 16, 2019
Pioneer in software for alcohol payments swallows acquisition

Financial Information Technologies LLC, also known as Fintech, a Tampa-based provider of business management solutions for the beverage alcohol industry, has acquired Lilypad Solutions LLC, also headquartered in Tampa, Florida.

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  • April 15, 2019
Area health care firm acquires Jacksonville company

Tampa, Florida-based HealthAxis Group has acquired the stock and assets of Analytics Partners, a data and risk analysis company headquartered in Jacksonville.

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  • April 12, 2019
Financial services firm moves offices to trendy waterfront spot

Middle-market audit, tax and consulting firm RSM US LLP will relocate its Tampa, Florida, office to Sparkman Wharf, part of the new Water Street Tampa development, in July.

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  • April 12, 2019
Mike DiBlasi goes from closer to starter at CBRE

Mike DiBlasi swapped college baseball for accounting and then commercial real estate, with more than a few setbacks along the way. As Managing Director of brokerage CBRE Inc.'s Tampa office, he's fulfilling a dream to coach others.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • April 12, 2019
Westshore area of Tampa about to get a wave of new development

A pair of new office buildings, Skyview Plaza and Skycenter, come in response to falling vacancies, steady demand and a dearth of new supply.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • April 12, 2019
Feldman Equities hires Larsen as EVP

Feldman Equities taps Redstone Commercial vet Baharea Larsen to be its executive vice president in charge of leasing and marketing for a Class A portfolio of office buildings in Tampa and St. Petersburg.

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  • April 11, 2019
Orlando law firm adds shareholder at local office

Orlando-based law firm GrayRobinson, P.A., has named Sharon Britton a shareholder in the firm’s Tampa, Florida, office.

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  • April 10, 2019
Area continues run of record-breaking tourism revenues

Tourism revenue in Tampa, Florida, and Hillsborough County shot up by 11% in February, compared to the same month last year, according to tourism agency Visit Tampa Bay.

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  • April 9, 2019
Area tech firm appoints new CFO

Fintech, a Tampa, Florida-based company that specializes in business software solutions for the beverage alcohol industry, has appointed Roy Kemper chief financial officer.

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  • April 8, 2019
Fast-growing grocery chain plans additional area stores

Sprouts Farmers Market will open two new locations in the Tampa Bay, Florida, area in the second half of 2019.

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