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Tampa Bay–Lakeland

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  • Business Observer Staff
  • September 17, 2018
Law firm’s local office adds lauded attorney

Gunster, a West Palm Beach, Florida-based law firm, has strengthened its private wealth services team in Tampa with the addition of Brian Sparks.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • September 14, 2018
Ad agency takes novel approach to branding job

St. Petersburg, Florida-based Paradise Advertising has taken a unique, restrained approach to its creative work for the Amelia Island Convention and Visitors Bureau.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Kevin McQuaid
  • September 14, 2018
Water Street Tampa poised for a trio of new office offerings

Strategic Property Partners, after focusing on hotels, restaurants and residences the past two years, is preparing to develop a trio of new office buildings as part of its $3 billion downtown Tampa project

  • Commercial Real Estate
    By
  • Kevin McQuaid
  • September 14, 2018
Henderson joins Avison Young capital markets team in Tampa

Allen Henderson joins commercial real estate brokerage firm Avison Young in Tampa to beef up the company's capital markets group amid heightened investment activity.

  • Commercial Real Estate
    By
  • Kevin McQuaid
  • September 14, 2018
Canadian company buys Westshore Embassy Suites hotel

Westmont Hospitality Group, a Canadian company with offices in Houston, has acquired the 243-room Embassy Suites hotel in the Westshore section of Tampa for nearly $43 million.

  • Commercial Real Estate
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • September 13, 2018
Top health insurer bolsters local workforce

Humana Inc. plans to hire 124 full-time customer service personnel at its offices in Tampa and St. Petersburg, Florida.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • September 12, 2018
Developer unveils makeover of high-traffic retail area

The Sembler Company, a St. Petersburg, Florida-based shopping center developer, held a grand re-opening for Disston Plaza, a Publix-anchored shopping center at the corner of 49th St. N. and 38th Ave. N.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • September 11, 2018
Crab scam nets charges for area man

Robert Lee Humphrey Jr. of Hillsborough County, Florida, faces multiple charges related to his alleged role in a crab fisher investment scam that defrauded investors of $800,000.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • September 10, 2018
Law firm continues growth surge with new hire

Shirin Vesely has joined Tampa, Florida-based Trenam Law as a shareholder and will be part of the firm’s commercial litigation practice group.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • September 7, 2018
Law firm adds personnel to growing construction practice

Andrew Gay and Frank Moya have joined the Tampa, Florida, office of law firm Carlton Fields as a member of the firm’s construction practice.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Kevin McQuaid
  • September 7, 2018
FDOT slowly moving ahead on Westshore purchases

FDOT plans to develop an intermodal hub in Tampa's Westshore business district and make right-of-way improvements to Interstate 275 has slowed, but officials say the programs are continuing.

  • Commercial Real Estate
    By
  • Kevin McQuaid
  • September 7, 2018
Tampa area ranks among top U.S. secondary MSAs

The Tampa-Clearwater-St. Petersburg MSA ranks as one of the top "secondary" areas in the nation for CRE investors

  • Commercial Real Estate
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • September 6, 2018
Machinery firm brings HQ, jobs to region

A large manufacturer of CNC wire bending machines plans to invest $4 million in a new Hillsborough County headquarters facility and hire 45 local workers. Automated Industrial Machinery Inc. will move to Tampa from Illinois.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • September 5, 2018
Real estate firm expands footprint with acquisition

RE/MAX Bay to Bay, part of Ramos Companies, has acquired Belle Maison Realty, formerly owned by Bonnie and Ed Pichette with offices at 10012 Water Works Lane in Riverview.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • September 4, 2018
University unveils health studies building

The University of Tampa last week officially opened the largest academic building on its campus, a new facility that will house the Tampa, Florida, university's nursing and physician assistant medicine programs.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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