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  • February 15, 2019
Nuveen buys Tampa apartments for $62 million

Nuveen Real Estate, the affiliate of the Teachers Insurance & Annuity Association, has purchased the 5 West apartments in Tampa's Rocky Point, it's third major multifamily rental project in the region in the past 18 months.

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  • February 15, 2019
Key Logistics Center building sells — again

Chicago-based logistics leader GLP spent $47 million to buy a Lakeland Ikea fulfillment center run by DHL Supply Chain, part of a portfolio deal involving multiple properties worldwide.

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  • February 15, 2019
NAIOP Hall of Famer's "Fan Club" well deserved

CRE Consultants' Managing Partner and former Florida Market Leader at CBRE Inc. Ray Sandelli was recently inducted into the NAIOP Tampa Bay's Hall of Fame, and former colleagues marked the occasion to create a "Fan Club" for him

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  • February 14, 2019
Area tech firm promotes executive to top post

David Wirta has been named president of managed IT services provider Vology.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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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