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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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  • Brian Hartz
  • 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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  • February 22, 2019
Package deal: Long-vacant former post office given new lease on life

In December, Plant City, Florida, officials finalized the city's acquisition of the former downtown post office, a building on the prime corner of Reynolds and Wheeler streets that sat vacant and dilapidated for more than a decade.

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  • February 22, 2019
Starwood Capital buys trio of Marriott hotels

Starwood Capital has invested $79 million to acquire a trio of Marriott-branded, extended stay hotels near major airports in Tampa and Fort Myers from an Atlanta company.

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  • February 22, 2019
Tampa firm buys Lakeland apartments

A Tampa firm has set a Polk County pricing record for multifamily with a $50 million purchase of the Victoria Landing apartments, in Lakeland

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  • February 22, 2019
Summit Splashes into St. Petersburg

Summit Real Estate has purchased five buildings in two St. Petersburg business parks in a bid to expand its investment footprint to Florida.

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  • February 21, 2019
Mayor who allegedly shot at deputies to be investigated for fraud

Dale Massad was arrested on charges of practicing medicine without a license.

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