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  • January 25, 2019
Former New York hedge fund consultant returns to area, joins investment firm

Skyway Capital Markets, a boutique Tampa, Florida, investment firm, has hired Jake Zwiebel, formerly of Bloomberg, as an investment banking analyst.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • Kevin McQuaid
  • January 25, 2019
Cousins Properties succeeds by being customer centric

Cousins Properties is preparing to develop a new six-story office building in Tampa's Westshore submarket, amid heightened competition. But the company believes it will succeed through superior customer service and focusing on its customers.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • Kevin McQuaid
  • January 25, 2019
What They're Saying — CBRE

Though the Tampa office investment sales market slowed somewhat in 2018, the year was nonetheless marked by a number of high-profile deals for the Urban Centre property and others.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • Kevin McQuaid
  • January 25, 2019
Cushman & Wakefield promotes Agnew to head property management

Commercial real estate brokerage firm Cushman & Wakefield has promoted Mike Agnew, a 25-year veteran of the firm, to head all of its property management operations in the state of Florida.

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  • January 24, 2019
Fast-growing burger chain targets area for expansion

National restaurant chain BurgerFi plans to add three franchise locations, all owned and operated by restaurant industry veteran Nick Quarantillo, in the St. Petersburg-Clearwater, Florida, area.

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  • January 23, 2019
New York insurance giant set to acquire local firm

Clearwater, Florida-based Bouchard Insurance has agreed to be acquired by Marsh & McLennan Agency LLC, the nation’s ninth-largest insurance broker based on annual revenue. The deal is expected to close by the end of January.

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  • January 22, 2019
Auto dealer welcomes renowned luxury brand to lineup

Dimmitt Automotive Group has added Jaguar to its brand roster and opened a new 28,000-square-foot facility, Dimmitt Jaguar Land Rover, at 25191 U.S. Highway 19 in Clearwater, Florida.

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  • January 21, 2019
RV giant names new finance, insurance head

Lazydays, a Tampa, Florida-based RV dealership that also operates in Arizona, Minnesota, Tennessee and Colorado, has promoted Jamie Mangold to senior director of finance and insurance, effective immediately.

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  • January 18, 2019
Boutique investment banking firm adds M&A experts to team

An investment banking team led by Beth Cahill, formerly the senior managing director of CEA Group, has joined Skyway Capital Markets, a Tampa, Florida-based boutique investment firm.

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  • January 18, 2019
Pair of older St. Pete Beach hotels are ripe for repositioning

Gencom Group's $100 million acquisition of the Grand Plaza Resort and the Beachcomber Hotel & Resort on St. Pete Beach may be part of a corporate shift toward more intense management while preparing for an eventual redevelopment of the properties.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • January 18, 2019
Times' building occupancy up to 90%

With L3 Technologies new lease, 490 First Ave. S in downtown St. Petersburg is now 90% occupied, roughly double the level of commitment three years ago.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • January 18, 2019
Virginia firm snaps up four office buildings near USF campus

Real Estate Value Advisors of Virginia has purchased four Class B office buildings near the USF tampa campus for $25 million, adding to its local portfolio.

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  • January 18, 2019
Strategic Property Partners CEO James Nozar going full speed ahead

Strategic Property Partners CEO sees a busy year ahead for the $3 billion Water Street Tampa project, with roughly a dozen new buildings under construction.

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  • January 17, 2019
Tech firm shuffles C-suite, other leadership roles with promotions

Business software company ConnectWise has promoted Jason Magee, who joined the Tampa, Florida-based firm in 2011 and had been serving as executive vice president and chief operating officer, to president.

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  • January 15, 2019
With acquisition, law firm expands influence in nation’s capital

GrayRobinson buys Washington, D.C.-based lobbying firm Eris Group LLC.

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