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Tampa Bay–Lakeland

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  • January 8, 2019
Area hotel management firm snags Miami Beach executive

Tampa, Florida-based Mainsail Lodging & Development has hired Brad Hayden as vice president of finance.

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  • January 7, 2019
Tech giant shutters office in region, but will remain in area

L3 Technologies, a supplier of detection and security technology to the federal government and armed forces, has leased the fifth and sixth floors of the Tampa Bay Times building, located at 490 1st Ave. S., in downtown St. Petersburg, Florida.

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  • Kevin McQuaid
  • January 4, 2019
On the Cusp

The $3 billion water Street Tampa project will see its first real vertical construction in the coming year, as a half doze new projects are now being built within the 53-acre project.

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  • January 3, 2019
Specialty grocer sets grand opening for latest store in area

Sprouts Farmers Market has scheduled a Jan. 16 grand opening for its Clearwater store, located at 23656 U.S. Highway 19 N., beginning at 7 a.m.

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  • January 3, 2019
Condo community sells for $10M, will become student housing

Park Place, a 92-unit condominium community located at 3400 Fletcher Ave., directly across from the University of South Florida’s Tampa, Florida, campus, has been sold for $10 million to a developer who plans to turn it into student housing.

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  • January 2, 2019
Health care system makes name change official

Florida Hospital facilities across the state have officially transitioned to the AdventHealth name and brand as part of a plan announced last year by the hospital network’s parent company, Adventist Health System, based in Altamonte Springs, Florida.

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  • January 2, 2019
Discount carrier launches nonstop route to Canada

Discount carrier flair Airlines has begun to offer direct flights from St. Pete-Clearwater International Airport in St. Petersburg, Florida, to Winnipeg International Airport in Winnipeg, Manitoba.

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  • December 28, 2018
Apartments dominate, but resorts rise

This year's top commercial real estate sales differed from recent years past in that resorts topped the list in each of the three Gulf Coast submarkets

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  • December 28, 2018
Top commercial real estate deals for 2018 in Tampa Bay

A high-end resort topped the list of commercial real estate sales in the Tampa Bay area in 2018, but significant office sales and apartment projects also cracked the top five transactions list.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • Kevin McQuaid
  • December 21, 2018
Adaptive Reuse

In an example of adaptive reuse, Transwestern Development Co. intends to revamp the former Golf Club at Bridgewater in Lakeland into a 1 million-square-foot industrial park aimed at e-commerce tenants.

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  • December 20, 2018
Business booster group appoints leader

Effective Jan. 1, Lynda Remund will be the new president and CEO of the Tampa Downtown Partnership in Tampa, Florida, succeeding Christine Burdick, who stepped down in December 2017.

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  • December 19, 2018
Developer breaks ground on $14M clubhouse at new community

Del Webb, a brand affiliated with Atlanta-based homebuilder PulteGroup Inc., has begun construction of a 19,000-square-foot clubhouse at its 55-plus Bexley community in Land O’Lakes, Florida.

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  • December 18, 2018
Cosmetic surgery product supplier names new CFO

Bovie Medical Corp., a Clearwater, Florida-based maker of medical supplies and devices for cosmetic surgery practices, has hired Tara Semb as chief financial officer.

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  • December 17, 2018
Concert promoter names new head of regional operations

Live Nation Entertainment has appointed Neil Jacobsen president of its Tampa/Orlando, Florida, concerts division.

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  • December 14, 2018
Long-serving CEO of tech industry consortium to retire

Global Technology Distribution Council CEO Tim Curran plans to retire from the St. Petersburg, Florida-based organization in January after leading it since 2002.

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