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  • December 14, 2018
q&a: Julia Silva Rettig

"Last-mile distribution" is shaking up the industrial real estate industry, and causing investors to look twice at older, smaller properties that are close to urban centers and could be retrofitted for today's logistics firms

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • December 14, 2018
DeSota could garner $80 million in sale

The forthcoming sale of the 10-story DeSota apartments in downtown Sarasota could set a record for the market for multifamily deals when it trades, as is anticipated early next year.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • December 14, 2018
Kolter Group’s long-range focus influences Florida projects

Kolter Group has become one of Florida's most prolific real estate developers since shifting its operations from Toronto to the Sunshine State, with projects from Tampa to Fort Myers.

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  • December 13, 2018
Medical device maker changes name, stock listing

Bovie Medical Corp., a Clearwater, Florida-based maker of medical supplies and devices for cosmetic surgery practices, has changed its name to Apyx Medical Corp. and plans to move its stock to the NASDAQ exchange.

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  • December 12, 2018
Hospital leaders resign in wake of scandal

Facing backlash over a series of newspaper reports that revealed a sharp uptick in deaths of heart surgery patients, multiple members of the executive leadership team at Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital in St. Petersburg, Florida, including President

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  • December 11, 2018
Builder appoints construction official for local division

Atlanta-based homebuilder PulteGroup has promoted Jeremy Young to construction manager of its west Florida division, which includes communities in Tampa, Florida.

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  • December 10, 2018
Area cybersecurity firm expands to European market

ReliaQuest, a Tampa, Florida-based cybersecurity company, has opened its first international office, in Dublin, Ireland.

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  • December 7, 2018
Grocer opens long-awaited store on college grounds

Lakeland, Florida-based grocer Publix has opened its first-ever store on a college campus, at the University of South Florida in Tampa.

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  • December 7, 2018
Skyhouse Channelside deal shows investors are still hot on Tampa's rental market

Investors continue to clamor for downtown apartment buildings in Tampa and St. Petersburg, despite rising interest rates and an eight-year economic cycle, because of continued job growth and other factors, experts say.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • December 7, 2018
What They're Saying: JLL

Law firms in downtowns such as Orlando and Tampa still occupy a significant amount of space, and trends on the horizon could point to further leasing activity

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • December 7, 2018
Renovations completed at downtown St. Petersburg landmark

Denholtz Associates and Convergent Capital Partners have completed roughly $13 million in renovations to 490 First Ave. in downtown St. Petersburg

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  • December 7, 2018
Job growth up, cap rates down. Coincidence?

CBRE Group contends in a new study that job growth and cap rates are more closely linked than many have believed, and that tracking the two data points can help investors

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  • December 6, 2018
Health care organization appoints leader for philanthropic efforts

Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa, Florida, has hired Maria Muller as its executive vice president, chief philanthropy officer and president of its foundation.

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  • December 5, 2018
Luxury hotel gets multimillion-dollar makeover

The Westin Tampa Waterside, a luxury hotel on Harbour Island in downtown Tampa, Florida, has completed a multimillion-dollar renovation.

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  • December 4, 2018
Renowned global scientist, patent holder joins area college

Christian Bréchot, the former head of the world-renowned Pasteur Institute in Paris, has joined USF Health’s Morsani College of Medicine in Tampa, Florida, as senior associate dean for research in global affairs.

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