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Tampa Bay–Lakeland

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Tampa area ranks among top U.S. secondary MSAs

The Tampa-Clearwater-St. Petersburg MSA ranks as one of the top "secondary" areas in the nation for CRE investors

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  • September 6, 2018
Machinery firm brings HQ, jobs to region

A large manufacturer of CNC wire bending machines plans to invest $4 million in a new Hillsborough County headquarters facility and hire 45 local workers. Automated Industrial Machinery Inc. will move to Tampa from Illinois.

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  • September 5, 2018
Real estate firm expands footprint with acquisition

RE/MAX Bay to Bay, part of Ramos Companies, has acquired Belle Maison Realty, formerly owned by Bonnie and Ed Pichette with offices at 10012 Water Works Lane in Riverview.

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  • September 4, 2018
University unveils health studies building

The University of Tampa last week officially opened the largest academic building on its campus, a new facility that will house the Tampa, Florida, university's nursing and physician assistant medicine programs.

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  • August 31, 2018
Bank scores sponsorship deal with college football team

Valley National Bank signs a pact with USF's football team.

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  • August 31, 2018
Gulf Coast hotel sales climb into new territory

The $171 million sale of the Ritz-Carlton Sarasota resort, among other hotels, shows that Gulf Coast lodging properties are gaining in popularity among institutional investors such as real estate investment trusts.

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  • August 31, 2018
Teachers Insurance buys St. Petersburg apartments

Teachers Insurance & Annuity Association pays $81.1 million for St. Petersburg apartment complex Fusion 1560, in one of the largest multifamily rental transactions in the Tampa Bay area this year.

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  • August 31, 2018
Central Florida leases pair of buildings at Commerce center

Central Florida Development has fully leased a pair of speculative industrial buildings it constructed in the Central Florida Commerce Center,in Lakeland

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • Kevin McQuaid
  • August 31, 2018
AAA completes relocation to Renaissance Center in Tampa

AAA relocates 750 workers to new office space in Tampa's Westshore Business District after fully leasing a speculative building that New Jersey-based Vision Properties developed at the 71-acre Renaissance Center business park.

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  • August 31, 2018
Skin deep: Renovation brings the past to life

Clearwater, Florida-based lighting manufacturer Zaniboni Lighting has spared no expense on the renovation of its headquarters, which just so happens to be the ancestral home of the Clearwater police and fire departments, a building that dates back to 1928

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  • August 30, 2018
Farm buys land for multimillion-dollar HQ project

Wish Farms has acquired a 36-acre parcel along Interstate 4, near Plant City, Florida, that will house the berry grower’s new headquarters facility.

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  • August 29, 2018
Tampa Bay Bucs executive buys iconic area hotel

Tampa Bay Bucs executive buys famed Vinoy Renaissance resort in St. Petersburg, the latest in a string of high-profile lodging deals.

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  • August 28, 2018
Hospital strikes naming-rights deal with NFL team

Florida Hospital and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers unveiled a new name and logo for the NFL team’s Tampa, Florida-based training facility and business offices, which will be known as AdventHealth Training Center.

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  • August 27, 2018
Biotech firm advances skin cancer treatment program

Morphogenesis Inc., a Tampa, Florida-based biotech company, will embark on the first human clinical study of its immunotherapeutic vaccine designed to treat melanoma.

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  • August 24, 2018
Restaurant supply company to bring 300 jobs to region

WebstaurantStore Inc., an online restaurant supply company, will invest $1 million in a new location in Tampa, Florida, and hire more than 300 IT and customer solutions staff members over the next five years.

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