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Tampa Bay–Lakeland

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  • October 27, 2016
Rising banking star, civic leader leaves region

Brian Lamb has been with Fifth Third since 2006.

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  • October 25, 2016
Booming builder names new area president

Jim Birkholz was named president of the Tampa-Sarasota division for Mattamy Homes.

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  • October 25, 2016
Landmark restaurant will be razed, replaced

Richard Gonzmart and the Columbia Restaurant Group bought Pattigeorge's over the summer.

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  • October 24, 2016
Waterfront hotel overhaul gets new leader

Chicago-based Oxford Capital Group bought the Bay Harbor Best Western hotel in October 2015.

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  • October 21, 2016
Hospital board increases regional heft

Officials with Tampa General Hospital and H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center will help guide the Florida Hospital Association.

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  • October 20, 2016
College displays patent power

License and option agreements are also up at USF.

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  • October 18, 2016
Mortgage firm targets Florida for expansion

Virginia Beach-based Atlantic Bay Mortgage Group has Florida offices in Tampa, Lakeland and Orlando.

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  • October 18, 2016
Bank makes big move with $84M acquisition

Platinum Bank Holding Co. operates seven branches in the Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater and Lakeland-Winter Haven regions.

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  • October 13, 2016
New EDC names first president

JP DuBuque led the Tampa Hillsborough Economic Development Corp. on a temporary basis for nine months.

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  • October 12, 2016
Firm surpasses $100M mark in apartment deals

Sarasota-based Insula Cos. was founded in 2009.

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  • October 12, 2016
Prominent attorney bolts practice to launch his own firm

Kevin Napper was an attorney and shareholder at Carlton Fields.

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  • October 10, 2016
Homebuilder names new area executive

Michael Stephens had been with KB Homes for four years.

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  • October 7, 2016
Feldman Equities is growing, hiring

In preparation for the development of a 52-story mixed-use downtown skyscraper in Tampa and potential acquisitions, Feldman Equities LLC has hired a handful of new employees in the past month.

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  • October 6, 2016
Tampa doctor buys downtown Sarasota Hyatt

Equity fund Blackstone Group had owned the hotel since May 2007.

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  • October 6, 2016
Former Tampa area banker imprisoned for embezzlement

Michael Johnson of Odessa was also ordered to repay $152,783.

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