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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • November 30, 2018
UPS leases entire McCraney building in Polk County

UPS has signed a lease for the entire new 27 Logistics Park building that McCraney Property Co. of West Palm Beach recently completed in Davenport, in Polk County

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • 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

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • October 11, 2019
Pasco office complex sells via online auction

Woodside Capital Partners has acquired the eight-building Counsel Square office complex in New Port Richey for $9.1 million, in a deal brokered by Transwestern Commercial Services. But what made the transaction unusual was that it sold through the online

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 14, 2019
Finance pioneer CEO plans retirement after 15 years

Revenues at ACI Worldwide surged under Phil Heasley.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • 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.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 15, 2019
Bend it like Echelman

The design for the aerial art installation planned for the St. Petersburg Pier District — a piece that will be created by world-renowned artist Janet Echelman, who lives in Boston but grew up in Tampa, Florida — was officially unveiled in late January at

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 5, 2019
Pulse check: Business confidence high despite long-term concerns

SunTrust Bank's annual Business Pulse survey produced dissonant results as company leaders feel good about their own prospects while expressing worry about a possible recession. Tim Schar, the bank's Tampa, Florida, market president, provides context.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 8, 2018
Plant construction marks milestone for community

A new wastewater treatment plant signals forward momentum for the West Villages master-planned community in south Sarasota County.

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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • August 24, 2018
McKibbon Hospitality ramping up hotel development

McKibbon Hospitality hires industry veteran Rod Radcliff as vice president of development to finish Hotel Arras project in North Carolina and to beef up the company's third-party development services division, spun off in January.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 21, 2018
Lunch delivery company opens new location

Apple Spice has more than 40 locations across the U.S.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 5, 2022
$92 million project in Sarasota goes vertical

The first phase of the Marie Selby Botanical Gardens project will include a plant research center and herbarium.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 14, 2016
Famous waterfront restaurant property sold for $5M

The Linger Lodge & Campground had been listed for sale since 2013.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 30, 2016
Firm finds a branch

What was once one of the largest tree-planting firms in the region, Turner Tree and Landscape, has a new owner after a tumultuous five-year run that included several foreclosures and a bankruptcy filing.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 25, 2014
Investment Group buys Charlotte land for 400-lot residential development

An investment group led by Charlotte County developer/homebuilder Ron Greenland purchased 169.5 acres of vacant land east and north of Placida Road for $2.55 million.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 30, 2014
Matter Brothers Furniture entering Sarasota

The Fort Myers-based retailer bought a manufacturing plant to create one of the largest furniture stores in the state.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 7, 2014
Matter Brothers Furniture converting former manufacturing plant

The price equated to $38 per square foot.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 20, 2014
Sherman Real Estate Fund, partners buy Arlington at Northwood

Deerfield, Ill.-based Sherman Real Estate Fund IX LLC and two of the fund's trade partners purchased the 312-unit Arlington at Northwood Apartments for $36.1 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 2, 2016
Retail on the Rise

The retail real estate market in Florida, according to a new report from real estate giant JLL, is about as hot as it's ever been.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 10, 2016
Chico's board battle heats up

The fight over the future of women's retailer Chico's FAS has become more contentious, with the company firing back at one of its most vocal activist investors.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 22, 2016
Tech industry on fast track

The IT sector in Tampa, from managing complicated systems to lockdown-tight cybersecurity, is a scorcher — both for growth in customers and an urgent need for employees.

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