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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • May 13, 2016
COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE PROFILE: Don Paxton

Don Paxton has been involved in the development of more than 175 multifamily communities throughout Florida and two dozen other states throughout his career.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 28, 2015
Corporate report

Lazydays RV sites featured on Big Time RV show; Tampa's Meadow Burke hires new manufacturing director; Heritage Insurance, Casualty approved to offer policies in North Carolina; Heritage Insurance, Casualty approved to offer policies in North Carolina; Aerospace company president joins Morphogenesis board; Krexconsulting founder named H.R. Consultant of the Year; Medical Center of Trinity clearing building portion; Medical Center of Trinity clearing building portion

  • Strategies
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • November 24, 2024
South Florida investor pays $5.8 million for Tampa industrial site

In the week's top commercial real estate news, a Pasco hardware store is sold, a Sarasota project gets a builder, and a Naples developer takes out a loan.

  • Florida
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Louis Llovio |
  • March 12, 2025
Lakeland warehouse developers get $16 million construction loan

The 202,000-square-foot project off of I-4 and State Road 33 is expected to be complete early next year.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Louis Llovio |
  • July 21, 2024
Salvation Army taking over shuttered Venice Books-A-Million

In the week's top commercial real estate news, gyms change hands in Fort Myers, a Boston buyer pays $63 million for apartments in Tampa, and land set aside for conservation sold in Sarasota.

  • Florida
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Louis Llovio |
  • August 3, 2023
Revamped St. Pete development plan approved: Condos out, offices in

Orange Station will now have more than 100,000 square feet of office space and a luxury hotel after the St. Petersburg City Council approved a revised plan for the highly anticipated development.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Steven Benna |
  • April 17, 2023
Top commercial real estate transactions for April 4-10 in Charlotte, Collier, Hillsborough, Lee, Manatee, Pasco, Pinellas, Polk, Sarasota

A mixed-use site and manufacturing plant topped the week's sales at $53.5 million.

  • Transactions
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • July 20, 2006
Corporate Report

Look at business briefs from around the Gulf Coast for free.

  • Industries
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 4, 2008
Custom Fit

In what could be a sign of things tocome, RR Simmons Construction builds a unique urban hybrid store for Publix.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • November 12, 2009
Now Hear This

When hearing aid entrepreneur Mark Krywko couldn't find the kind of outside sound reduction headphones he wanted, he and his engineers created their own. Now that discovery is the basis of a bulging business.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Denise Kalette |
  • February 8, 2013
Skilled Workers

CEOs who plan to expand or relocate their companies could face delays because of a shortage of trained workers in the construction trades.

  • Industries
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • July 8, 2011
Play Ball

Titan Construction Services specializes in building athletic fields, including those for the new Boston Red Sox spring training facility. That business niche pulled the company through the recession.

  • Strategies
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 1, 2020
Builder, with nearly $300M in revenue, names new president

Matthew Zwack has been with Owen-Ames-Kimball since 2005.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 7, 2020
Popular pumpkin farm faces $7.2 million foreclosure lawsuit

The Bradenton farm is one of the defendants listed along with members of the Hunsader family.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • April 10, 2020
"The Bay" hits construction milestone

"The Bay, " a 53-acre, municipally owned waterfront tract just outside downtown Sarasota, is moving forward with its first construction projects.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • August 16, 2019
Aileron Capital completing Grand Central apartments

Aileron Capital Management is completing the Grand Central apartments in Fort Myers, the centerpiece of an 18-acre project. The Tampa company also plans to sell its other two Southwest. Florida holdings, Midtown apartments and the Uptown at Liberty Health

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 12, 2019
Iconic downtown office, retail building sold for $4.4 million

The downtown Fort Myers deal went from start to close in 65 days.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 13, 2017
Jeremy Rearden, 35

Co-founder and CTO, Synergy Custom Technology Solutions

  • Class of 2017
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Grier Ferguson |
  • May 26, 2017
Cottage industry

Developer Marshall Gobuty says his plans for a new development could spark a shift in homebuilding, to smaller, more efficient properties.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Jean Gruss |
  • September 9, 2016
Instagram for grownups

Scott Relf sold his startup company to Google in 2011. His next company also has bold ambitions.

  • Industries
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