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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • September 19, 2020
Impact Driven

Westside Capital Group balances profit with positive change in a formula it’s employed in Tampa and elsewhere

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • March 25, 2010
Back to Life

Investors bid the stock of Health Management Associates to bankruptcy lows in 2008, but new management brought it back to life. The hospital operator's shares are up 321% in one year.

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  • By Traci McMillan Beach |
  • October 9, 2015
Rental revenues

Hotels up and down the Gulf Coast are fighting new competition — individual property owners with access to the masses.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • March 4, 2005
Real Estate Briefs (Tampa edition)

Hillsborough site development begins with demolitionFertilizer company obtains $850 million security creditRiverbrook Apartments sold to a new investorCB Richard Ellis appoints new directorBarometer forecasts vacancy rates declineEmbassy Suites Hotel owner secures loan

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 30, 2004
Coffee Talk (Tampa edition)

This week's items: Chief judge of the judicial circuit for Pasco and Pinellas counties, and the court clerk in Pinellas battle over guardianshipsFlorida Legislature increases 6th and 13 circuit judicial staffs Congressman Jim Davis honors

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 26, 2003
Growth Spree

One of Sarasota's largest law firms is hiring nine new attorneys. Is that an indication of an upward employment trend for other firms?

  • Law
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  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • November 23, 2018
Krispy Kreme franchise territory is a sweet opportunity

After five years of pursuit, Jim Cosentino won Krispy Kreme franchise rights to southeast Florida. Now he's tackling the west coast of Florida.

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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • November 4, 2016
Thinking global

When Johnson & Johnson decided to move its Global Services division North American headquarters to Tampa from New Jersey, where the company was formed in 1886, it wasn't just packing up a department and relocating it.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • August 16, 2024
Legendary Fort Myers Beach restaurant property sells for $3.65M

In the week's top commercial real estate news, an Estero Ford dealership grows its service department and an investor borrows $82 million to buy a pair of Lutz apartment communities and a local construction company buys a Sarasota warehouse and office space.

  • Florida
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • August 11, 2024
Walmart shopping center in Brandon sells for $6.9 million

In the week's top commercial real estate news, matching Sarasota apartment buildings sell, a CRE firm closes a deal and wins a prize in Fort Myers, and an interesting Lakeland property is on the market.

  • Florida
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • October 15, 2023
1,300-home master-planned community coming to Punta Gorda

In the week's top commercial real estate news, a popular bike shop sells its building in Fort Myers, a boat company buys a warehouse near St. Pete, and an office building is for sale in Sarasota County.

  • Florida
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • July 6, 2025
Israeli drone manufacturer opens US hub in Tampa

In the week's top commercial real estate news, a Naples apartment complex opens with a little help, a build-to-rent developer buys land in Pasco, and a Swedish company will build a Manatee school.

  • Florida
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  • By Anastasia Dawson |
  • December 22, 2025
USF to spend 2026 under construction with new developments planned across campus

From an on-campus football stadium and state-of-the-art athletics building to the mixed-use Fletcher District, 2026 will bring major development to the University of South Florida's Tampa campus.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • April 16, 2023
$300M Fort Myers revitalization project wins more federal funding

Some of the funds will go toward rising construction costs.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 13, 2022
Housing affordability, resiliency take center stage at conference

The Tampa Bay Regional Planning Council event drew leaders from across the region, including Pasco and Manatee counties.

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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • January 6, 2023
Higher interest rates will slow residential developers looking for land

But demand for land to build multifamily in downtown Sarasota and other locations will remain healthy, says Ian Black Real Estate.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • June 24, 2005
Free Press (Sara/Mana)

Longboat chamber changes name to include St. ArmandsVengroff, Williams joins with California companyVenice food service consultant expands to West Indies

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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • April 29, 2005
Newsmakers (Sara/Mana)

Newsmakers is available free of charge.

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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • November 25, 2011
Development Deals

Collier County may be at the forefront of new residential development projects as inventory dwindles and demand increases.

  • Strategies
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • February 23, 2012
Move Forward

A growing health care firm with solid systems already in place still shook up how it does things behind the scenes.

  • Strategies
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