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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 11, 2019
Insurance, investment firm announces new president

Austin Boyd joined Boyd Insurance & Investments in 2013 as a commercial account executive.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • July 20, 2018
Greystar buys Tampa apartments for $82 million

Greystar Real Estate Partners of Charleston, S.C. adds to area portfolio of multifamily rental properties by buying the Avana Westchase complex in Tampa for $82 million

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • August 17, 2018
New Market acquires Naples center for $37.8 million

New Market Properties bought Shoppes at Neapolitan Way in Naples to augment its portfolio of 44 mainly grocery-anchored retail centers in seven states

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 21, 2018
Cargo business booming at area airport

The arrival of Amazon in 2015 and UPS in 2017 has given Tampa International Airport’s cargo business a jolt, spiking revenues from $2.6 million to $5.2 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • April 21, 2017
Dilweg Sarasota deal may spur others

The North Carolina firm that acquired the 13-story Sarasota City Center for the highest price spent for a downtown Sarasota office building in the past decade may be seeking other Gulf Coast deals, company officials say.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 12, 2016
Strawberry farm sold for $1.7M

Gladstone Land Corp, based in Virginia, continues to grow in Florida.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 4, 2016
Tampa retail center sells for $24.75 million

The Fountain Oaks Business Center was purchased by a Dallas-based company.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 17, 2015
Retail bidder takes TIA to court

A $1.3 billion concessions deal Tampa International Airport operators struck with 11 different business groups is headed to court.

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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • September 26, 2023
Pasco mall adds five tenants, including French and German retailers

The 441,000-square-foot Tampa Premium Outlets is expanding, adding four merchants and a new restaurant.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Laura Lyon |
  • April 23, 2025
$9.5B Lakeland credit union to acquire Tallahassee bank

MidFlorida Credit Union, a longtime Polk County institution, is acquiring Prime Meridian Holding Co. and its subsidiary, Prime Meridian Bank.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • August 20, 2025
Naples apartments sell to South Florida investor

The deal for the Wild Pines apartments closed with the help of $26.62 million in acquisition financing.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Louis Llovio |
  • October 29, 2024
Building supplier pays $620 million for 2,000 acres in Lee County

The North Carolina company bought the property on Alico Road where it already operates a quarry.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • February 9, 2024
Polk County fence company closing plant, cutting 69 jobs

A Polk County fencing manufacturer is closing its Lake Wales plant and will lay off 69 employees.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Brian Hartz |
  • February 8, 2023
Sunshine State on brink of recession, says noted economist

According to Sean Snaith, director of the University of Central Florida’s Institute for Economic Forecasting, Florida ‘can’t escape’ a downturn.

  • News
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • June 23, 2023
Dunkin' franchisee buys Tampa urgent care clinics, plans big expansion

Purple Square Management looks to have 280 locations under seven brands by the end of the year.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • July 31, 2020
Bridge buys pair of area apartments

Tampa, St. Petersburg multifamily rental deals for more than $100 million the latest purchases by Utah-based investor Bridge Investment Group.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • March 8, 2022
Nearly $72 million workforce apartment project coming to Fort Myers

New York developer to begin construction of desperately needed workforce housing in May

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • October 19, 2018
Phoenix firm buys Sarasota manufactured home communities for $165 million

Cove Communities' purchase of the Camelot Lakes Village and Camelot East Village in Sarasota County for $165 million adds a pair of properties to its growing Florida portfolio.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • October 20, 2025
St. Pete Beach resort renovations aimed at landing prestigious Hilton flag

Following a $25 million Phase 1 renovation, the owners of the Sirata Beach Resort are working on Phase 2 with plans for it to be complete early next year.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • June 3, 2025
Funding cuts to youth jobs program leads to 120 layoffs in St. Pete

The U.S. Department of Labor has paused Job Corps centers operations nationally leading to the shuttering of a St. Petersburg center and the layoffs.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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