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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • September 25, 2020
Industrious shining despite COVID-19

Office co-working platform Industrious continues to expand in Tampa Bay even as rivals suffer from debt and pandemic-related uncertainty.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Grier Ferguson |
  • September 25, 2020
Law firm grows, powers through pandemic

Despite the pandemic, one area law firm is expanding by bringing on new attorneys and adding a practice group.

  • Law
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  • By Grier Ferguson |
  • December 20, 2019
Area entrepreneur shifts model, jumps on family entertainment idea

Behind some fast success, big growth opportunities await for Jumpin Fun Inflata Park.

  • Strategies
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • December 27, 2019
Top Deals: Sarasota/Manatee

Apartments edged other sectors in top transaction activity in Sarasota and Manatee counties in 2019 as investors clamored to lock in yields, even as overall dollar volume dropped from the year before in absence of a few high-profile deals such as the sale

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 5, 2020
Former business group leader, mayor dies at 73

Kerry Kirschner’s decades-long career bridged the public and private sectors. His role as a dad also defined his life.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • April 30, 2020
Major retailer targets three-phased reopen plan

One of the region’s largest retailers prepares for reentry. ‘It was much easier to close stores than it has been to reopen them,’ new CEO says.

  • News
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • June 30, 2020
Colleges grapple with enrollment, budget uncertainty

Pair of school administrators, after tough few months, gird for more stressful days ahead.

  • Education
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  • By John Haughey |
  • March 9, 2022
Lakeland software firm embraces $324M valuation, new contracts

Wind Talker Innovations, after early stumble by thinking too small, aims to ride its new think-big attitude into new markets.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Grier Ferguson |
  • January 25, 2019
New $17 million hotel banks on architectural focus to set itself apart

The 89-room hotel has a pool, restaurant, lounge, patio and 10 different room types.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • March 1, 2019
Solutions for the Future

Commercial real estate brokerage firm Land Solutions Inc. is expanding its services and installing a second-generation leader to carry the 20-year-old firm forward

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • September 21, 2018
Meet Regions' new kid on the block

Michael Jones brings plenty of institutional knowledge to his new leadership post with Regions Bank in Tampa, Florida.

  • Finance
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  • By Ted Carter |
  • January 6, 2017
Say high

Medical marijuana in Florida sailed through the ballot box in November. Now comes the tricky part.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • September 1, 2017
Doubling down

Publix Super Markets has bought dozens of its stores in recent years, while looking for 'the next big thing.'

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • July 21, 2017
Towering Figure

100 North Tampa turns 25 years old this month, but it still looks like one of Tampa's freshest office offerings.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • January 26, 2018
Preparing to Launch

Feldman Equities says the concept for its 52-story tower in Tampa will be like 'a sailboat moving down the river.'

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 30, 2014
Corporate Report

A roundup of the top corporate news of the week.

  • Strategies
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • January 29, 2016
Commercial real estate Q&A: Dan O'Berski

Dan O'Berski formed Trinity Commercial Group in 2011, after more than a decade in the commercial real estate brokerage industry with companies such as CBRE Inc. and Naples Realty Services Inc.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Laura Lyon |
  • January 15, 2025
Entrepreneur aims to restore rotted structures with new franchise

The model behind Preservan, an Oklahoma-based company debuting in Tampa Bay, is to repair, not replace, wooden parts of structures.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • April 7, 2025
Lee County's Two Meatballs in the Kitchen to expand into Naples

The popular eatery will move into its new 5,400-square-foot space in about six months.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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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
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