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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 21, 2014
Michigan's Alidade Capital buys MiraBay Village, land

Bloomfield Hills, Mich.-based real estate private equity fund Alidade Capital LLC purchased the 93,985-square-foot MiraBay Village retail center and an adjacent 9.79-acre development site for $12.25 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 29, 2015
Waramaug Hospitality buys Holiday Inn Express & Suites

Private investment firm Waramaug LS Hotels LLC purchased the 123-key, 69,000-square-foot Holiday Inn Express & Suites-Tampa-USF-Busch Gardens for $8.04 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • September 18, 2015
To Russia, with love

It's a rare executive, in any industry, who doesn't face the “can't find good people” conundrum.

  • News
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 19, 2014
A projected boom in boomers is confirmed

A recent National Association of Realtors report proves what many on the Gulf Coast already know: The baby boomers who aren't here yet? They're coming.

  • News
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 17, 2015
Discovery Village sells Forum to Kayne Anderson partnership

Discovery Senior Living sold the two-phase Discovery Village at The Forum senior housing facility to a joint venture of Kayne Anderson Real Estate Advisors and itself for $36.24 million.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • August 21, 2024
Brandon shopping center sold as part of $137 million deal

Lake Brandon Village is one of three properties bought by Winter Park-based CTO Realty Growth in deal that expands its footprint into Tampa and Charlotte.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Louis Llovio |
  • May 22, 2024
Plant City apartment complex sold for $34.8 million

A Boston-area investment company has bought the property about 1 mile from Interstate 4 and plans improvements.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Louis Llovio |
  • February 4, 2026
Darden to transform 4 Bahama Breeze eateries in region

As part of a move to eliminate the Caribbean inspired chain, it will rebrand 14 locations and close another 14.The four getting a rebrand in the region are in Tampa, Lutz, Brandon and Fort Myers.

  • Florida
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Brian Hartz |
  • December 7, 2018
Pitch man: Stadium push puts exec's leadership skills to the test

Nonprofit CEO Jason Woody leads a group of business leaders who are trying to raise support for a new stadium for the Tampa Bay Rays in Ybor City, a historic district in Tampa, Florida.

  • Leadership
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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • January 4, 2019
Foul ball: Another collapsed stadium deal raises questions about team's future

On Dec. 11, Tampa Bay Rays principal owner Stu Sternberg officially bailed out of negotiations with Tampa and Hillsborough County for a new home for the Major League Baseball team in Tampa, Florida's Ybor City neighborhood.

  • Strategies
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 11, 2007
Aysegul Timur: Where are the jobs?

Southwest Florida's economy has benefited from population and income growth. Expect Gulf Coast counties to continue generating service-related jobs in the years ahead.

  • Opinion
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • October 28, 2005
Raised Expectations

New investment has fueled a mini-boom in the beleaguered commercial market at Tampa's Fowler and Nebraska avenues.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 12, 2003
Constructing Change

Dooley & Mack Constructors, the largest construction company in the Sarasota-Manatee region, explains its recent leadership and corporate structure overhaul.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • October 1, 2010
Mustang Sally

With an array of incentives in hand, a Gulf Coast manufacturing firm gambles big on expansion. Part of the bet rests in turning solar power into a moneymaker.

  • Strategies
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  • By Louis Llovio and Mark Gordon |
  • August 19, 2021
Retail developers find ways to beat back e-commerce

Several large landlord and developers aren't ready to give up on the traditional shopping plaza.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • March 13, 2020
Julia Silva brings "daunting energy" to new role

Broker has spent nearly three decades leveraging knowledge about industrial real estate. At brokerage firm JLL, she'll apply it on an entirely new plane.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • February 15, 2019
New York's Red Apple Group planning a "destination block" in St. Petersburg

Developer Red Apple Group hopes to create a building that is accretive to the community when it builds a 200-plus-room hotel and condo tower at 400 Central Ave. in downtown St. Petersburg.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • February 2, 2018
Competitively Optimistic

Commercial real estate should continue to surge. But many are growing cautious, given some lurking 'disruptors.'

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Madison Bierl |
  • June 19, 2025
Shuttered pickleball facility reopens under new leadership

Matt Lund, who had worked under the previous ownership, says the business model has it right this time.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Jim Stinson |
  • January 3, 2024
State legislators aim to address health care, insurance, shoplifting

As in past Florida Legislative sessions, the power of the Senate president and House speaker will dictate much of the bills that either get passed or languish in committees.

  • Florida
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