There’s a palpable change at Channelside Bay Plaza since Tampa Bay Lightning took over, the general manager of the Hooters restaurant there said. “The vibe is coming back down there,” said Rob Fisher. “The important thing is the vibe is not only there on game days, but on off days when there isn’t anything going […]
A new study shows just how much Tampa Bay’s apartment boom has meant to the region’s economy — and the total impact goes beyond construction dollars and tax revenue. In 2013, the most recent data available, apartment construction, operations and resident spending contributed $7.2 billion locally and supported more than 73,900 jobs in the Bay […]
Two decades ago, the domain name t echnicaljobs.com cost Janet Miller $75. Now that auspicious purchase could net her up to $75,000. Selling her domain name is just one of the many steps Miller has to take now that she is closing her Baltimore-based recruitment firm, Computer Management Inc., after 30 years of connecting IT […]
Jobs are getting farther away from where people live, according to a new analysis of demographic and employment data by the Brookings Institution. The number of jobs within the typical commute distance for residents of the nation’s 96 largest metro areas fell by 7 percent between 2000 and 2012, Brookings found. That’s not true for […]
When the groundhog came out of his hole this year, he must have decided to buy a new home — sales of new single-family houses jumped to their highest level in seven years in February New home sales hit a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 539,000 in February, according to the Census Bureau. That’s up […]
The total pay package for David Dunkel, chairman and CEO of Kforce Inc., nearly tripled in 2014, compared to the prior year, a proxy filed by Kforce(NASDAQ: KFRC) showed. Dunkel pulled in $6.8 million in total compensation last year, a 196 percent increase over $2.3 million in 2013. A big part of the increase came […]
The 23-story tower Atlanta-based Carter USA proposed last fall in downtown Tampa is moving forward, with plans to start construction in the summer. Conor McNally, Carter chief development officer, said Friday that the group is “highly confident” in its plans, which include 360 apartments and 10,000 square feet of retail space. The site is referred […]
A Dallas developer is planning a new apartment complex on the northern fringe of Tampa’s urban core. Lincoln Property Co. is in talks with the city to build a 408-unit, five-story apartment building north of the David A. Straz Jr. Center for Performing Arts, on a surface parking lot adjacent to the Barrymore Hotel. The […]
Tampa Bay Lightning Owner Jeff Vinik is “seven figures” into cosmetic upgrades of Channelside Bay Plaza — and within months of finalizing a long-term plan for the beleaguered waterfront mall. Vinik won the ground lease to the property on Aug. 19 and tapped commercial real estate firm Franklin Street and Tampa developer Anthony Everett to […]
Downtown Tampa isn’t a thriving 24/7 neighborhood yet — but the numbers are trending that way. Vacancies are down across every sector of commercial real estate in the city center, and prices are creeping up to the point that could justify new construction. Residential development, urban renewal experts say, is the foundation of a thriving […]