The pending sale of The Corner at Westshore — the retail center anchored by the Container Store — has the potential to be a record setter for Tampa Bay. Patrick Berman, a senior director of retail brokerage at Cushman & Wakefield of Florida Inc., told the Westshore Alliance’s annual development forum Tuesday that a sale […]
Commercial real estate powerhouse Savills Studley has acquired one of the Tampa Bay area’s fastest-growing firms, woman-owned Vertical Integration Inc. Ann Duncan, president and founder of Vertical Integration, and her team will join Savills Studley and Duncan will become head of the company’s occupier services, a statement said. Financial terms of the deal were not […]
From bike rentals and couch surfing to transportation and travel, the so-called “sharing economy” will have a greater impact on the economy in the coming years, according to a new report. “Sharing economy” industries, including travel, car sharing, hospitality, finance, staffing and music and video streaming, have the potential to increase global revenues from $15 […]
International investors are seriously looking at Tampa, adding a new source of financing that could bolster the city’s growth. “Tampa is just very well received right now,” said Daniel Peek, senior managing director of the hospitality group with HFF LP in Tampa. “Tampa presents a great growth story right now, and it’s nice to see.” […]
In a survey of more than 300 Tampa Bay Business Journal readers, Interstate 275 — specifically the Howard Frankland bridge — was found to be the most complained about traffic spot. More people complained about driving on the bridge, specifically the Northbound exit at Kennedy Boulevard leading into the Westshore area, more than any other […]
If the Tampa Tribune’s pending real estate deal comes to fruition, it will be a ringing endorsement of the potential for development deals in the urban core. The Tribune’s riverfront site in downtown Tampa is under contract to a developer who is planning a residential project there that could possibly include commercial uses, multiple real […]
Each week Alison Green, who also writes the “Ask a Manager” website, answers workplace and management questions from readers. Please comment or ask your own question by emailing her at alison@askamanager.org. Question 1. How a manager should tell her staff she’s resigning I know I’m leaving my current place of employment. My boss and I […]
The Tampa Tribune’s building in downtown Tampa is said to be under contract to a developer who plans to redevelop the property. The Tribune’s building at 202 S. Parker St. will be sold to a developer who is planning a residential project there that could possibly include commercial uses, according to multiple sources who asked […]
Nearly one-third of higher-income households said they live paycheck to paycheck at least sometimes, and 44 percent agreed that spending on lifestyle purchases such as dining out and entertainment causes them to save less than they should each month. Those are the findings of a new SunTrust survey conducted online by Harris Poll among those […]
SCIENCE GRAFITTI: I dropped by Florida Polytechnic University last week to update our images of the Innovation, Science and Technology building, a design marvel by architect Santiago Calatrava. Pictured are science doodles as seen on outside glass that rings the circumference of the building. (See photo) April 20 Noon: TBBJ executive roundtable on transportation and […]