Tampa’s lack of downtown living options could hurt your business
A string of abandoned storefronts on downtown Tampa’s North Franklin Street will give way this summer to a glitzy 23-story apartment tower, bringing potentially hundreds of residents to this largely unfrequented corner of the urban core. At 360 apartments, the tower that Atlanta-based developer Carter is pursuing represents a fraction of the residential units in […]
Even if you’ve owned a home for years, you should care about Tampa Bay’s apartment boom
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 […]
One of her best business investments? A domain name bought for $75 that could now be worth $75K
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 […]
Distance between jobs and homes growing in most metro areas
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 […]
New homes sell at highest pace in seven years
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 […]
5 things to start the day: Kforce CEO’s compensation triples, and what would your walk-up music be at work?
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 […]