APRIL 30 - MAY 6, 2021 | THREE DOLL ARS
FLOR IDA’S NE WSPAPER FOR T HE C - SUI T E
Strategies | Boutique matchmakers in region embrace pandemic shifts. PG.14 PASCO • H ILL SBOROUG H • PIN ELL AS • P OLK • M A N ATEE • SA R ASOTA • C H A R LOT TE • LEE • COLLIER
FLEX SPACE Forward-thinking hospitality firm forges ahead with a major makeover project — despite buying a hotel for $3 million at a pandemic hospitalization zenith. SEE PAGE 10
Tommy Del Zoppo | CHIEF INVESTMENT OFFICER, NEW HOTEL COLLECTION
MARK WEMPLE
DATA SNAPSHOT
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE
Event Horizon
Happy Trails
Four Corners
Summer and fall are simmering with events for Tampa Bay as groups seek to move beyond the pandemic. PAGE 6
Top Pinellas economic development official talks about what works in the competitive field — and what doesn’t. PAGE 8
Tampa startup Resquared seeks to get an early foothold in the industry’s digital transformation. PAGE 12
ENTREPRENEURS
COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE
COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE
Scent of a Woman
The Force is Strong
Generally Speaking
Kenzie Fisher’s challenge is unique: to get people to buy perfume online, without sampling the smell. PAGE 7
Marcus & Millichap’s Daniel Hurd flipped the sale of one Dollar General store into a lucrative career niche. PAGE 16
National brokerage names area executive to leadership post. 16 Church acquires Sarasota bowling alley for $2.7 million. 17 Firm buys Tampa student housing complex. 17
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DON’T MISS
Group of ent repreneurs tur ns a deserted prison site into an expansive training business. PAGE 11
REAL ESTATE
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