AUGUST 13 - AUGUST 19, 2021 | THREE DOLL ARS
FLOR IDA’S NE WSPAPER FOR T HE C - SUI T E
Leadership | Kindness in the executive suite can foster sweet rewards. PG.3 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
Take a Bow After nearly 60 years, entrepreneurial sailing school couple — he’s 86, she’s 80 — gives way to the next generation of company leaders. PAGE 14
Steve and Doris Colgate | OFFSHORE SAILING SCHOOL, CO-OWNERS
STEFANIA PIFFERI
DATA SNAPSHOT
HEALTH CARE
TRENDS
Time to Build
Jumbo Combo
Delayed Returns
Florida, along with Texas and a few other states, mostly in the South, lead the nation’s construction surge. PAGE 6
Tampa General Hospital and USF join forces to improve patient care, research and two bottom lines. PAGE 8
REAL ESTATE
Business travel sector lags behind its leisure cousin in getting back on the road and in the air. PAGE 12
STRATEGIES
HOSPITALITY
COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE
Leap of Faith
Check In
Action Again
Paige Tucker quit her job to pursue her entrepreneurial dreams — with more big ideas coming next. PAGE 7
After a long delay, construction crews are back at it at Sunseeker Resort, a $510 million transformational project. PAGE 16
Investor buys Naples land for $24.6 million St. Pete developers make pandemic-driven changes to mixed-use project. 18
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5 University rings the bell on lofty new project. 2021 BIG BOOK OF BUSINESS
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E x tended Stay A mer ica chooses Tampa to debut its new Premier Suites hotel brand. PAGE 10
Phoenix company buys four senior-living complexes in region. 16
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