St. Pete office construction nears ‘inflection point’

With vacancy rates in downtown St. Petersburg falling and rents climbing, the city could soon see new office space being built.

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Jeff Vinik gets back in the money management business

Tampa Bay Lightning owner Jeff Vinik is relaunching his money management business, Vinik Asset Management.

Vinik ran the firm from 1996 to 2013. Since then, he’s focused on the Lightning and Strategic Property Partners, a partnership with Cascade Investment that is developing the $3 billion Water Street project in downtown Tampa.

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LumaStream funding deal highlights Q4 2018 venture activity

LumaStream Inc., a St. Petersburg company that makes LED lighting systems for homes and businesses, was one of six companies in the Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater metropolitan area that raised venture backing in the fourth quarter of 2018.

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