Tampa Bay business leaders weigh in on what to expect in 2024

January 5, 2024 | Jo-Lynn Brown

What comes first, growing to expand or expanding to grow? I ask this question often to business leaders I interview, in all industries. And the answer? “It depends.” That answer

Franklin Street names Garet Marr as Tampa regional managing director

October 5, 2023 | Jo-Lynn Brown

Franklin Street has named Garet Marr as regional managing director of the firm’s headquarters, in Tampa. Marr will join Patrick Kelly, regional managing director, in overseeing and growing the firm’s

Franklin Street Capital Markets launches national ‘Build-to-Rent’ team

August 18, 2023 | Jo-Lynn Brown

Franklin Street Capital Markets, a Tampa-based commercial real estate company, led by Andrew Wright, has established a National Build-To-Rent, or BTR, team. The team was formed to offer a comprehensive

How the ‘A-Team’ at Next Level Brands found their niche

July 7, 2023 | Jo-Lynn Brown

An attorney, a real estate investor and a serial restaurateur walk into a bar … no, this is not the opening of a joke, it’s the reality of the founders