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5/21 Tampa Luncheon-Bankruptcy Mediation
5/21/2013 - (Centre Club) -Tampa, FL
TMA SouthEast Regional Conf - May 30-31, 2013 - Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
5/30/2013 - (The Westin Diplomat Resort & Spa) -Ft. Lauderdale, FL
6/19 TMA/BBA Joint Happy Hour
6/19/2013 - (ER Bradley' Saloon) -West Palm Beach, FL
Annual TMA/CFA/ACG Tampa Baseball Outing
6/25/2013 - (Tropicana Field) -Saint Petersburg, FL
Annual TMA/CFA Miami Baseball Outing
7/30/2013 - (Marlins Park) -Miami, FL
Business News from around Florida TMA News releases
OptimumBank shareholders approve new capital, reverse split
5/17/2013 - 
OptimumBank Holdings shareholders approved measures to raise capital for the bank and do a reverse stock split to remain on the NASDAQ Capital Market.
The Fort Lauderdale-based company (NASDAQ: OPHC) got shareholder approval for its plan to have Chairman Moishe Gubin to invest $2.2 million into the bank buy purchasing new stock at 30 cents per share. The money is needed to restore the $136 million-asset bank to “well capitalized” status following repeated losses.
Regulators also need to approve…
Occupancy at Ella passes halfway mark five months after opening
5/17/2013 - 
Ella, the first building at the Encore development in downtown Tampa, is slightly more than half occupied five months after its December grand opening.
Residents have moved into 91 of the 160-unit seniors apartment, said Elizabeth Kirschner, compliance director and area property manager for Atlanta-based JMG Realty.
Another 20 units will be filled by the end of the month, she said, and six more move-ins are schedule for June.
“I would like to be at 150 by the end of June and fully occupied by…
P3 seen as boon for commercial construction industry (Video)
5/17/2013 - The commercial construction industry should get a boost from a Florida House of Representatives bill expected to gain the backing of Gov. Rick Scott. Organizers of a conference on May 16-17 in Orlando hosted by the Florida Council for Public Private Partnerships Inc. endorsed House Bill 85, which would set statewide regulations for public-private partnerships. Supporters said those rules are vital to attracting private investment in public infrastructure, new building or facility upgrade projects. “Private…
The doctors are in: UCF College of Medicine graduates charter class (Video)
5/17/2013 - 
A who’s who in Central Florida business showed up on May 17 as the University of Central Florida College of Medicine graduated its charter class of 36 students.
The Venue at UCF was packed for the two-hour ceremony with local business celebrities ranging from Florida Hospital CEO Lars Houmann to Lake Nona Property Holdings LLC President Jim Zboril to GrayRobinson PA founding director Charles Gray to real estate developer and philathropist Alan Ginsburg.
UCF President John Hitt said the idea for…
