Table of Contents
March 1999

• Inside Corner
  Americans drink lower-grade coffee than sophisticated Europeans, says Russell Versaggi, whose Tampa firm is marketing a single-blend estate coffee called Don Hilario. BuddyFreddys restaurant has jumped its Plant City roots in a big. And if Y2K is annoying you, free help is available from the Florida Manufacturing Technology Center.

• Leads & Deals
  Michael McHugh is the new vice president of operations at Florida Crushed Stone Inc. in Brooksville in Hernando County. In Pinellas County, Westfalia/Wescon Real Estate Services L.C. of Clearwater has appointed Edward M. Semans responsible for expanding its leasing and management capabilities, and in Sarasota, John C. Archer has been named vice president and chief financial officer of a new community bank, First Security Bank.

• Corporate Benefits, Insurance & Healthcare
  After health insurance, what employees want most is a 401(k) plan. Got yours?.

• Banking & Investments
  Regions Bank, based in Birmingham, Alabama, has been quietly moving into Florida for the past 11 years. No splash, just cash.

• Growth Strategies
  Jon Seymour couldn't decide whether to do his residency or found a company. He opted to become a doctor-entrepreneur, and his company, Gold Standard Multimedia Inc., seems headed for big things in the medical information industry.

• A New Workplace for the 21st Century
  Forget those ambitions to sip coffee at your genuine mahogany desk. Companies have found that workers in the high-tech age need little space, and interior architects are busy designing accordingly. One sure indication: Parking used to be provided at the rate of three or four per 1,000 square feet of workspace. Now it's going in at rates as high as seven per thousand.
  by Bridget McCrea

• Polk County
  Central Florida ounty takes full advantage of it's location.
  by Melissa Wells

• Commercial Real Estate Review Owners and managers of commercial real estate space agree times couldn't get much better, but caution is the watchword, as everyone remembers the late 1980s. Today, rents go up, space is made available slowly, spec building is kept in check, and developers are paying attention to the details such as providing those extra parking spaces for tighter work space.
• Retail Space Guide
  
• Focus Map