Person: Chris Butler

Insurance brokerage doubles office space in Tampa’s Westshore district

BKS-Partners, an insurance brokerage, has doubled its office space in Westshore, taking more than 60,000 square feet in a tower near International Plaza.Chris Butler, managing director for Franklin Street’s office...

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Franklin Street Negotiates Corporate Headquarters Lease for BKS-Partners

Chris Butler and Ryan McCurdy negotiated a 61,598-SF office lease for BKS-Partners in Tampa.

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Milani Property buys former Hav-A-Tampa site for $4.7m

Franklin Street brokered the sale of former home of the Hav-A-Tampa cigar company on behalf of the seller, Bisk Education Inc.

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Channelside Bay Plaza to be reborn as Sparkman Wharf

Franklin Street, which has managed Tampa's Channelside Bay Plaza since 2014, is overseeing the office leasing for the planned Sparkman Wharf mixed-use project.

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Former cigar company HQ sells for $4.7M

Chris Butler, managing director, negotiated the sale of the former Hav-A-Tampa cigar company property, which includes a 123,044-square-foot industrial building built in 1981.

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