Tampa Bay restaurants and merchants remain cautiously optimistic

Broker says businesses are relying on consumer pent-up demand and touchless experiences to overcome virus fears.

  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • | 6:00 a.m. August 7, 2020
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COURTESY PHOTO -- Gulf Coast restaurants , such as the Gulf Drive Cafe on Holmes Beach, remain cautiously optimistic that pent-up demand will fuel future sales.
COURTESY PHOTO -- Gulf Coast restaurants , such as the Gulf Drive Cafe on Holmes Beach, remain cautiously optimistic that pent-up demand will fuel future sales.
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            Tampa Bay retailers and restaurants remain cautiously optimistic about their collective recovery from the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic for the most part, even as the health crisis enters its sixth month and infections surge statewide.

            At the same time, demand for new retail and dining locations hasn’t diminished, says a retail specialist with commercial real estate brokerage firm Colliers International Tampa Bay.

 

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