October 16, 2025 • 8 mins
The Glazer family is reportedly considering selling one of their sports teams, but will the move have any implications for Tampa Bay’s business and real estate landscape? Tampa Bay Business Journal Editor At Large Ashley Kritzer joins to break down this and other business developments across the region.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Joining us on the hotline.
Speaker 2 (00:01):
We have Tampa Bay Business Journal Editor at large, Ashley Kreutzer.
You can find all of her reporting and a whole
lot more at Tampa Bay Business Journal dot com and
you can follow her on social media at Ashley Kretzer.
And if you follow her on social media, you will
see that she recently read Kamala Harris's book One hundred
(00:22):
and Seven Days, and you said it was good.
Speaker 3 (00:26):
It was very good. I think it's not history, it's
her history, and it's important to hear that story from
her perspective.
Speaker 1 (00:31):
Well, and there was a lot that went on during
those hundred and seven days.
Speaker 2 (00:34):
Was it really juicy, like with all of this stuff
that she revealed that was going on behind the scenes,
stuff we didn't know about.
Speaker 3 (00:42):
Yes, there are several personal anecdotes in there and just
what they go through. I mean, even like how her
husband dropped the ball on her birthday because it was
like at the peak of the election. I think it's
the second week. I think it's this week actually in October.
And yeah, even Doug Mhoff isn't perfect all the time.
Speaker 2 (00:58):
You can't screw that up even in the middle of
a presidential campaign.
Speaker 1 (01:02):
You got to get back to it six.
Speaker 3 (01:04):
It was her sixty.
Speaker 1 (01:05):
That's a big one. That's a big one, all right.
Speaker 2 (01:08):
So you can again follow Ashley for that and a
lot more at Ashley Chreizer. Uh So, we talked a
lot about Ray's ownership over the past few weeks. Let's
talk about a different local sports owner this week. Glacier Family.
They're reportedly in talks to sell Manchester United.
Speaker 1 (01:25):
Do that for effect? There get people that never spent
the Bucks, What.
Speaker 2 (01:28):
Have you learned about that? And couldn't have any impact
on their ownership of the Bucks.
Speaker 3 (01:32):
So I think it's inevitable for those of us sitting
in Tampa Bay to say, how does this relate to
the Buccaneers and everything that's going on here and the
fact that they need a significant stadium renovation, you know,
does this add some liquidity to their portfolio if they
were to sell Manchester United? So I think that that
is the story for us. But I mean this was
(01:54):
a person who was involved in chasing the deal last
year saying now that if there's a deal report in
the work, So we don't really know. I will say
that fan base, they're deeply unpopular with the fan base
of Manchester United, So there's a lot across the pond.
There's a lot of focus on this story.
Speaker 2 (02:13):
Because I would figure here in the Tampa Bay area.
I mean, I don't think the Glacier family is viewed
like Jeff Vinnick is viewed, but I think they're viewed
in a pretty favorable light. I mean, the football team
has been really good for a while. Now, you know
the operation there, the football operation is one of the
best in the NFL, from the GM down to the
(02:36):
coaching staff. So I feel like, you know, they're probably
pretty well liked here.
Speaker 3 (02:42):
I fully agree with that. I think that there was
a lot of consternation when Malcolm Glazier, their late patriarch,
first bought the team and the sweetheart deal that built Raymond
Jams Stadium. But I think this generation of Glaziers has
done a lot to rehab the family's image. I think,
I mean, you see the Brian Glazier JCC, the Jewish
can Unity Center. They're very active in philanthropy. They have
(03:03):
their initiative to make sure low income children get eyeglasses
because you know, being able to see was a big
thing for their dad. He needed corrective lenses. So no,
I definitely think it's almost as if they're two different
perceptions of them, for you know, what goes on in
the UK versus here.
Speaker 2 (03:20):
We're joined by Tampa Bay Business Journal Editor at large
Ashley Kreutzer.
Speaker 1 (03:24):
One more question on that.
Speaker 2 (03:25):
We've talked before about the fact that Raymond James STADIUM'M
going to need some upgrades soon. I don't know, could
this impact any of that or that's really going to
be on the local taxpayers?
Speaker 3 (03:36):
Yeah, well, I don't know, And I think that's the ask, right.
I think that's what makes both the Tampa Bay Rays
conversation and this one so exhausting, is that we know
there's a public ask, can we please just.
Speaker 1 (03:46):
Hear what it is?
Speaker 3 (03:47):
It's yeah, you know, everyone's past the point of being
coy with all of these franchises. And when you look
at the posts of public money available the ci T
that was recently renewed, that's only four existing facilities like
Raymond James, like Benchmark International Arenas. So that's already set
aside for a renovation. You know. As far as where
the money for the new raised stadium, the potential raised
(04:09):
stadium is coming from, that's what will be interesting to
see with that, but just just make the ask. Let's
let's see what they need and see if the county
can strike a deal.
Speaker 2 (04:18):
I agree, all right, let's switch over to a different sport.
You know, golf courses used to be all the rage.
Everyone wanted to live on one. Now developer after developer
wants to build on one, including one.
Speaker 1 (04:28):
In Pasco County. Tell us about that.
Speaker 3 (04:31):
So this is in the town of Saint Leo. It
is a very very small town. It's actually not even
in the eight one to three area code. It's area
code three five two, which that's how far away Saint
Leo really is from those of us sitting here in Tampa.
But there is a nineteen sixties era golf course there,
Abbey Golf Course, and a national builder wants to redevelop
it into more than six hundred homes and there's a
lot of opposition from the small town.
Speaker 2 (04:53):
Well, and that follows, you know, the redevelopment plan for
the Claw at USF Right, m hmmm.
Speaker 3 (05:01):
So the Claw was another one where they want to
turn that into a mixed use district. I think there
was less opposition there because students tend to be more transient.
I think there was definitely a contingent of Aluans that
said they had an emotional attachment to the claw. I
think you said you didn't because you didn't play very
well when you were at USF. There was also one
in eastern Hillsboro County. You know, the name escapes me
(05:23):
at this moment, but residents have fought like hell against
that redevelopment, saying that when we bought these houses, the
quiet vibes of that golf course is what we were
buying into.
Speaker 2 (05:32):
And in one of the locations floated as a possible
spot for a new Tampa Bay Race ballpark, although I
don't think this is going to be where it ends up,
going Rocky Point and the golf course there.
Speaker 3 (05:45):
Right, And I mean a lot of these golf courses
are sitting on prime property, and you know, the golf
has enjoyed a resurgence since the pandemic, but golf courses
in general were just so overbuilt at the height of
the residential market sort of that you know, late nine
to two thousand and five that was to go to amenity,
like you said, for housing, and there were just so
many golf courses. So it's taken a while to sort
(06:07):
of right size that market, even with the resurgence we're seeing.
Speaker 2 (06:10):
We're joined by Tampa Bay Business Journal Editor at large
Ashley Kritzer last year. I want to touch on it's
always interesting to me to see where companies choose to
set up shop here in the Tampa Bay or you've
got Water Street, you've got downtown Saint Pete, and the
new hotspot seems to be Midtown Tampa, which is getting
a new big client.
Speaker 3 (06:28):
Yeah, and Midtown Tampa is the new hot spot. But
I need to sort of couch that with the fact
that this is also the only new office tower that's
been under construction in the last four years. So if
you want a brand new office that's really that's your choice,
right Like Water Street's basically full, the office properties at
the heights are full. So if you want brand new space,
(06:48):
this is your choice. This new tower Midtown East. It's
going to be where Tico and People's Gas move their headquarters.
And it's actually ninety percent least and it's not quite
done yet.
Speaker 2 (06:57):
But this is why I was talking to the new
CEO of Tampa International Airport the other day. This is
why it's so essential to start to build some some
transit options into the region aside from you know, just
just hit the highway and going from the airport to
Midtown or the airport to water Street. And you know,
(07:17):
we talked about this plan for a centralized transportation hub
that could link all of this. But you know, you
got these these big companies, these businesses are setting up
their headquarters here and the transportation system is just so
far behind.
Speaker 3 (07:33):
It really is. And this is a company, this is
their US headquarters. They're a German company, and they were
in a Clearwater office park, so they are going to
have a lot more connectivity than they had in their
previous location. But you're right, it should not be this difficult.
You shouldn't have to get in your car to go
from Midtown to the airport. Like one of my favorite
things about Tampa is the airport is actually in It's
very close to the city proper, right, you don't have
(07:54):
to like like Denver, you're driving forever or even like
you know a Jason Chicago and fluent and oh god,
it's not a nightmare at the Jackson Airport. It's like
fifty miles. It feels like maybe it's like ten, but
it feels like it's very far afield out in the
middle of nowhere on the north side of Jacksonville. So yeah,
if we need easier ways to get in and out,
and it seems like on two seventy five you can
(08:15):
pretty much guarantee that traffic backing up to the airport
those lanes for that exit you got to you got
to make sure you're over if you're not going to
the airport.
Speaker 2 (08:23):
Tampa Bay Business Journal Editor at large Ashley crit So
You can find all of her reporting and a whole
lot more at Tampa Bay Business Journal dot com, and
of course, you can follow her on social media like
we talked about earlier at Ashley Kritzer.
Speaker 1 (08:36):
Ashley, thanks so much, thanks for having me
Speaker 2 (08:39):
So Ryan Gorman Show on NewsRadio WFLA, follow us on
Facebook and Instagram at Ryan Gorman Show, and find us
online at Ryangormanshow dot com
Joining us on the hotline.
Speaker 2 (00:01):
We have Tampa Bay Business Journal Editor at large, Ashley Kreutzer.
You can find all of her reporting and a whole
lot more at Tampa Bay Business Journal dot com and
you can follow her on social media at Ashley Kretzer.
And if you follow her on social media, you will
see that she recently read Kamala Harris's book One hundred
(00:22):
and Seven Days, and you said it was good.
Speaker 3 (00:26):
It was very good. I think it's not history, it's
her history, and it's important to hear that story from
her perspective.
Speaker 1 (00:31):
Well, and there was a lot that went on during
those hundred and seven days.
Speaker 2 (00:34):
Was it really juicy, like with all of this stuff
that she revealed that was going on behind the scenes,
stuff we didn't know about.
Speaker 3 (00:42):
Yes, there are several personal anecdotes in there and just
what they go through. I mean, even like how her
husband dropped the ball on her birthday because it was
like at the peak of the election. I think it's
the second week. I think it's this week actually in October.
And yeah, even Doug Mhoff isn't perfect all the time.
Speaker 2 (00:58):
You can't screw that up even in the middle of
a presidential campaign.
Speaker 1 (01:02):
You got to get back to it six.
Speaker 3 (01:04):
It was her sixty.
Speaker 1 (01:05):
That's a big one. That's a big one, all right.
Speaker 2 (01:08):
So you can again follow Ashley for that and a
lot more at Ashley Chreizer. Uh So, we talked a
lot about Ray's ownership over the past few weeks. Let's
talk about a different local sports owner this week. Glacier Family.
They're reportedly in talks to sell Manchester United.
Speaker 1 (01:25):
Do that for effect? There get people that never spent
the Bucks, What.
Speaker 2 (01:28):
Have you learned about that? And couldn't have any impact
on their ownership of the Bucks.
Speaker 3 (01:32):
So I think it's inevitable for those of us sitting
in Tampa Bay to say, how does this relate to
the Buccaneers and everything that's going on here and the
fact that they need a significant stadium renovation, you know,
does this add some liquidity to their portfolio if they
were to sell Manchester United? So I think that that
is the story for us. But I mean this was
(01:54):
a person who was involved in chasing the deal last
year saying now that if there's a deal report in
the work, So we don't really know. I will say
that fan base, they're deeply unpopular with the fan base
of Manchester United, So there's a lot across the pond.
There's a lot of focus on this story.
Speaker 2 (02:13):
Because I would figure here in the Tampa Bay area.
I mean, I don't think the Glacier family is viewed
like Jeff Vinnick is viewed, but I think they're viewed
in a pretty favorable light. I mean, the football team
has been really good for a while. Now, you know
the operation there, the football operation is one of the
best in the NFL, from the GM down to the
(02:36):
coaching staff. So I feel like, you know, they're probably
pretty well liked here.
Speaker 3 (02:42):
I fully agree with that. I think that there was
a lot of consternation when Malcolm Glazier, their late patriarch,
first bought the team and the sweetheart deal that built Raymond
Jams Stadium. But I think this generation of Glaziers has
done a lot to rehab the family's image. I think,
I mean, you see the Brian Glazier JCC, the Jewish
can Unity Center. They're very active in philanthropy. They have
(03:03):
their initiative to make sure low income children get eyeglasses
because you know, being able to see was a big
thing for their dad. He needed corrective lenses. So no,
I definitely think it's almost as if they're two different
perceptions of them, for you know, what goes on in
the UK versus here.
Speaker 2 (03:20):
We're joined by Tampa Bay Business Journal Editor at large
Ashley Kreutzer.
Speaker 1 (03:24):
One more question on that.
Speaker 2 (03:25):
We've talked before about the fact that Raymond James STADIUM'M
going to need some upgrades soon. I don't know, could
this impact any of that or that's really going to
be on the local taxpayers?
Speaker 3 (03:36):
Yeah, well, I don't know, And I think that's the ask, right.
I think that's what makes both the Tampa Bay Rays
conversation and this one so exhausting, is that we know
there's a public ask, can we please just.
Speaker 1 (03:46):
Hear what it is?
Speaker 3 (03:47):
It's yeah, you know, everyone's past the point of being
coy with all of these franchises. And when you look
at the posts of public money available the ci T
that was recently renewed, that's only four existing facilities like
Raymond James, like Benchmark International Arenas. So that's already set
aside for a renovation. You know. As far as where
the money for the new raised stadium, the potential raised
(04:09):
stadium is coming from, that's what will be interesting to
see with that, but just just make the ask. Let's
let's see what they need and see if the county
can strike a deal.
Speaker 2 (04:18):
I agree, all right, let's switch over to a different sport.
You know, golf courses used to be all the rage.
Everyone wanted to live on one. Now developer after developer
wants to build on one, including one.
Speaker 1 (04:28):
In Pasco County. Tell us about that.
Speaker 3 (04:31):
So this is in the town of Saint Leo. It
is a very very small town. It's actually not even
in the eight one to three area code. It's area
code three five two, which that's how far away Saint
Leo really is from those of us sitting here in Tampa.
But there is a nineteen sixties era golf course there,
Abbey Golf Course, and a national builder wants to redevelop
it into more than six hundred homes and there's a
lot of opposition from the small town.
Speaker 2 (04:53):
Well, and that follows, you know, the redevelopment plan for
the Claw at USF Right, m hmmm.
Speaker 3 (05:01):
So the Claw was another one where they want to
turn that into a mixed use district. I think there
was less opposition there because students tend to be more transient.
I think there was definitely a contingent of Aluans that
said they had an emotional attachment to the claw. I
think you said you didn't because you didn't play very
well when you were at USF. There was also one
in eastern Hillsboro County. You know, the name escapes me
(05:23):
at this moment, but residents have fought like hell against
that redevelopment, saying that when we bought these houses, the
quiet vibes of that golf course is what we were
buying into.
Speaker 2 (05:32):
And in one of the locations floated as a possible
spot for a new Tampa Bay Race ballpark, although I
don't think this is going to be where it ends up,
going Rocky Point and the golf course there.
Speaker 3 (05:45):
Right, And I mean a lot of these golf courses
are sitting on prime property, and you know, the golf
has enjoyed a resurgence since the pandemic, but golf courses
in general were just so overbuilt at the height of
the residential market sort of that you know, late nine
to two thousand and five that was to go to amenity,
like you said, for housing, and there were just so
many golf courses. So it's taken a while to sort
(06:07):
of right size that market, even with the resurgence we're seeing.
Speaker 2 (06:10):
We're joined by Tampa Bay Business Journal Editor at large
Ashley Kritzer last year. I want to touch on it's
always interesting to me to see where companies choose to
set up shop here in the Tampa Bay or you've
got Water Street, you've got downtown Saint Pete, and the
new hotspot seems to be Midtown Tampa, which is getting
a new big client.
Speaker 3 (06:28):
Yeah, and Midtown Tampa is the new hot spot. But
I need to sort of couch that with the fact
that this is also the only new office tower that's
been under construction in the last four years. So if
you want a brand new office that's really that's your choice,
right Like Water Street's basically full, the office properties at
the heights are full. So if you want brand new space,
(06:48):
this is your choice. This new tower Midtown East. It's
going to be where Tico and People's Gas move their headquarters.
And it's actually ninety percent least and it's not quite
done yet.
Speaker 2 (06:57):
But this is why I was talking to the new
CEO of Tampa International Airport the other day. This is
why it's so essential to start to build some some
transit options into the region aside from you know, just
just hit the highway and going from the airport to
Midtown or the airport to water Street. And you know,
(07:17):
we talked about this plan for a centralized transportation hub
that could link all of this. But you know, you
got these these big companies, these businesses are setting up
their headquarters here and the transportation system is just so
far behind.
Speaker 3 (07:33):
It really is. And this is a company, this is
their US headquarters. They're a German company, and they were
in a Clearwater office park, so they are going to
have a lot more connectivity than they had in their
previous location. But you're right, it should not be this difficult.
You shouldn't have to get in your car to go
from Midtown to the airport. Like one of my favorite
things about Tampa is the airport is actually in It's
very close to the city proper, right, you don't have
(07:54):
to like like Denver, you're driving forever or even like
you know a Jason Chicago and fluent and oh god,
it's not a nightmare at the Jackson Airport. It's like
fifty miles. It feels like maybe it's like ten, but
it feels like it's very far afield out in the
middle of nowhere on the north side of Jacksonville. So yeah,
if we need easier ways to get in and out,
and it seems like on two seventy five you can
(08:15):
pretty much guarantee that traffic backing up to the airport
those lanes for that exit you got to you got
to make sure you're over if you're not going to
the airport.
Speaker 2 (08:23):
Tampa Bay Business Journal Editor at large Ashley crit So
You can find all of her reporting and a whole
lot more at Tampa Bay Business Journal dot com, and
of course, you can follow her on social media like
we talked about earlier at Ashley Kritzer.
Speaker 1 (08:36):
Ashley, thanks so much, thanks for having me
Speaker 2 (08:39):
So Ryan Gorman Show on NewsRadio WFLA, follow us on
Facebook and Instagram at Ryan Gorman Show, and find us
online at Ryangormanshow dot com
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