TAMPA-A business that started in a two-bedroom Tampa apartmentin December 2006 with two partners and a couple of assistants ismaking a name for itself in a distressed market. Indeed,Tampa-based Franklin Street is one of the fastest-growingcommercial real estate firms in the Southeast.

Last week, Franklin Street moved 35 employees from itsheadquarters at Bay Center Drive in Tampa to a new, larger locationat 500 N Westshore Blvd. The new 6,580-square-foot office, leasedby Eola Capital, can house up to approximately 45 employees. Withadditional offices in Fort Lauderdale, Jacksonville and Atlanta,Franklin Street has more than 50 corporate employees and continuesto hunt more full-time staff.

GlobeSt.com caught up with Andrew Wright, CEO and managingpartner of Franklin Street, a full-service commercial real statecompany headquartered in Tampa, to discuss his take on the marketand where he’s taking his fast-growth company.