• Alternate Text

  • Loading

  • Newsletters
  • Podcast
  • Public Notices
  • 40 Under 40 Nomination
  • Mobile App
  • Subscribe
  • Login
  • News
  • Strategies
  • Entrepreneurs
  • M&A
  • Leadership
  • Regions
    • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    • Manatee-Sarasota
    • Charlotte-Lee-Collier
    • Florida
  • Industries
    • Business Support
    • Commercial Real Estate
    • Residential Real Estate
    • Development
    • Finance
    • Food-Beverage
    • Health Care
    • Manufacturing
    • Retail
    • Sports–Entertainment
    • Technology
    • Travel-Tourism
  • Insights
  • More
    • Advice
    • Transactions
    • 40 Under 40
    • Big Book of Business
    • Subscribe
    • Opinion
    • Executive Diversions
    • Change-Makers
    • Reprints
  • News
  • Strategies
  • Entrepreneurs
  • M&A
  • Leadership
  • Regions
    • Regions
    • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    • Manatee-Sarasota
    • Charlotte-Lee-Collier
    • Florida
  • Industries
    • Industries
    • Business Support
    • Commercial Real Estate
    • Residential Real Estate
    • Development
    • Finance
    • Food-Beverage
    • Health Care
    • Manufacturing
    • Retail
    • Sports–Entertainment
    • Technology
    • Travel-Tourism
  • Insights
  • More
    • More
    • Advice
    • Transactions
    • 40 Under 40
    • Big Book of Business
    • Subscribe
    • Opinion
    • Executive Diversions
    • Change-Makers
    • Reprints
  • Newsletters
  • Podcast
  • Public Notices
  • 40 Under 40 Nomination
  • Mobile App
  • Subscribe
  • Login

Business Observer | Business Observer

    By
  • Louis Llovio
  • December 16, 2025
Report: Tampa No. 2 retail real estate market nationwide

Only Charlotte, North Carolina, was better than Tampa when it came to the performance of its retail real estate.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • S.T. Cardinal
  • December 16, 2025
Longboat Key to get first-ever Goodwill store

The used bookstore and donation drop-off location will hold a grand opening with a local author signing and giving away books. The store will hire seven people.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Mark Gordon
  • December 16, 2025
$74M Naples botanical garden names interim CEO

Carl Crosetto was previously board chair for three years.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Elizabeth King
  • December 16, 2025
Sarasota County buys 3.59-acre Venice waterfront property

The land along the Venetian Waterway Park Trail cost $125,000.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Anastasia Dawson
  • December 16, 2025
Naples senior center founder, prominent social services advocate dies at 75

Jaclynn Faffer, founder and CEO of Baker Senior Center Naples, built Collier County’s first dedicated senior center.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Louis Llovio
  • December 16, 2025
See the Tropicana Field renovations from the inside

Work on repairing the ballpark is ongoing with the goal of being ready for the home opener in April.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Louis Llovio
  • December 15, 2025
Lee Health CEO to step down

The health system executive will stay on until Sept. 30 when his contract expires.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Elizabeth King
  • December 15, 2025
Credit union names market president for three counties in region

Achieva Credit Union has appointed Ryan Cooke as market president for Sarasota, Manatee and Charlotte counties.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Louis Llovio
  • December 15, 2025
3 Polk County residents charged in $2M COVID fraud case

The three are among a dozen people, mostly from Central Florida, accused by the Department of Justice of filing false COVID relief applications with the Small Business Administration.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Anastasia Dawson
  • December 15, 2025
Pinellas artwork manufacturer completes $13.5M facility expansion

Wendover Art Group expanded its Largo facility to nearly 200,000 square feet with help from Pinellas County's Employment Sites Program.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Louis Llovio
  • December 14, 2025
Luxury tower tops half-billion dollars in sales

In the week's top commercial real estate news, owners invest $2 million Sarasota County gym, a Dallas investor buys St. Pete properties, and a mover moves into new space in Manatee.

  • Florida
    By
  • Anastasia Dawson
  • December 13, 2025
Report: Small business optimism up, but worries percolate

An increase in business owners expecting more sales was the biggest factor in the increased Optimism Index.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Mark Gordon
  • December 12, 2025
CEO of Bradenton EDC announces retirement

Sharon Hillstrom has been at the head of the Bradenton Area EDC for 14 years.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Elizabeth King
  • December 12, 2025
Manatee County to break ground on $40M veterans complex

Called Valor Commons, the project will include a business incubator for veteran entrepreneurs as well as memorial areas, walking trails and event spaces.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Anastasia Dawson
  • December 12, 2025
Moez Limayem confirmed as USF’s new president

USF’s former business dean will make a base salary of $1.25 million as the ninth president of the university.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
1 2 3 4 5 »
The best of Business Observer, delivered directly to your inbox

Get the latest business and commecial real estate news from Tampa Bay to Naples.

Sign Up

Latest News

1
  • December 16, 2025
Report: Tampa No. 2 retail real estate market nationwide
2
  • December 16, 2025
Longboat Key to get first-ever Goodwill store
3
  • December 16, 2025
$74M Naples botanical garden names interim CEO
4
  • December 16, 2025
Sarasota County buys 3.59-acre Venice waterfront property
5
  • December 16, 2025
Naples senior center founder, prominent social services advocate dies at 75

Contact

  • 1970 Main St.
  • Third Floor
  • Sarasota, FL 34236
  • Phone: 941-362-4848

Extra, Extra!

  • Newsletters
  • App
  • Podcast
  • Big Book of Business

more

  • About Us
  • Contact Us
  • Advertise
  • Distribution Points
  • Jobs
  • Privacy Policy
  • Subscribe
  • Accessibility Options

sister sites

  • Your Observer
  • Jax Daily Record
  • Orange Observer
  • Accessibility Options
  • Copyright © 2025 Observer Media Group Inc., All Rights Reserved
×
3 Articles Remaining!
Not a Subscriber?

Click here to Subscribe

Already a Subscriber?

Click here to Login

Sign Up for Daily Brief

Start your day with the top Gulf Coast business news you need to succeed.

Sign Up for CRE Central

Stay updated with a weekly roundup of big deals, market shifts and the people shaping commercial real estate from Tampa Bay to Naples.

Smart People Subscribe.

Turn headlines into game plans. The playbook’s right here.
Subscribe to the Business Observer today.

Subscribe Now