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  • Mark Gordon
  • January 31, 2024
Parkinson's-focused nonprofit in Sarasota names new CEO

Neuro Challenge Foundation for Parkinson’s, a nonprofit dedicated to improving the quality of life of people with Parkinson’s and their caregivers, has named Jennifer Bitner CEO.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Louis Llovio
  • January 31, 2024
Lakefront Polk County estate sets sales record

A 9,215-square-foot estate in Auburndale has sold for $4.1 million, setting a record for the most expensive home to change hands in Polk County.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Jim Stinson
  • January 31, 2024
Former Hillsborough elections supervisor, state senator dies at 88

Jim Sebesta, a former Hillsborough County elections supervisor, Florida state senator and St. Pete businessman, died on Tuesday. He was 88.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Jim Stinson
  • January 31, 2024
West Coast shipping giant offers $450M to buy Tampa company

A freight company with $5 billion in sales is in the market to possibly buy a publicly traded Tampa shipping company.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Mark Gordon
  • January 31, 2024
Law firm names three new Sarasota partners, one in Tampa

The law firm Shumaker has promoted six lawyers across four offices to partner roles.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Louis Llovio
  • January 30, 2024
Popular south Sarasota County spa expands

The nearly 2-year-old Salt & Light Holistic Spa in North Port is doubling in size and will offer “suites” to other businesses.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Louis Llovio
  • January 30, 2024
275 market-rate apartments under construction in Fort Myers

An Ohio builder specializing in affordable and market-rate apartments continues to expand in Florida with the new complex scheduled to open next year.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Mark Gordon
  • January 30, 2024
Waterfront home in Naples listed for $45 million

A house in the Port Royal neighborhood of Naples has been listed for sale for $45 million.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Mark Gordon
  • January 30, 2024
Northern Trust hires Sarasota area community foundation exec

Northern Trust Wealth Management named Kirstin Fulkerson, well known in Sarasota for her work with the Gulf Coast Community Foundation, as a wealth strategist in the Sarasota-Charlotte market.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Jim Stinson
  • January 30, 2024
Polk County city seeks to ban food trucks

A coalition of food trucks operators are urging Haines City to cease efforts to pass a "near-total ban" on food trucks and to allow all banned food trucks to resume operations.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Jim Stinson
  • January 30, 2024
Prominent Tampa restaurant family honored by vision nonprofit

Longtime restaurateur Richard Gonzmart and daughter Andrea Gonzmart Williams will be honored as "people of vision."

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Louis Llovio
  • January 29, 2024
Two Naples homes under construction priced at $10M each

Two houses being built in the high-end Pine Island neighborhood have hit the market and are each priced at more than $9.6 million.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Andrew Warfield
  • January 29, 2024
Prices on new Sarasota Ritz-Carlton condo tower to reach $12M

Developer Kolter Urban has revealed plans for the first part of a three-tower Ritz-Carlton Residences campus overlooking Sarasota Bay and downtown.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Jim Stinson
  • January 29, 2024
TECO manatee viewing center outside Tampa sets visitor record

Tampa Electric's Manatee Viewing Center in Hillsborough County hosted 1,100 manatees at one time, which beats the previous record of 850, set last winter.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Mark Gordon
  • January 29, 2024
Tampa food brokerage hires Publix dairy, frozen meat executive

After a 24-year career with Publix, Nicki Crespo is staying in the food business in a new executive role with Tampa-based Bay Food Brokerage.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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