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YMCA, Pinellas County Schools partner on unique $48M project

The city of St. Petersburg's new YMCA will soon unite with a completed public school.

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Longboat Key shopping center sells for $7.45 million

The center, which sits on 4.6 acres, is said to be one of the largest parcels on Longboat Key.

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Tampa airport lands new nonstop route to Southern California

Breeze Airways will add a new California destination to Tampa International Airport in May.

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Plant City manufacturing site sold for nearly $22 million

The Brennan Investment Group plans to more than double the existing Sonoco Products facility to nearly a half-million square feet.

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First east Manatee County affordable housing project approved

The proposed apartment complex between Interstate 75 and Lena Road, Amara, will offer 25% of its units at an affordable rate.

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  • January 22, 2024
Firm closes leases on 108,000 square feet in metro Tampa

The Feil Organization signed 14 leases at its properties in Pinellas County and Tampa in the fourth quarter of last year.

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  • January 22, 2024
Morgan Automotive buys 9 Miami dealerships with $1B in revenue

The Morgan Automotive Group has bought nine dealerships and two collision centers in the Miami area, bringing the number of dealerships it owns to 76.

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  • January 22, 2024
National law firm names new Tampa leader

Shumaker, a national business law firm, has made Jaime Austrich the managing partner of its Tampa office.

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  • January 22, 2024
Tampa insurance firm names two co-presidents

BRP Group, an independent insurance firm, made two executive appointments in anticipation of the Tampa company's growth.

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  • January 22, 2024
Junior Achievement to induct SWFL business leaders into Hall of Fame

Junior Achievement of Southwest Florida announced three area business leaders as laureates to be inducted into the JA Business Hall of Fame.

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  • January 22, 2024
Cable giant invests $22M in Sarasota, Lakewood Ranch projects

Cable giant Comcast has completed a three-year, $22 million infrastructure upgrade project in Sarasota County.

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  • January 21, 2024
Big year ahead for $132M aquarium project in Sarasota County corridor

The project, shaped like a seaworthy ship, nears final stages of construction.

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  • January 21, 2024
Texas investor buys Venice medical building for $34.3 million

In the week's top commercial real estate news, Tampa gets new retailers, Bradenton gets a new hotel, and Naples gets a new upscale eatery.

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  • January 20, 2024
Indoor pickleball facility to open in Tampa

Pickleball Kingdom, a national indoor pickleball franchise, will soon open its latest unit in Tampa.

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Manatee golf club wins World Champions Cup for 2024, 2025 and 2028

The Concession has also bid to host the 2031 PGA Championship — one of four golf Majors.

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