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The Business Observer launches commercial real estate newsletter

CRE Central will focus on industry news and much more from Pasco south to Collier and east to Polk.

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  • July 15, 2025
Firm refinances Tampa, Winter Haven properties for $107M

Robbins Property Associates took out the loan on three of the properties it owns, including two in the region.

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  • Louis Llovio
  • July 15, 2025
Lakeland commercial real estate giant expands into North Carolina

Saunders Real Estate, which just closed two land deals totaling $38 million, now has operations in five states across the Southeast.

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  • July 14, 2025
Fiber internet firm that started with St. Pete expands to North Port

Tillman FIber has ambitious plans to grow across Florida.

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  • July 14, 2025
$53M roofing firm expands office, facility in Fort Myers

Tallahassee-based Lloyd Roofing has seen a continued increase in demand the past three years in Fort Myers and the surrounding areas.

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  • July 14, 2025
Report: Rays reach $1.7B deal to sell to Jacksonville billionaire

The new ownership prefers the team move out of St. Petersburg to Tampa.

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  • July 14, 2025
Report: Pasco County locality leads nation in self-storage growth

Wesley Chapel saw self-storage space jump to 567,000 square feet in the past 10 years.

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  • July 14, 2025
More than $185M in east Manatee school projects nearly complete

Along with the new Lake Manatee K-8, the other two projects will increase capacity for students and help with overcrowding.

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  • July 14, 2025
The Meadows Country Club in Sarasota files for bankruptcy

A Sarasota country club has filed Chapter 7 in U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Middle District of Florida.

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  • July 13, 2025
Largest-ever partner joins Lee economic development nonprofit

The Lee County Industrial Development Authority is now an Innovator Investor with the Horizon Foundation.

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  • July 13, 2025
Lakewood Ranch hotel project gets key construction financing

In the week's top commercial real estate news, neighboring office buildings sell in Cape Coral, a Lakeland real estate giant expands, and a Naples project hits a sales milestone.

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  • July 12, 2025
Cogent Bank opens full-service Bradenton branch

The branch has a team of seven bankers and is looking to hire two more staff members.

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  • July 12, 2025
Build-to-rent community under construction in Palmetto

A community of cottages is being built in Manatee County.

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  • July 11, 2025
K-pop retailer opens store in Tampa’s Citrus Park

K-pop Nabi, which specializes in Korean pop culture merchandise, leased a 1,500-square-foot space near the northern Hillsborough County mall.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • July 11, 2025
255-unit apartment community opens in Fort Myers

A new rental community is now leasing off 6 Mile Cypress Parkway.

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