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  • Louis Llovio
  • June 9, 2026
Longboat Key resort's $177,600 stay includes caviar-topped hot dogs

The St. Regis Longboat Key Resort is offering a one-of-a-kind holiday package to celebrate America’s semiquincentennial in July.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Elizabeth King
  • June 9, 2026
$3B SWFL nonprofit health care system names CEO

Ben Spence will become the president and CEO of Lee Health in October.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Anastasia Dawson
  • June 9, 2026
Community Foundation Tampa Bay leader announces retirement

Marlene Spalten will continue to lead the organization through June 2027.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Louis Llovio
  • June 9, 2026
Minnesota buyer borrows $30.5M for Fort Myers industrial property

The Meridian Business Center, which is nearly 97% leased, was completed in 2024.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Elizabeth King
  • June 9, 2026
First Watch names new CFO

The daytime dining company has added a new leader to its C-suite.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Monica Roman Gagnier
  • June 8, 2026
Landmark Sarasota museum leader announces retirement

Steven High has led the museum founded by circus magnate John Ringling and now administered by Florida State University since 2011.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Anastasia Dawson
  • June 8, 2026
Do you work in an innovative office space? Tell the Business Observer about it.

The Business Observer is looking for companies that have reimagined their workspace for a post-pandemic world.

  • Florida
    By
  • Elizabeth King
  • June 8, 2026
182-unit workforce housing complex opens in Bradenton

Rent at The Nest at Robin’s Apartments starts at $1,170 a month.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Louis Llovio
  • June 8, 2026
Former Oakes Farms exec’s sentencing delayed again

Steven A. Veneziano Jr., who is facing decades in federal prison, is also involved in a lawsuit where he claims to have committed crimes on behalf of Naples’ businessman and right-wing gadfly Alfie Oakes.

  • Commercial Real Estate
    By
  • Anastasia Dawson
  • June 8, 2026
Popular NY lifestyle brand to open third Florida store, in Tampa hot spot

The ultra-feminine lifestyle brand LoveShackFancy will move into a storefront in Hyde Park Village.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Louis Llovio
  • June 7, 2026
Fort Myers land sells to Wisconsin Culver's hamburger franchisee

In the week's top commercial real estate news, a former bakery is up for sale in Sarasota, a North Carolina developer buys land for apartments in Pasco, and a Clearwater CRE firm lands a Tampa client.

  • Florida
    By
  • Louis Llovio
  • June 5, 2026
The rise and fall of Patrick Britton-Harr: From high-flying entrepreneur to convicted felon

The Justice Department calls the story of Patrick Britton-Harr, who charmed investors and local business watchers while systematically defrauding investors and facing federal investigations, a cautionary tale.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Anastasia Dawson
  • June 5, 2026
Tampa developer to bring 2,500 homes to eastern Pasco

The new master-planned community, named Verona, will be in the San Antonio area.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Anastasia Dawson
  • June 5, 2026
Pennsylvania man convicted of threatening to behead Tampa General CEO

Lawrence Brunn faces up to five years in federal prison for making death threats against Tampa General Hospital CEO John Couris.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Elizabeth King
  • June 5, 2026
Meadows Golf Club to open under new management

The formerly private golf course will now be open for public play.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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