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News

    By
  • Elizabeth King
  • September 3, 2024
Boar's Head faces more lawsuits over listeria-recalled meat

The deli meat company headquartered in Sarasota is being sued for personal injury, wrongful death and other causes after selling meat contaminated with listeria.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Louis Llovio
  • September 3, 2024
New Jersey family pays $14.6M for Fort Myers shopping center

The Lee County center on College Parkway was bought by a family of investors who owns a popular amusement center in New Jersey.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Elizabeth King
  • September 3, 2024
$28M bayfront villa hits market in Sarasota County

A more than 9,000-square-foot home with frontage on Little Sarasota Bay features Italian-inspired touches.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Elizabeth King
  • September 3, 2024
Sarasota solar company owner to lead state trade association board

Bill Johnson was elected president of the board of the Florida Solar Energy Industries Association.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Mark Gordon
  • September 3, 2024
Report: Retail real estate is in demand, but supply is shrinking

Retail would seemingly be in the dumps, given brick-and-mortar store challenges. But the opposite is happening.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Andrew Warfield
  • September 2, 2024
City of Sarasota, developers to deliver 600 affordable housing units

With several projects in the pipeline, the city has earned a Local Action Award from the Florida League of Cities for its attainable housing density bonus program.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Elizabeth King
  • September 1, 2024
Credit union names VP of commercial lending in Sarasota

Lake Michigan Credit Union has named Dennis McLean the Sarasota vice president of commercial lending.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Louis Llovio
  • September 1, 2024
Naples developer secures $234 million loan for luxury condos

In the week's top commercial real estate news, the Baltimore Orioles look to expand in Sarasota, and an Immokalee affordable housing development gets its first residents.

  • Florida
    By
  • Elizabeth King
  • August 31, 2024
Sarasota cardiac monitoring company grows reach with acquisition

The cloud-based company will expand into approximately 1,000 more clinics since acquiring a system based on servers and hardware.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Laura Lyon
  • August 30, 2024
Florida ranks top in nation for starting a small business

According to a report from Lendio, Florida is basking in the glory of being ranked the No. 1 state for small businesses.

  • Florida
    By
  • Laura Lyon
  • August 30, 2024
Tampa nonprofit tech incubator CEO to step down

Lakshmi Shenoy, CEO of Tampa innovation hub Embarc Collective, announced she will be stepping down from her post effective Jan. 1, 2025.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Louis Llovio
  • August 29, 2024
Port Charlotte CEO sentenced to federal prison for defrauding NASA

The CEO of Gulf Atlantic International Supply had pleaded guilty to wire fraud for submitting falsified documents to the space agency.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Louis Llovio
  • August 29, 2024
Tampa dental manufacturer expanding, doubling employees in the city

Cadmus Dental Lab will move from its Ybor City office to NetPark later this year.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Louis Llovio
  • August 29, 2024
Barnes & Noble shutters nearly 30-year-old Carrollwood store in Tampa

The bookstore chain closed its store on North Dale Mabry and will move to a new space in a former Bed Bath & Beyond just north of it.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Laura Lyon
  • August 29, 2024
$2.4B Clearwater yacht company adds to board

MarineMax, a Clearwater-based recreational boat, yacht and superyacht services company, has appointed Bonnie Biumi to its board.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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