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  • Elizabeth King
  • July 3, 2024
Manatee pet waste removal company scoops up competitor

Parrish-based poop-scooping business DoodyCalls on the Suncoast has acquired Clearwater-based ByByPoo.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Louis Llovio
  • July 2, 2024
Investor gets $40M loan to buy Fort Myers apartments

Berkadia arranged the five-year loan for the Boca Raton firm that bought the Brantley Pines apartments off of Cleveland Avenue.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Laura Lyon
  • July 2, 2024
Aeromexico celebrates new flight service at TPA

Aeromexico is the first airline to offer service to Mexico City from TPA in three decades.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Elizabeth King
  • July 1, 2024
Waterfront Naples condo sells for $6M, beats building record by $1M

A condominium on “Millionaire’s Row” in Naples sold for almost $1 million more than what the buyer paid for it in 2022.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • July 1, 2024
National fraud allegations include Tampa nurse for siphoning fentanyl

Four people in the region were charged in a variety of cases.

  • Florida
    By
  • Elizabeth King
  • July 1, 2024
$15M freestanding emergency room opens in north Manatee

HCA Florida Palmetto Emergency is affiliated with HCA Florida Blake Hospital in Bradenton and is expected to have 26 full-time employees.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Laura Lyon
  • July 1, 2024
Longtime popular family-owned deli sold in Tampa

Wright's Gourmet House is officially property of Caspers Co., a Tampa-based hospitality business that was previously a large McDonald's franchisee.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Louis Llovio
  • July 1, 2024
Naples firm buys Michigan ferry company, increasing fleet to 46 ships

The family-owned conglomerate’s Michigan holdings now include more than 100 properties as well as docks, ships and newspapers.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Elizabeth King
  • July 1, 2024
Sarasota biotech firm develops new prototype for treating concussions

Oragenics aims to help the millions of people who suffer concussions and lose consciousness.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Louis Llovio
  • June 30, 2024
Benderson buys Naples TJ Maxx, Walmart-anchored shopping center

In the week's top commercial real estate news, a Lakeland credit union buys a Venice property, a Chicago developer opens one apartment complex and sells another in Tampa, and a health care company signs a $4 million lease in Port Charlotte.

  • Florida
    By
  • Mark Gordon
  • June 30, 2024
Prominent Naples development exec named chamber chair

Barron Collier Cos. has been involved with the Greater Naples Chamber for nearly 50 years.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Louis Llovio
  • June 29, 2024
Neuroscience, spine doctors consolidate offices in new Naples center

NeuroScience and Spinal Associates has leased 20,000 square feet for a surgery and MRI center in second phase of the Southbrooke Medical Center.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Elizabeth King
  • June 29, 2024
$15M Sarasota reputation management company forecasts record growth

NetReputation, celebrating a decade in business, predicts it will hit $19 million in revenue in 2024.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Laura Lyon
  • June 29, 2024
Tampa General appoints CEO of behavioral health hospital

Doug Leonardo has been named CEO of Tampa General Hospital's behavioral health hospital, which is slated to open in 2025.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Elizabeth King
  • June 28, 2024
Publix-anchored shopping center in Sarasota County for sale

The Shoppes at Palmer Ranch, which is 100% occupied, is on the market.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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