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  • Laura Lyon
  • June 26, 2024
Raymond James Stadium ranks top in US for concert sales

According trade publication Pollstar, Ray J Stadium leads the country in the first half of 2024.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Louis Llovio
  • June 26, 2024
$2.1 billion sale of apartment communities includes Florida properties

A New York investment firm bought 18 properties across the state from a multifamily developer founded by Lennar.

  • Florida
    By
  • Louis Llovio
  • June 26, 2024
42-story Tampa tower sold

The 100 North Tampa building in downtown Tampa has sold to an Atlanta buyer.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Elizabeth King
  • June 26, 2024
Sarasota community foundation adds board members, appoints officers

The Community Foundation of Sarasota County makes changes to its board as the new fiscal year approaches.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Louis Llovio
  • June 25, 2024
62 jobs lost after Hillsborough Community College pulls contract

A French company with U.S. operations tells state officials that it is laying off employees after the local college choses a new vendor.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Elizabeth King
  • June 25, 2024
Georgia firm acquires 150-employee Bradenton baking business

Bradenton-based commercial bakery St. Armands Baking Co. has been sold to Engleman’s Bakery of Norcross, Georgia.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Laura Lyon
  • June 25, 2024
Miami bank expanding services to Gulf Coast market

Miami-based City National Bank of Florida is expanding to the Gulf Coast with the appointment of new leadership in Tampa.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Louis Llovio
  • June 25, 2024
Federal judge orders AeroVanti exec to disclose finances at July hearing

Patrick Britton-Harr, the founder of Sarasota-based AeroVanti, must go before a judge to explain what happened to money alleged to have gone to air service company from improper sale of house or face jail time.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Elizabeth King
  • June 25, 2024
SRQ to add new daily flight to New York City

American Airlines will now offer six destinations out of the Sarasota-Bradenton International Airport.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Louis Llovio
  • June 25, 2024
$2B Tampa REIT: NYSE listing allows it to 'raise equity much more easily'

Days after ringing the bell at Wall Street's famed New York Stock Exchange, Sila Realty Trust's CEO talks about the future, the process and lessons he learned from his father.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Louis Llovio
  • June 24, 2024
Naples, developer settle lawsuit over luxury condo, retail development

The settlement calls for the developer to do away with underground parking that was a point of contention.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Laura Lyon
  • June 24, 2024
Pasco County university to offer AI master's degree

The new program at the Pasco County university begins fall 2024.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Elizabeth King
  • June 24, 2024
16 Gulf Coast companies make Inc.’s Best Workplaces of 2024 list

Companies from Tampa to Naples made the business magazine's list of the best employers in the country.

  • Florida
    By
  • Elizabeth King
  • June 24, 2024
Heavy machinery rental giant expands into Bradenton

A $1 billion company with more than 130 locations for renting heavy equipment around the country is now in Manatee County.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Mark Gordon
  • June 24, 2024
IRS names new top cop for Tampa criminal investigation field office

The IRS Criminal Investigation Tampa Field Office has named veteran investigator Ronald Loecker special agent in charge.

  • Florida
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