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News

    By
  • Elizabeth King
  • June 11, 2024
East Coast pizza franchise coming to Collier County

Ledo Pizza will open in late August in Ave Maria.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Elizabeth King
  • June 11, 2024
Sarasota community foundation CEO announces retirement

Roxie Jerde, the head of the Community Foundation of Sarasota County, will retire in June 2025.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Louis Llovio
  • June 11, 2024
Once-booming Big Storm Brewing faces eviction, lawsuit and closures

The Clearwater-based brewer and distiller, which has shut three of its five taprooms in a year, is facing off against a disgruntled investor as second landlord in a year says the company didn’t pay rent.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Louis Llovio
  • June 10, 2024
Sarasota’s Detwiler’s says no plans for St. Petersburg store — for now

The family-owned and operated grocery store chain says that despite reports it does not have plans for a St. Petersburg store.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Elizabeth King
  • June 10, 2024
Area Anheuser-Busch owner joins board of Naples family nonprofit

The newest board member for Better Together is the head of Gold Coast Eagle Distributing.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Elizabeth King
  • June 10, 2024
Benderson acquires 51-acre site in Venice for mixed-use project

North River Marketplace, a mixed-use development, has changed hands in Venice.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Louis Llovio
  • June 10, 2024
As one manufacturer opens $15M Pasco facility, another closes

A Colorado compound pharmacy opened in Pasco County spec space days after a Dade City bottler announced it was closing.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Andrew Warfield
  • June 9, 2024
Lack of control over prominent fairgrounds site irks Sarasota officials

County commissioners learn that as long as the 54-acre parcel near downtown hosts an agricultural fair, it can never reclaimed by the county.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Louis Llovio
  • June 9, 2024
$120 million hospital project to officially break ground in east Manatee

In the week's top commercial real estate news, a Pinellas County shopping center sells for $7.5 million, a Sarasota condo project sees double and Lee County keeps fighting for discount.

  • Florida
    By
  • Elizabeth King
  • June 8, 2024
Tampa health care company to pay $14.9M in false claims settlement

Bluestone Physician Services of Florida is one of three related companies that were accused of improperly billing Medicare, Medicaid and TRICARE.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Elizabeth King
  • June 7, 2024
Holiday Inn on Lido undergoing major facelift

Cirque St. Armands Beachside is expected to open in Sarasota this fall.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Mark Gordon
  • June 7, 2024
Atlanta firm buys $176M Fort Myers roofing company

New owner seeks to grow within the Sunshine State.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Louis Llovio
  • June 7, 2024
Work starts on 80-unit affordable housing project in Largo

The apartments for seniors are part of Pinellas County’s redevelopment of the Rainbow Village public housing community.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Elizabeth King
  • June 6, 2024
Sarasota cleaning company launches nationwide job board

Cleaning WorkSource aims to connect employers and cleaning professionals.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Louis Llovio
  • June 6, 2024
Clearwater McDonald’s property sells for $3 million

The property was sold as a ground lease sale to a New York investor.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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