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  • Elizabeth King
  • March 18, 2025
Sarasota County marks construction milestone at new high school

Willis Smith Construction recently completed the topping out of Wellen Park High School.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • Laura Lyon
  • March 18, 2025
Tampa financial services group acquires CPA firm

The William Stanley CFO Group, a Tampa-based financial services company, announced the purchase of another local firm.

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  • Louis Llovio
  • March 18, 2025
Developer of former Bath & Racquet Club Sarasota property gets $79M loan

The loan will go toward the construction of the new club on the site of the iconic property which closed in 2021.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • Elizabeth King
  • March 18, 2025
Sarasota garage door company grows reach with acquisition

D&D Garage Doors & Gates expanded its footprint into central Florida.

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  • March 17, 2025
Sarasota manufacturer names new board chair

Helios Technologies has appointed a five-year member to lead the board of directors.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • Louis Llovio
  • March 17, 2025
Forever 21 to close 23 Florida stores — four in region

The fashion retailer has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy for the second time in six years and is selling off assets.

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  • March 17, 2025
Symphony Salvage sells Sarasota building for $3.5 million

The 25-year-old building was sold vacant after the second-hand distributor moved to a bigger space nearby.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • Elizabeth King
  • March 17, 2025
SeaPort Manatee receives $2M state grant for infrastructure upgrades

The port in Manatee County was given a grant to help accommodate its growing truck traffic.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • Laura Lyon
  • March 17, 2025
South Florida meal prep company coming to St. Petersburg

The concept is slated to open late 2025.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • Louis Llovio
  • March 16, 2025
National developer buys 17 acres in Sarasota for 336 apartments

In the week's top commercial real estate news, a Brandon apartment complex sells for $76.25 million, a Fort Myers apartment community is almost complete, and a Naples retail property is back on the market.

  • Florida
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  • Elizabeth King
  • March 14, 2025
Prices released for 1,000 homes coming to west Bradenton

SeaFlower will offer a range of home prices and styles from four builders in its first phase of development.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • Laura Lyon
  • March 14, 2025
Tampa man arrested for $500K in COVID loan fraud

He is facing two decades in prison for eight counts of fraud.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • Elizabeth King
  • March 14, 2025
Pro athletes to open acai and coffee shop in Sarasota

Raining Berries will soon open a location in downtown Sarasota, with two famous athletes operating it as franchisees.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • Louis Llovio
  • March 13, 2025
Report: Tampa's wealthy turning to rentals at higher numbers

Redfin finds that as housing costs rise the affluent are renting their residences more often because it "frees up cash for other investments that may be more lucrative than real estate."

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • March 13, 2025
$1.1 billion project breaks ground at Fort Myers airport

The addition of Concourse E comes amid an increasing number of passengers at RSW.

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