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  • Louis Llovio
  • February 9, 2026
Venice senior living community buys 50 acres for $21.5M

Village on the Isle plans to build a second campus on the nearby property.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • February 9, 2026
From endurance diaries to crisis communications: January on 'From the Corner Office'

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  • Florida
    By
  • Louis Llovio
  • February 8, 2026
DC homebuilder buys Pasco County school land for $11M

In the week's top commercial real estate news, a Fort Myers affordable house project nails down financing, a Clearwater office building sells, and a Sarasota office park hits the market.

  • Florida
    By
  • Anastasia Dawson
  • February 7, 2026
Tampa airport unveils final design for new $1.5B airside terminal

Tampa International Airport's first new airside terminal in nearly 20 years will cost an estimated $1.5 billion and feature a children's play area, a quiet room and lots of greenery.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Elizabeth King
  • February 7, 2026
Report: NY, Idaho among feeder states for Sarasota, Manatee growth

Migration data shows New York is a primary feeder, while residents from the West are increasingly choosing to move to Sarasota and Manatee counties as well.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Elizabeth King
  • February 6, 2026
Southwest Florida homebuilder dies at 91

Milton William “Bill” Frey II was the co-founder of Frey & Son Homes, a luxury homebuilder in Lee and Collier counties.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Louis Llovio
  • February 6, 2026
California dental insurer cutting Tampa jobs

Liberty Dental says it's laying off 95 employees, 30 of them working in Florida.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Elizabeth King
  • February 5, 2026
After changes, Boar’s Head reopens plant tied to listeria outbreak

The Sarasota-based company renovated the plant in Virginia and implemented more stringent food safety protocols at its facilities nationwide.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Louis Llovio
  • February 5, 2026
Naples' David Hoffmann takes over Iowa newspaper chain

The founder of the Hoffmann Family of Cos. has been named chairman of Lee Enterprises after $50 million stock purchase.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Louis Llovio
  • February 5, 2026
Tampa Bay Rays unveil stadium designs, plan to woo public

With public support critical to selling its ballpark plan, the team will begin hosting community engagement sessions to discuss its plans.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Louis Llovio
  • February 5, 2026
Lakeland man to pay $12.9M, go to prison for filing 450 fake tax returns

The tax preparer was sentenced to federal prison for falsifying tax returns and tax documents to win 318 clients — and himself — hefty refunds.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Anastasia Dawson
  • February 5, 2026
TGH-anchored development moves forward in east Ybor City

Developer Darryl Shaw has submitted a rezoning request with the city of Tampa for a 325-acre mixed-use development called “Casa Ybor.”

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Elizabeth King
  • February 5, 2026
Bradenton used car lot sells for $1.25M

The property that sold is in Bradenton's Village of the Arts.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Louis Llovio
  • February 4, 2026
Darden to transform 4 Bahama Breeze eateries in region

As part of a move to eliminate the Caribbean inspired chain, it will rebrand 14 locations and close another 14.The four getting a rebrand in the region are in Tampa, Lutz, Brandon and Fort Myers.

  • Florida
    By
  • Elizabeth King
  • February 4, 2026
Tampa firm invests $5.5M into Sarasota townhome project

Plutus Capital Partners is helping to fund Rosemary Townhome Development LLC, a project through Vollmer Real Estate Investments.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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