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  • Jim Stinson
  • January 30, 2024
Prominent Tampa restaurant family honored by vision nonprofit

Longtime restaurateur Richard Gonzmart and daughter Andrea Gonzmart Williams will be honored as "people of vision."

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Louis Llovio
  • January 29, 2024
Two Naples homes under construction priced at $10M each

Two houses being built in the high-end Pine Island neighborhood have hit the market and are each priced at more than $9.6 million.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Andrew Warfield
  • January 29, 2024
Prices on new Sarasota Ritz-Carlton condo tower to reach $12M

Developer Kolter Urban has revealed plans for the first part of a three-tower Ritz-Carlton Residences campus overlooking Sarasota Bay and downtown.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Jim Stinson
  • January 29, 2024
TECO manatee viewing center outside Tampa sets visitor record

Tampa Electric's Manatee Viewing Center in Hillsborough County hosted 1,100 manatees at one time, which beats the previous record of 850, set last winter.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Mark Gordon
  • January 29, 2024
Tampa food brokerage hires Publix dairy, frozen meat executive

After a 24-year career with Publix, Nicki Crespo is staying in the food business in a new executive role with Tampa-based Bay Food Brokerage.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Mark Gordon
  • January 28, 2024
Synapse Summit announces speakers, themes for 2024 event

Synapse Summit, a highly anticipated annual event designed to “connect, catalyze and celebrate Florida’s innovation leaders,” has announced its main schedule and themes.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Louis Llovio
  • January 28, 2024
10-year, $1.58 million lease deal for downtown Sarasota spa space

In the week's top commercial real estate news, apartments coming to Venice, a taste of Cuba in Tampa and rules changing in Southwest Florida.

  • Florida
    By
  • Jim Stinson
  • January 27, 2024
Tampa hospital exec achieves national recognition

Stacey Brandt, executive vice president and chief administrative officer of Tampa General, earned national recognition from a hospital magazine.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Louis Llovio
  • January 26, 2024
Investor pays $8.8 million for Bradenton cable company building

The buyer of the Top Golf property in Fort Myers has picked up a nearly 40,000-square-foot Manatee County office building.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Jim Stinson
  • January 26, 2024
Report: Rent increases double-digits in Tampa-St. Pete, Sarasota-Bradenton

Tampa Bay and Sarasota show moderate rental-price growth compared to other cities.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Jim Stinson
  • January 23, 2024
YMCA, Pinellas County Schools partner on unique $48M project

The city of St. Petersburg's new YMCA will soon unite with a completed public school.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Louis Llovio
  • January 25, 2024
Naples medical center fully leased, set to double in size

Southbrooke Medical Plaza, a new medical center in Naples, has been fully leased, and construction on the second phase of the project is expected to begin later this year.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Jim Stinson
  • January 25, 2024
Startup accelerator program aims to transform climate technology

The Tampa Bay Innovation Center is launching its next startup accelerator, which will focus on innovations in climate technology, sustainability and resilience.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Mark Gordon
  • January 25, 2024
Ohio hot dog joint chooses south Sarasota County for Florida debut

Hot Dog Shoppe, a popular Ohio-based eatery founded in 1946, is opening a location in Venice — its first franchise store and first spot outside the Buckeye State.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Jim Stinson
  • January 24, 2024
Tampa-area business leader named lead director of Arkansas bank

Encore Bank has elected St. Petersburg resident Rita Lowman as its board's lead director.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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