• Alternate Text

  • Loading

  • Newsletters
  • Podcast
  • Public Notices
  • 40 Under 40 Nomination
  • Mobile App
  • Subscribe
  • Login
  • News
  • Strategies
  • Entrepreneurs
  • M&A
  • Leadership
  • Regions
    • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    • Manatee-Sarasota
    • Charlotte-Lee-Collier
    • Florida
  • Industries
    • Business Support
    • Commercial Real Estate
    • Residential Real Estate
    • Development
    • Finance
    • Food-Beverage
    • Healthcare
    • Manufacturing
    • Retail
    • Sports–Entertainment
    • Technology
    • Travel-Tourism
  • Insights
  • More
    • Advice
    • Transactions
    • 40 Under 40
    • Big Book of Business
    • Subscribe
    • Opinion
    • Executive Diversions
    • Change-Makers
    • Reprints
  • News
  • Strategies
  • Entrepreneurs
  • M&A
  • Leadership
  • Regions
    • Regions
    • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    • Manatee-Sarasota
    • Charlotte-Lee-Collier
    • Florida
  • Industries
    • Industries
    • Business Support
    • Commercial Real Estate
    • Residential Real Estate
    • Development
    • Finance
    • Food-Beverage
    • Healthcare
    • Manufacturing
    • Retail
    • Sports–Entertainment
    • Technology
    • Travel-Tourism
  • Insights
  • More
    • More
    • Advice
    • Transactions
    • 40 Under 40
    • Big Book of Business
    • Subscribe
    • Opinion
    • Executive Diversions
    • Change-Makers
    • Reprints
  • Newsletters
  • Podcast
  • Public Notices
  • 40 Under 40 Nomination
  • Mobile App
  • Subscribe
  • Login

News

  • For Subscribers Only
    By
  • Laura Lyon
  • July 24, 2024
St. Pete airport posts record-breaking June, adds flight

Allegiant now clocks 65 nonstop destinations out of PIE.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • For Subscribers Only
    By
  • Mark Gordon
  • July 24, 2024
$700M Riverview homebuilder enters multifamily, build-to-rent market

Homes by WestBay marks 15 years in business with the expansion.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • For Subscribers Only
    By
  • Laura Lyon
  • July 23, 2024
Tampa apartment complex sells for $63 million

Orlando-based company sold to a Miami firm.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • For Subscribers Only
    By
  • Elizabeth King
  • July 23, 2024
Bradenton police seek to regulate post-midnight alcohol sales

An "after midnight permit" would be required for businesses to sell alcoholic beverages from midnight to 2:30 a.m. in Bradenton, under an ordinance proposed by the Bradenton Police Department.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • For Subscribers Only
    By
  • Laura Lyon
  • July 23, 2024
Clearwater construction firm reaches third expansion milestone

Hot off the heels of its move into the plumbing industry and design firm acquisition, Home Love Construction is now stretching their legs in an additional 3,000 square foot facility.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • For Subscribers Only
    By
  • Elizabeth King
  • July 23, 2024
National construction giant launches Sarasota team

Suffolk, which is based in Boston and has an office in Tampa, taps a leader for Sarasota.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • For Subscribers Only
    By
  • Mark Gordon
  • July 23, 2024
Key West hotel brand readies $80M Naples property

Developers behind a 160-room boutique hotel along the Cocohatchee River in North Naples say the property is scheduled to open this fall.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
  • For Subscribers Only
    By
  • Mark Gordon
  • July 22, 2024
Naples firm buys Aspen luxury transportation business

The Hoffman Family of Cos. continues to grow its transportation division.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
  • For Subscribers Only
    By
  • Laura Lyon
  • July 22, 2024
$1.1B St. Pete community bank expands into health care lending

BayFirst National Bank, headquartered in St.Pete, is increasing its service offerings by branching into health care business lending.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • For Subscribers Only
    By
  • Elizabeth King
  • July 22, 2024
6 builders sign on to new south Sarasota County neighborhood

A new community in Wellen Park has attracted several national homebuilders.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • For Subscribers Only
    By
  • Elizabeth King
  • July 22, 2024
Study: Construction aggregate prices in Florida are up by 15%

Florida saw price increases below the national average for sand and gravel as well as crushed stone.

  • Florida
  • For Subscribers Only
    By
  • Mark Gordon
  • July 22, 2024
St. Pete tag and title firm expands to 15 more states with acquisition

Tag Agency Professionals Inc., a St. Petersburg firm that handles tag and title work for vehicle dealers, has added 15 states to its customer list with the acquisition of a Virginia company.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • For Subscribers Only
    By
  • Louis Llovio
  • July 22, 2024
Lee, cities get 121 days to fix FEMA issues, maintain 25% discount

FEMA has granted the localities a longer extension in order to remedy lingering issues.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
  • For Subscribers Only
    By
  • Laura Lyon
  • July 21, 2024
People-focused CEO and chairman of Lakeland fertilizer company dies

Jack Harrell Jr. was 68.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • For Subscribers Only
    By
  • Louis Llovio
  • July 21, 2024
Salvation Army taking over shuttered Venice Books-A-Million

In the week's top commercial real estate news, gyms change hands in Fort Myers, a Boston buyer pays $63 million for apartments in Tampa, and land set aside for conservation sold in Sarasota.

  • Florida
« 171 172 173 174 175 176 177 178 179 180 »
The best of Business Observer, delivered directly to your inbox

Get the latest business and commercial real estate news from Tampa Bay to Naples.

Sign Up

Latest News

1
  • July 22, 2026
EoS Fitness opens 40K-square-foot gym in Fort Myers
2
  • July 22, 2026
Sarasota firm behind $5M loan for St. Petersburg retail center purchase
3
  • July 22, 2026
PDQ restaurant property sold in south Sarasota
4
  • July 22, 2026
375-unit luxury apartment complex opens in Tampa's Westshore district
5
  • July 22, 2026
With $1.2M building purchase, Longboat Key restaurant plans expansion

Contact

  • 1970 Main St.
  • Third Floor
  • Sarasota, FL 34236
  • Phone: 941-362-4848

Extra, Extra!

  • Newsletters
  • App
  • Podcast
  • Big Book of Business

more

  • About Us
  • Contact Us
  • Advertise
  • Distribution Points
  • Jobs
  • Privacy Policy
  • Subscribe
  • Accessibility Options

sister sites

  • Your Observer
  • Jax Daily Record
  • Orange Observer
  • Accessibility Options
  • Copyright © 2026 Observer Media Group Inc., All Rights Reserved
×
3 Articles Remaining!
Not a Subscriber?

Click here to Subscribe

Already a Subscriber?

Click here to Login

Sign Up for Daily Brief

Start your day with the top Gulf Coast business news you need to succeed.

Sign Up for CRE Central

Stay updated with a weekly roundup of big deals, market shifts and the people shaping commercial real estate from Tampa Bay to Naples.

Smart People Subscribe.

Turn headlines into game plans. The playbook’s right here.
Subscribe to the Business Observer today.

Subscribe Now