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News

    By
  • Kat Wingert, Mark Gordon
  • September 18, 2023
Observer Media Group executive editor, co-owner Lisa Walsh dies at 69

Lisa Walsh was a pillar in the Sarasota-Manatee community; a trusted and devoted wife, mother, grandmother, sister and daughter; and the backbone of one of the most successful media companies in Florida.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Jim Stinson
  • September 18, 2023
Pasco EDC opens new innovation center

The Holiday center will join Dade City and Wesley Chapel's incubator network in Pasco County.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Mark Gordon
  • September 18, 2023
Report: Small business optimism continues to fall

Labor quality and inflation remain chief concerns.

  • Florida
    By
  • Louis Llovio
  • September 17, 2023
Pulte buys 197 acres in Riverview, plans for 492 homes

In the week's top commercial real estate news, a Dollar General sells, a New Jersey car dealer expands, and 500,000 square feet of industrial space is completed.

  • Florida
    By
  • Amanda Postma
  • September 15, 2023
Bank aims to woo landlords with new $5 million Section 8 housing loan program

BayFirst takes a new tact in the ongoing affordable housing crisis.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Jim Stinson
  • September 15, 2023
Developers top out St. Petersburg high-rise

Reflection along Third Avenue is almost near completion after the 18th floor gets poured.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Jim Stinson
  • September 15, 2023
USF launches 'Name, Image, Likeness' program for athletes

As AI and digital mimicry get better, the University of South Florida offers a course on likeness protection.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Louis Llovio
  • September 14, 2023
Residential project 'sparked' by Gasworx to start construction

The 79-unit development is being built in a rapidly changing part of Tampa historically inhabited by some of the city's lowest income residents.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Amanda Postma
  • September 14, 2023
Estate on the Gulf sells all-cash for nearly $14 million asking price

The deal is the highest in Sarasota so far this year.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Amanda Postma
  • September 14, 2023
North Port updates website for first time since 2010

Last year, the city's site had 2.5 million unique page views.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Amanda Postma
  • September 14, 2023
Cool construction project nominations accepted through Oct. 4

Cool off from the heat by submitting construction projects that have a coolness factor.

  • Florida
    By
  • Louis Llovio
  • September 13, 2023
Virginia company acquires SWFL golf course

The suburban DC buyer now has 33 golf courses across the country, including seven in Florida.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Louis Llovio
  • September 13, 2023
Largo industrial site sells for $9.75 million

The property on Enterprise Boulevard was bought by a pair of New Jersey investments firms in expansion mode.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Jim Stinson
  • September 13, 2023
What's the 411? Tampa snags Florida's first 1990s convention.

90s Con says Tampa was an untapped nostalgia market for its first Florida event.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Jim Stinson
  • September 13, 2023
Tampa Bay law firm picks new managing shareholder

Nelson T. Castellano is the firm's new managing shareholder, succeeding Marie Tomassi after her 10 years in the role.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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