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  • April 9, 2024
Entrepreneur plans $4M Champagne bar and piano lounge in Sarasota

Ronnie Shugar is investing $15 million in downtown Sarasota entities and projects.

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  • April 9, 2024
Florida Blue appoints new exec for state’s west coast

Phil Lee has more than 20 years of health care experience.

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  • April 9, 2024
Former Adobe exec joins Roper Technologies board of directors

A software and finance executive joins the board of the Sarasota-based technology company.

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  • April 9, 2024
Lee County gets 30-day reprieve on flood insurance downgrade

County officials say FEMA has granted the extension in an effort to allow the county to retain ranking that qualified it for a 25% discount.

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  • April 8, 2024
Aldi confirms South Tampa store will open later this year

An executive with the German grocery chain confirms the store’s square footage and says it will be ready some time this year.

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  • April 8, 2024
Port Charlotte roofing firm owner pleads guilty to tax evasion

A Sarasota woman has pleaded guilty to attempting to avoid paying federal income tax on more than $1 million in earnings from her Charlotte County roofing business.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • April 8, 2024
Tampa real estate trust seeks more Wall Street respectability

Sila Realty Trust has begun the process to get listed on the New York Stock Exchange.

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  • April 8, 2024
Tampa, Sarasota wealth management firm adds tax and accounting unit

Graham Capital Wealth Management, a Tampa-based independent Registered Investment Advisor with an office in Sarasota, is adding a tax and accounting services unit.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • April 7, 2024
$548 million hospital to open in Manatee County

In the week's top commercial real estate news, a Miami developer borrows $65 million to build Fort Myers apartments, and a retail building in an artsy Sarasota neighborhood is for sale.

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  • April 6, 2024
Study: Gen Z in Tampa Bay will pay $23K more for rent than millennials

The young Tampa bay crowd can expect more in rental costs by the time they hit the age of 30.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • April 5, 2024
Tesla set to open Sarasota store by end of April, employ 50 people

The electric vehicle manufacturer has built a 55,000-square-foot showroom and service center at University Town Center just off I-75.

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  • April 5, 2024
Debut Sarasota County Anna Maria Oyster Bar looks to hire personnel

Oysters Rock Hospitality is looking to hire people for a variety of positions at a new Anna Maria Oyster Bar scheduled to open this spring in North Port.

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  • April 4, 2024
Aldi to open Tampa store on site of former Barnes & Noble

The discount grocer has applied for permits and begun work on the Dale Mabry property at Kennedy Boulevard.

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  • April 4, 2024
Checkers and Rally's CEO steps down

Frances Allen will remain with the company through September.

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  • April 4, 2024
Surgical institute sues Florida for $500M for harassment, shutdown

The Bonati Spine Institute of Hudson, in Pasco County, filed a $500 million lawsuit against the state of Florida alleging a wrongful shutdown in 2023.

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