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    By
  • Louis Llovio
  • June 6, 2023
Construction begins on $25 million St. Pete affordable housing project

Blue Sky Communities is building the senior living community with about $6.6 million from the city of St. Petersburg.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Brian Hartz
  • June 6, 2023
Hillsborough County breaks tourism tax collection record

Visit Tampa Bay says the county reeled in nearly $8 million in tourist development taxes in April.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Mark Gordon
  • June 6, 2023
Billion-dollar global law firm opens first Florida office

The firm plans to hire attorneys for the Fort Myers location.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Louis Llovio
  • June 5, 2023
Food distributor to build 500,000-square-foot Plant City center, hire 200

Sysco Foods will begin building the distribution center early next year and expects to open it in 2025.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Louis Llovio
  • June 5, 2023
Virginia furniture retailer converting long-empty Tampa Rooms To Go

Basset Furniture bought the store that closed in late 2020 and plans to open its fifth Florida location in the space.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Brian Hartz
  • June 5, 2023
Car wash chain expands again with second facility on busy thoroughfare

Fast-growing Woodie’s Wash Shack now has 11 locations in the Tampa Bay region.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Brian Hartz
  • June 5, 2023
Moffitt Cancer Center welcomes new chief business officer

Xavier Avat is a veteran of several biotech and life sciences companies.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Amanda Postma
  • June 5, 2023
Multimillion-dollar gym to open in north Manatee County

The Crunch Fitness is the fifth owned by the franchisee in the Sarasota-Bradenton area.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Mark Gordon
  • June 5, 2023
Pair of business pulse surveys: Worries are percolating

Economic optimism continues to fade.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Louis Llovio
  • June 4, 2023
Hundred-year-old Bradenton building on the market

An office building sells, a new luxury housing development is on the way, and a much-needed affordable housing program about underway top the week's commercial real estate news.

  • Commercial Real Estate
    By
  • Mark Gordon
  • June 2, 2023
Michigan law firm hires partner for SWFL office

Charles Thomson handles a variety of real estate matters.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Brian Hartz
  • June 2, 2023
University joins select, invitation-only group of North American schools

USF is the first public university in Florida to be invited to join the Association of American Universities in nearly 40 years.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Louis Llovio
  • June 1, 2023
Tampa development to bring YMCA, hotel, apartments to historic neighborhood

The YMCA-anchored development is expected to begin construction next year in what's known as Tampa's first suburb.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Amanda Postma
  • June 1, 2023
Sarasota Starbucks workers seek to join national union

Starbucks officials push back against the effort.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Brian Hartz
  • June 1, 2023
With new branch, Tampa credit union expands footprint to Osceola County

Suncoast Credit Union now has a location in Kissimmee.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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