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  • Andrew Warfield
  • March 7, 2023
NTSB investigates aircraft near-collision at SRQ

Air Canada and America Airlines aircraft came within 3,100 feet of each other in a near-runway incident on Feb. 16.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • Brian Hartz
  • March 7, 2023
Indoor pickleball facility under construction in Ybor City

Part of the new Gas Worx mixed-use development, the venue is expected to open in early summer.

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  • Amanda Postma
  • March 7, 2023
Sarasota law firm embraces growth to achieve top tier status

For a while, the founders of what's now Bentley Goodrich Kison resisted big-time growth. Not anymore.

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  • Louis Llovio
  • March 7, 2023
In midst of major expansion, Aldi opens Lakeland store

The discount grocer looks to add about 20 stores in Florida in 2023 after it opened or remodeled 17 in 2022.

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  • Beth Luberecki
  • March 7, 2023
Plumbing pro takes high-tech, professional approach to essential service

After going through two prior incarnations of his plumbing company, entrepreneur John Verhof has hit on a concept built for the long haul.

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  • Louis Llovio
  • March 6, 2023
Company’s $35M acquisition comes as it cuts workforce by 14%

Clearwater digital advertiser Digital Media Solutions announced a major acquisition on the same day it cut jobs and turned down a bid to go private.

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  • Mark Gordon
  • March 6, 2023
YouTube competitor opens new Longboat Key headquarters

In a rare interview, Rumble CEO Chris Pavlovski talks about tech companies, freedom of speech principles and the YouTube competitor’s growth track.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • Amanda Postma
  • March 6, 2023
Kilt-wearing window-washing company looks to expand into Tampa

Exterior home services company plans to add 10 franchises to the Tampa area.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • Louis Llovio
  • March 6, 2023
Developer delivering $165M, 650-unit residential project to Pasco County

The Virginia developer bought two parcels totaling 49 acres in a 1,600-acre Wesley Chapel master-planned community.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • Brian Hartz
  • March 6, 2023
New owners of St. Pete Beach Hotel hire award-winning chef

Kimberly Subject will manage the Castile Restaurant at Hotel Zamora.

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  • Louis Llovio
  • March 6, 2023
Industry panel: Expect fewer amenities in new residential developments

Industry insiders discuss the residential market and how, with rising costs and a diminished appetite for debt, developers are likely to cut down on extras.

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  • March 6, 2023
Top commercial real estate transactions for Feb. 21-27 in Charlotte, Collier, Hillsborough, Lee, Manatee, Pasco, Pinellas, Polk, Sarasota

An apartment deal in Manatee County for nearly $100 million paces the week's transactions.

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  • Louis Llovio
  • March 6, 2023
Work starts on massive 50-acre, 5,000-residence downtown development

A $95 million apartment sale, retail properties change hands and a new county admin building top the week's commercial real estate news.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • Mark Gordon
  • March 5, 2023
Tampa Bay Rays radio announcer, community leader dies at 58

Dave Wills called games for the Rays since 2005.

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  • March 5, 2023
Floridian home prices increased 73.5% over past five years

The state had the sixth biggest increase in the country.

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