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News

    By
  • Elizabeth King
  • March 25, 2026
Waterfront hotel in Bradenton under new management

A Texas-based hospitality company is handling daily operations for Courtyard by Marriott Bradenton Sarasota/Riverfront.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Mark Gordon
  • March 25, 2026
Sarasota mental health nonprofit pushes to hit $4M fundraising goal

Samaritan Counseling Services of the Gulf Coast is $400,000 away from hitting $4 million.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Anastasia Dawson
  • March 25, 2026
BayCare to open new urgent care in eastern Hillsborough

The health care system will open its first urgent care system in Plant City March 30, close to its new South Florida Baptist Hospital.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Mark Gordon
  • March 24, 2026
Saks changes its mind: Sarasota-UTC store will remain open

The parent company, going through bankruptcy, says it has renegotiated its lease terms at the mall.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Louis Llovio
  • March 24, 2026
233 acres in Charlotte County sold to Amazon

The online retail giant bought the property on Jones Loop Road.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Elizabeth King
  • March 24, 2026
Sarasota angel investors back local software startup

Bridge Angel Investors is investing in Wire Wallet.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Elizabeth King
  • March 24, 2026
Wealth management firm relocates in Lakewood Ranch

Global Wealth Management has a new office that includes space for events.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Louis Llovio
  • March 24, 2026
Groundbreaking set for transformative downtown Clearwater project

The developers behind The Bluffs will hold a ceremonial groundbreaking to mark the start of work on the major mixed-use development.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Anastasia Dawson
  • March 24, 2026
Tampa makes top 10 for women-owned businesses in large metros

The Tampa metro area was named the ninth best in the U.S. for women-owned businesses in a study by Coworking Cafe.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Mark Gordon
  • March 23, 2026
SWFL botanical garden CEO to retire

Neil Anderson, CEO and president of Wonder Gardens, a nonprofit zoological park and botanical garden in Bonita Springs founded 90 years ago, has announced his retirement.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Louis Llovio
  • March 23, 2026
Tech giant gives St. Petersburg College $1.1M for workforce programs

St. Petersburg-based Jabil donated the money to the local college and will help design curriculum to teach needed job skills.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Louis Llovio
  • March 23, 2026
Tampa's Jimbo's Pit Bar B-Q temporarily closed after fire

The popular, long time eatery is undergoing repairs and temporarily shut down.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Anastasia Dawson
  • March 23, 2026
$32M affordable housing complex in Pinellas replaces dilapidated inn

Clearwater Gardens, at 1250 Cleveland St., is a four-story apartment building featuring 81 units.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Andrew Warfield
  • March 23, 2026
Downtown Sarasota ponders hotel/condo trend in aim to avoid 'luxury ghost town'

Two projects working through the city approval process would combine condominium and hotel uses, signaling a possible shift in the condo market and more year-round activity.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Louis Llovio
  • March 22, 2026
Fort Myers land sold for future fire station

In the week's top commercial real estate news, a car dealer buys Fort Myers property, Lakeland grocers are changing names, and a global manufacturer expands in Manatee.

  • Florida
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