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  • December 12, 2022
Pickleball clubs coming to six additional sites as part of $180M expansion

The Pickleball Club and its real estate partner, Harry E. Robbins Associates Inc., now have 15 facilities in the works.

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  • December 10, 2022
Tampa boosts funding for affordable housing by $20M

The city’s CRA is adding the money to fund initiatives addressing critical housing issues.

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  • December 10, 2022
Manatee County approves new leadership

The county named a new deputy county administrator and approved the promotion of the interim CFO.

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  • December 9, 2022
Tampa Electric to build and move to new HQ building

TECO will move from its downtown headquarters in 2025 when a new 17-story tower in the Midtown Tampa development is complete.

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  • December 9, 2022
Clearwater homebuilding franchisor welcomes new CEO

C.R. Herro has succeeded Jim Rosewater at AR Homes by Arthur Rutenberg.

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  • December 9, 2022
Former NY Stock Exchange CEO's wealth management firm opens first Florida office

Transcend Capital Advisors, which recently opened in Naples, has other offices in New Jersey and Michigan.

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  • December 9, 2022
Restaurant company, behind 5-star fun motto, nearly doubles locations in less than a year

Fun-loving restaurant owner John Horne takes a "why not now" approach to growth.

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  • December 9, 2022
Chicken sandwich-making sisters go from porch to nearly $1 million business

With a counterintuitive approach — what business plan? — two sisters find fast success by sticking to one key nugget: give customers what they want, with good service.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • December 8, 2022
Grand jury indicts group for embezzling hundreds of thousands in aid for students

The co-conspirators are facing prison time for stealing student identities to gain access to accounts.

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  • December 8, 2022
Bradenton nonprofit names new executive director

Karen Corbin has been with the organization for three years.

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  • December 8, 2022
Mortgage rates fall for fourth straight week

Freddie Mac says the news is not good but a sign of “lackluster economic growth.”

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  • December 8, 2022
Southwest Airlines brings residents of Tampa, Kansas, to Tampa for vacation

The all-expenses-paid trip included three nights at the Floridan Hotel and excursions to Busch Gardens, ZooTampa at Lowry Park and other local attractions.

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  • December 8, 2022
Cru Cellars ready to launch next phase of growth

After a decade-plus of hard work, Tampa wine aficionados Torrey and Jen Bingham are transforming their burgeoning bottle-shop business into a full-fledged hospitality company.

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  • December 7, 2022
Two Longboat Key properties sell for over $18 million

The sales were facilitated by representatives of Michael Saunders & Co.

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  • December 7, 2022
Sarasota doctor gets 3.5 years in prison for taking bribes to prescribe opioids

A federal judge sentenced the 59-year-old doctor for taking sham “speaking fees” in exchange for prescribing drug containing fentanyl.

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