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News

    By
  • Elizabeth King
  • July 31, 2025
Sarasota company buys Iowa hotel for $14.5 million

A St. Armands-based financial firm purchased a hotel in West Des Moines, Iowa.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Louis Llovio
  • July 30, 2025
Waterfront Tampa home listed for $7.9 million

The nearly 6,000-square-foot house is on a quiet, secluded stretch of Bayshore Boulevard.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Elizabeth King
  • July 30, 2025
Build-to-rent community opens in Bonita Springs

Swell by Soltura will include 200 cottage-style homes when fully built out.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Louis Llovio
  • July 30, 2025
Joint venture lends Polk County apartment owner nearly $18 million

The 384-unit Lynwind Apartments community in Davenport was completed in 2023.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Lesley Dwyer
  • July 30, 2025
Manatee County purchases Mixon Fruit Farms for $13.5 million

Commissioners voted unanimously to purchase the citrus farm that operated in Manatee County for 84 years.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Elizabeth King
  • July 30, 2025
$10M Siesta Row Publix redevelopment proposed

A Sarasota shopping center owner is proposing demolishing and rebuilding the Publix that anchors the Shops at Siesta Row.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Elizabeth King
  • July 29, 2025
Sysco facility opens in Plant City, to create 300 jobs

The food distributor employs more than 5,000 workers in Florida.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Elizabeth King
  • July 29, 2025
2 hospitals in region ranked among top 10 in Florida

Multiple hospitals from the region are ranked on the U.S. News list of best hospitals in Florida.

  • Florida
    By
  • Elizabeth King
  • July 29, 2025
Allegiant to add five flights at three airports in region

New flights will take off from Southwest Florida International, Sarasota-Bradenton International and Punta Gorda airports in November.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Louis Llovio
  • July 29, 2025
Fort Myers flight training school solidifies fleet

Following a strategic plan, Paragon Flight Training is "Piper exclusive."

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Andrew Warfield
  • July 28, 2025
Sarasota approval allows yacht club to set sail on expansion

Unanimous City Commission approval clears the way for the Sarasota Yacht Club to expand its existing clubhouse and build a companion structure.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Louis Llovio
  • July 28, 2025
Babcock Ranch reaches key sales milestone

The Southwest Florida master-planned, environmentally friendly community has sold a quarter of the total homes it expects to build.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Elizabeth King
  • July 28, 2025
105-home community to be built in Lakewood Ranch

Lennar will begin construction this fall on Stillwater.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Louis Llovio
  • July 28, 2025
Tampa's Naked Farmer restaurant chain moving HQ to Water Street

The local farm-to-table chain is taking nearly 2,000 square feet of space in the 20-story Thousand & One building later this year.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Louis Llovio
  • July 27, 2025
Lakeland apartments sell for $57 million

In the week's top commercial real estate news, a Sarasota company arranges two commercial loans, a Naples developer spends $40 million in Tampa, and a Captiva gets its day before commissioners.

  • Florida
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