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News

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  • Eric Garwood
  • June 3, 2025
Sarasota County commits $4.5M to promote Senior PGA Championship

The major tournament coming to The Concession for three years, beginning in 2026.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Mark Gordon
  • June 3, 2025
Red Sox spring training stadium to get new seats in $2.6M project

The seats in 13-year-old Fort Myers stadium JetBlue Park, say officials, are "sun-bleached and becoming brittle."

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Louis Llovio
  • June 3, 2025
Burrito chain to open 7 new locations in Tampa Bay

Georgia-based Barberitos is expanding its footprint in the state with the new additions.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Elizabeth King
  • June 2, 2025
Fifth Third Bank names president for region that includes Tampa Bay, Sarasota

The bank has announced a new leader for the North Florida region.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Elizabeth King
  • June 2, 2025
4 demolitions proposed in Sarasota to allow for new development

A car wash, 7-Eleven and residential building are proposed in three separate areas of the city.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Elizabeth King
  • June 2, 2025
NBA Hall-of-Famer helps open $37M Bradenton affordable senior housing project

"These are not just apartments. They're homes," said Miami Heat legend Alonzo Mourning.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Eric Garwood
  • June 2, 2025
Hawaii firm wins EPA approval for aquaculture operation off Sarasota coast

Red drum would be raised in an underwater pen, about 40 miles from area beaches.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Louis Llovio
  • June 2, 2025
Cape Coral shopping center complete, seeks tenants

Construction work on the 29,150-square-foot Shops at Del Mar has finished as brokers look for tenants.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Beth Luberecki
  • June 1, 2025
Popular Sarasota restaurant week hits milestone, extends to 20 days

Savor Sarasota is celebrating 20 years of showcasing Sarasota County restaurants and bringing in business during a slow month of the year.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Louis Llovio
  • June 1, 2025
Pinellas retail property sells to investor for nearly $7 million

In the week's top commercial real estate news, a Sarasota property with a little extra is up for sale, a burrito restaurant chain grows in Tampa Bay, and a new shopping center finishes in Cape Coral.

  • Florida
    By
  • Mark Gordon
  • May 31, 2025
Florida gubernatorial candidate makes his pitch in Sarasota

U.S. Rep. Byron Donalds, R-Naples, says Florida has an "opportunity to become the financial capital of the world."

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Louis Llovio
  • May 30, 2025
Unsealed indictment into Britton-Harr details alleged brazen $14.7M fraud

In the most revealing picture yet of what happened at AeroVanti, Maryland prosecutors lay out the scheme in court filings.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Elizabeth King
  • May 30, 2025
Manatee County commissioner writes memo proposing hiring freeze

The hiring freeze would apply to all non-essential positions in Manatee County government.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Elizabeth King
  • May 30, 2025
Sarasota financial firm acquired by national wealth advisory company

SRQ Wealth has been acquired by Carson Group.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Andrew Warfield
  • May 30, 2025
More than 400 downtown Sarasota apartments advance toward approval

Three projects totaling 435 units, 48 priced affordable and attainable, receive partial sign-off from the city's Development Review Committee.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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