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    By
  • Mark Gordon
  • February 21, 2026
Retired attorney, family donate $10M to Naples hospital

The gift will lead to the Bob and Brynne Coletti Women’s Cancer Program.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Louis Llovio
  • February 20, 2026
Fort Myers portfolio sells for $30 million

A New Jersey investor bought the industrial properties near Plantation Road.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Louis Llovio
  • February 20, 2026
Port Charlotte industrial portfolio gets nearly $4 million refinancing

The Charlotte County properties were about 95% leased at the time the financing package closed.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Elizabeth King
  • February 20, 2026
Medical office building in east Manatee County sells for $3.6M

The 14,400-square-foot building was fully occupied.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Elizabeth King
  • February 20, 2026
El Greco to return in south Sarasota

A Greek restaurant that had been in downtown Sarasota for decades will be reborn as the fast-casual concept El Greco Kitchen & Market.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Elizabeth King
  • February 19, 2026
Sarasota fertility company closes $760K clinic acquisition deal

Family Beginning of Indiana is now part of Invo Fertility Inc.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Louis Llovio
  • February 19, 2026
Fort Myers medical office building sells for $4.6 million

A Dallas health care investment firm bought the building on Gladiolus Drive.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Anastasia Dawson
  • February 19, 2026
$63M housing complex in Tampa delivers nearly 400 affordable units

Canopy at West River offers 384 homes for residents earning between 22% and 80% of the area’s median income.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Louis Llovio
  • February 19, 2026
Clearwater insurance firm shutting office, laying off 103

Clarifying has informed the state that it is closing its corporate office and laying off the employees in April.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Elizabeth King
  • February 19, 2026
$31M affordable housing complex opens in north Sarasota

New Trail Plaza contains 96 apartments designed for families of varying income levels.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Louis Llovio
  • February 18, 2026
Lakeland hit with more job cuts as tech company lays off 98

HCLTech told the state this week that it was cutting the jobs at an unnamed worksite.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Louis Llovio
  • February 18, 2026
Port Charlotte retail site sold for $2M, to be developed as Whataburger

A Tampa developer bought the nearly 1-acre outparcel near a Target and is in process of redeveloping the property.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Mark Gordon
  • February 18, 2026
Potential New College takeover of USF Sarasota-Manatee campus looms

A local group is fighting back against the move, with a former University of South Florida Sarasota-Manatee top official saying this would sacrifice one public school for another's dreams.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Elizabeth King
  • February 18, 2026
Investor buys noted Sarasota bar for $3.5M, pledges revitalization

The new owner of 975 Cattlemen Road plans to revive the Cock & Bull brand.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Anastasia Dawson
  • February 18, 2026
Second MarineMax shareholder urges sale of company

Levin Capital Strategies is urging the company to consider an activist investor’s $1.1 billion offer.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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