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  • Louis Llovio
  • August 2, 2025
Brandon apartment owners borrow $32 million

The refinancing is on the 328-unit Lakside Center Apartments.

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  • Andrew Warfield
  • August 1, 2025
Colson Hotel to be restored as a business incubator

With a goal of providing business startup space across all demographics, the group preserving the Colson Hotel plans to renovate it as the Colson Collective.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • July 31, 2025
New CEO takes over Tampa Bay Innovation Center

The St. Petersburg incubator is also planning a rebranding to be announced later this year.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • Eric Garwood
  • July 31, 2025
Record home sale at $30.3 million closes for Longboat Key property

The property called "Serenissima" previously broke sales-price record in 2020.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • Elizabeth King
  • July 31, 2025
Fort Myers shopping center under new management

Bell Tower will be overseen by third-party management company DLC.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • 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
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  • 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
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  • 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
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  • 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
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  • 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
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  • 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
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  • 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
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  • 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
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  • 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
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  • Louis Llovio
  • July 29, 2025
Fort Myers flight training school solidifies fleet

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

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