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  • Elizabeth King
  • July 10, 2025
Bucs owners offer grants to hurricane-impacted businesses

The Glazer Family Small Business Fund was established to help those affected by Hurricane Milton.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • Elizabeth King
  • July 9, 2025
St. Pete-Clearwater International has busiest month ever

The airport has seen record passenger traffic, with more than 1.4 million passengers so far in 2025.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • Elizabeth King
  • July 9, 2025
$410K project to repair Venice pier begins

The "T" structure at the Venice Municipal Fishing Pier is being repaired by a Hillsborough County company.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • Louis Llovio
  • July 9, 2025
Tampa grocer to open store in Gasworx development

Duckweed Urban Grocery will be part of the ground floor retail space in the 50-acre project's first completed residential development.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • Mark Gordon
  • July 9, 2025
Chicago restaurant group to make Florida debut with Greek eatery

DineAmic Hospitality will open Violi, a sister concept to LÝRA, a Windy City staple, in the Mercato in Naples later this fall.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • Louis Llovio
  • July 9, 2025
Naples broker and dealmaker switches commercial real estate firms

Adam Palmer says the move allows him to “optimize what’s been built over the last two decades.”

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • Louis Llovio
  • July 8, 2025
Meeting association books Tampa for annual conference

The that Meeting Professionals International will hold its annual World Education Conference in the city and expects to draw 2,500 attendees.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • Mark Gordon
  • July 8, 2025
41-year SWFL Bank of America market leader to retire

Julie Schmelzle, who has been with the bank for 35 years, will replace Gerri Moll in the key role.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • Mark Gordon
  • July 8, 2025
British firm buys majority stake in $1B Tampa cybersecurity firm

A-LIGN plans to use the funds from Hg to grow in global markets.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • Mark Gordon
  • July 8, 2025
Airline brings back nonstop flight from Tampa to West Virginia city

The flights from Tampa International to West Virginia International Yeager Airport begin this fall.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • Louis Llovio
  • July 8, 2025
Lakewood Ranch apartment complex sells for more than $90 million

The Milwaukee owner of Vida Lakewood Ranch sold the property to an undisclosed investor.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • Louis Llovio
  • July 8, 2025
30-acre Pasco property sold for $12.75M for build-to-rent community

South Carolina-based Maymont Homes bought the parcel in the Bexley master-planned community.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • Louis Llovio
  • July 7, 2025
Fort Myers Beach’s new, resilient The Beach Bar opens

Nearly three years after Hurricane Ian, the popular beach hangout was back in business July 4.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • Elizabeth King
  • July 7, 2025
National real estate firm names new leadership for Sarasota office

Andrew Greenwell is the managing broker for Douglas Elliman Sarasota.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • Louis Llovio
  • July 7, 2025
Well-known Sarasota industrial space up for rent

The property, once the home of Harmar, is currently occupied but the search is on for a new tenant.

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