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News

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  • Louis Llovio
  • March 19, 2025
$45 million loan for Fort Myers industrial project

The Minneapolis developer will begin work on the 442,000-industrial park to begin next year.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Elizabeth King
  • March 19, 2025
Boston restaurant chain opens new Naples location

Kelly’s Roast Beef now has two restaurants in Naples with others on the Gulf Coast in development.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Laura Lyon
  • March 19, 2025
South Florida aviation services company lands new contract at TPA

Tampa International Airport secured a three-year contract with Eulen Aviation that will be providing ground handling services for Avianca Airlines.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Andrew Warfield
  • March 19, 2025
Sarasota County eyes new legal records storage building

County Administrator Jonathan Lewis is tasked to enter into negotiations for a new facility to store and destroy courts record and legal documents.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Louis Llovio
  • March 18, 2025
Fiber-optic internet provider already in SWFL expands into St. Petersburg

The Missouri-based company has begun construction of a network in the city that may reach as many 23,000 homes.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Elizabeth King
  • March 18, 2025
Sarasota County marks construction milestone at new high school

Willis Smith Construction recently completed the topping out of Wellen Park High School.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Laura Lyon
  • March 18, 2025
Tampa financial services group acquires CPA firm

The William Stanley CFO Group, a Tampa-based financial services company, announced the purchase of another local firm.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Louis Llovio
  • March 18, 2025
Developer of former Bath & Racquet Club Sarasota property gets $79M loan

The loan will go toward the construction of the new club on the site of the iconic property which closed in 2021.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Elizabeth King
  • March 18, 2025
Sarasota garage door company grows reach with acquisition

D&D Garage Doors & Gates expanded its footprint into central Florida.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Elizabeth King
  • March 17, 2025
Sarasota manufacturer names new board chair

Helios Technologies has appointed a five-year member to lead the board of directors.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Louis Llovio
  • March 17, 2025
Forever 21 to close 23 Florida stores — four in region

The fashion retailer has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy for the second time in six years and is selling off assets.

  • Florida
    By
  • Louis Llovio
  • March 17, 2025
Symphony Salvage sells Sarasota building for $3.5 million

The 25-year-old building was sold vacant after the second-hand distributor moved to a bigger space nearby.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Elizabeth King
  • March 17, 2025
SeaPort Manatee receives $2M state grant for infrastructure upgrades

The port in Manatee County was given a grant to help accommodate its growing truck traffic.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Laura Lyon
  • March 17, 2025
South Florida meal prep company coming to St. Petersburg

The concept is slated to open late 2025.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Louis Llovio
  • March 16, 2025
National developer buys 17 acres in Sarasota for 336 apartments

In the week's top commercial real estate news, a Brandon apartment complex sells for $76.25 million, a Fort Myers apartment community is almost complete, and a Naples retail property is back on the market.

  • Florida
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