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  • Anastasia Dawson
  • January 7, 2026
Tampa food brokerage leader steps down, son takes on CEO role

Cammie Chatterton, who founded the company in 1993, will become chairwoman of the advisory board as her son, Chris Chatterton, steps into the CEO job.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Elizabeth King
  • January 6, 2026
Family-owned garden center opens third store in region

MRT Lawn and Garden Center is now open in North Venice.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Louis Llovio
  • January 6, 2026
Naples waterfront estate listed for $39 million

The recently built home is in the Olde Naples neighborhood and features a 5,000-square foot rooftop deck.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Anastasia Dawson
  • January 6, 2026
Builder to bring more than 2,250 homes to Southwest Florida

Taylor Morrison has purchased two properties for future Esplanade communities — one on Oil Well Road in Naples and the other off Corkscrew Road in Estero.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Louis Llovio
  • January 6, 2026
Senior housing community in Largo to officially open

An 80-unit community in the Ridgecrest neighborhood is part of the redevelopment of public housing units.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Anastasia Dawson
  • January 6, 2026
Golf group purchases Brooksville club

Virginia-based Heritage Golf Group has acquired Southern Hills Plantation Club in Brooksville, its fourth club in the Tampa Bay area.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Elizabeth King
  • January 5, 2026
Sarasota bayfront estate lists for $22 million

The 2.4-acre compound comes with a guest house and 240 feet of Sarasota Bay frontage.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Elizabeth King
  • January 5, 2026
Florida ranks No. 2 among growth states for 2025

The Sunshine State was a hot destination for inbound migration in 2025, according to do-it-yourself moving company U-Haul.

  • Florida
    By
  • Anastasia Dawson
  • January 5, 2026
Sprinkles Cupcakes closes all stores nationwide — including two in region

The popular bakery chain had three Florida locations: in Tampa's Hyde Park, Manatee County's Shoppes at UTC and Walt Disney World's Disney Springs.

  • Florida
    By
  • Louis Llovio
  • January 5, 2026
Jabil closes $750M acquisition of energy management company

The 850-employee international company specializes expert in power systems and energy optimization for data centers.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Elizabeth King
  • January 2, 2026
Tampa company to lay off 255 amid business assets sale

Ideal Image Development Corp. is shuttering its corporate office.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Louis Llovio
  • January 2, 2026
Study: Florida among most expensive states to buy property

At nearly $700,000 per acre, it would take the average Floridian saving 30% of their salary 41.95 years to afford an acre.

  • Florida
    By
  • Elizabeth King
  • January 2, 2026
Sarasota County manufacturer acquires Pinellas firm

Adams Group is growing with the addition of Mill-Rite Woodworking to its company.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Anastasia Dawson
  • January 2, 2026
Tampa ends year as 4th hottest rental market in Florida, report says

An annual report has ranked Tampa among the top 30 toughest rental markets in the nation and the fourth hottest market in Florida — just behind Miami, Broward County and Orlando, respectively.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • January 1, 2026
Entrepreneurs, billion-dollar execs and a city councilwoman: December on 'From the Corner Office'

Some of the key insights and pieces of wisdom bits from the past month of the Business Observer's podcast, "From the Corner Office."

  • Florida
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