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  • Laura Lyon
  • April 7, 2025
Bank of Tampa new hire to spearhead digital banking

The new chief digital officer is a transplant from Kansas.

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  • Louis Llovio
  • April 6, 2025
Lee County pays $10.5 million to conserve 132 acres

In the week's top commercial real estate news, Fort Myers land sold to medical provider, Brandon gets Scandinavia furniture retailer's first Florida store, and a much-anticipated Sarasota project officially starts.

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  • Laura Lyon
  • April 5, 2025
Carnival Cruise Lines offers summer internships to Tampa high schoolers

Miami-based Carnival Cruise Lines is providing a chance for 15-20 students to learn the nautical ropes.

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  • Mark Gordon
  • April 5, 2025
Massachusetts restaurant software firm grows Florida presence

Forbes Snyder, which has been in business for nearly 90 years, is expanding with an office in Fort Myers.

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  • Andrew Warfield
  • April 4, 2025
Sarasota youth sailing group seeks funding, approvals for $4.1M project

As the Sarasota Sailing Squadron faces hurricane damage repairs and builds a new youth sailing education facility, Sarasota officials extend the organization a longer lease on life.

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  • Elizabeth King
  • April 4, 2025
Bradenton vacation rental company joins portfolio backed by NY investment firm

Six brands within a Bradenton vacation rental company have become part of a new vacation rental management collection called Stayterra.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • Mark Gordon
  • April 4, 2025
Naples firm reaches deal to buy one of the largest poinsettia growers in the US

HF Companies. will acquire N.G. Heimos Greenhouses, billed as one of the nation’s largest poinsettia growers and preeminent greenhouses.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • Louis Llovio
  • April 3, 2025
Ritz-Carlton-branded Naples condo project on track for 2026 opening

With five towers topped off and $475 million in sales, residents could begin moving into the 6-acre luxury project early next year.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • Laura Lyon
  • April 3, 2025
Tampa Bay healthy burger company shutters three locations after 30 years

Three friends founded the company in 1994.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • Elizabeth King
  • April 3, 2025
30 companies in region ranked among fastest-growing in Southeast

A Bradenton firm was No. 2 on the 2025 Inc. Regionals list for the fastest-growing companies in the Southeast, and dozens in the region made the cut as well.

  • Florida
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  • Laura Lyon
  • April 3, 2025
Tampa airport begins flights to South America

The first regularly scheduled nonstop flight is to Bogota.

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  • Laura Lyon
  • April 2, 2025
Saddam Hussein prosecutor named Interim US attorney for region

The Tampa-based attorney has had several international appointments.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • Louis Llovio
  • April 2, 2025
Brandon drug store sells for $5.2 million

A 10,856-square-foot building about a mile east of Interstate 75 and leased to CVS in Brandon has been sold.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • Elizabeth King
  • April 2, 2025
Police: Bradenton business owner charged with fraud spent $200K on gambling

The owner of Gulf View Windows and Doors is charged with misappropriating construction funds and scheming to defraud.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • Mark Gordon
  • April 2, 2025
Naples club undergoes $16M renovation

Full renovations scheduled to begin next month at The Club at Olde Cypress.

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