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  • By Elizabeth King
  • March 25, 2025
Circus-themed hotel opens on Lido Key near St. Armands

Cirque St. Armands Beachside, a 135-room luxury property, pays tribute to Sarasota's history as a circus town with its design and name.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Louis Llovio
  • March 25, 2025
South Florida investor buys 18-building portfolio in Pinellas for $60M

Basis Industrial bought the buildings located across business parks in Largo and Clearwater.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Lesley Dwyer
  • March 25, 2025
BMX track draws amateur and pro riders to east Manatee County

Aker Brand Farms is a 15-acre BMX training facility and a dream come true for owners Jeremy Smith and Will Grant.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Elizabeth King
  • March 24, 2025
TSA PreCheck enrollment available at SRQ

CLEAR is offering TSA PreCheck enrollment at the Sarasota-Bradenton International Airport.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Louis Llovio
  • March 24, 2025
Polk County LG Electronics building sells for $50 million

The 348,740-square-foot Building 4 in the Lakeland Commerce Center is leased to the South Korean company.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Elizabeth King
  • March 24, 2025
Roper Technologies to make $1.65 billion acquisition

A Sarasota-based software and technology company is buying a niche software provider.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Laura Lyon
  • March 24, 2025
New $18M Lakeland hospital emergency department complete

Lakeland Regional Health's 24,000-square-foot freestanding location is now accepting patients.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Louis Llovio
  • March 23, 2025
Maryland buyer pays $72M for housing near Florida Gulf Coast University

In the week's top commercial real estate news, an insurance company takes more space in Tampa, a Fort Myers company plans to build homes, and a major Sarasota project gets a big loan.

  • Florida
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  • By Elizabeth King
  • March 22, 2025
Free ride service launches in Palmetto, Bradenton

Freebee provides complimentary rides in electric vehicles.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Laura Lyon
  • March 22, 2025
Tampa investment firm surpasses $1 billion in assets

The milestone comes after closing a second round of funding.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Elizabeth King
  • March 21, 2025
Sarasota condo project gets $208 million construction loan

The developers of One Park Sarasota received financing for construction of their 18-story condominium in The Quay.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Laura Lyon
  • March 21, 2025
Tampa-based Coca-Cola bottler president to retire

Leadership changes are taking place at different points this year.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Mark Gordon
  • March 21, 2025
Top 50 contractors from Polk to Collier County surpass $9B in annual revenue

The Business Observer's list of the largest contractors in the business.

  • Florida
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  • By Laura Lyon
  • March 20, 2025
St. Petersburg insurance firm to assume thousands of homeowners policies

Mangrove Property Insurance is poised to assume its second round of policies from Citizens Property Insurance, Florida’s insurer of last resort.

  • Florida
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  • By Elizabeth King
  • March 20, 2025
Visit Sarasota launches campaign marketing keys

The “Keys are Calling” marketing campaign will be seen around the region and United States.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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