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  • By Mark Gordon
  • March 10, 2025
Meet the Smiths: Fort Myers law firm adds partners to official name

Goldstein, Buckley, Cechman, Rice, Purtz, Smith & Smith handles personal injury cases.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Louis Llovio
  • March 10, 2025
Report: Major League Baseball wants Tampa Bay Rays sold

A story in a prominent sports publication says the league and owners want Stuart Sternberg to sell the team to someone who will resolve long running stadium issues.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Steven Benna
  • March 10, 2025
The week's top commercial real estate transactions in Charlotte, Collier, Hillsborough, Lee, Manatee, Pasco, Pinellas, Polk, Sarasota

A $72 million multifamily deal paces the week in transactions.

  • Transactions
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  • By Louis Llovio
  • March 9, 2025
Collier, Charlotte properties included in $84.5M state purchase of conservation land

In the week's top commercial real estate news, a $65 million loan for Fort Myers apartments, a Tampa REIT pays $35 million for a hospital, and South Sarasota acreage sold for conservation.

  • Florida
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  • By Louis Llovio
  • March 8, 2025
Polk County’s SouthState completes $457 million sale of branches

The Winter Haven bank sold the branches in six states to a New York investor but is leasing them back.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Louis Llovio
  • March 7, 2025
New Jersey investors pay $3.9 million for Tampa industrial building

The real estate investment firms bought the nearly 20,000-square-foot building near Tampa International Airport and has put it up for lease.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Elizabeth King
  • March 7, 2025
$1.2M design contract for Pittsburgh Pirates' Bradenton facility nears approval

A third baseball field, parking lots and renovations are included in the contract before the Bradenton City Council.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Laura Lyon
  • March 7, 2025
$50M loan secured for Hillsborough County multifamily complex

The bridge loan covers 300 units for the next two years.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Elizabeth King
  • March 7, 2025
The Old Salty Dog reopens on City Island

A longtime waterfront Sarasota restaurant has reopened for the first time since Hurricane Milton.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Louis Llovio
  • March 7, 2025
Wilton Simpson talks egg prices, farm bill and political future

Florida's Agriculture and Consumer Services commissioners spoke at land conference in Lakeland about how a farm bill can boost farmers, ban fluoride in the water and limit the use of drones.

  • Florida
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  • By Elizabeth King
  • March 6, 2025
901-home community in Parrish marks new concept for national developer

Del Webb Explore North River Ranch will appeal to all ages, not just those 55 and up.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Laura Lyon
  • March 6, 2025
MarineMax completes latest acquisition

Shelter Bay Marine, a full-service marina and storage facility, now counts itself as one of 65 such facilities under the MarineMax company umbrella.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Laura Lyon
  • March 6, 2025
$2.9B Pinellas credit union names first new CEO in nearly two decades

The new leader has a history of executive credit union roles.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Louis Llovio
  • March 6, 2025
Casey Key waterfront estate listed for $16 million

The 2-acre estate with views of the Gulf of Mexico and the Intracoastal Waterway is "primed for redevelopment."

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Mark Gordon
  • March 6, 2025
Naples pro soccer team scores bank partnership

FC Naples, a United Soccer League expansion team, is making its debut this year.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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