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Industries

  • By Laura Lyon
  • November 22, 2024
Sarasota, Tampa and Naples restaurants make OpenTable top 100

Plenty of reasons for diners to take a bite out of the Gulf Coast.

  • Florida
  • By Laura Lyon
  • November 22, 2024
Incoming Tampa airport CEO is cleared for approach

Michael Stephens will assume the role after Joe Lopano’s departure scheduled for April 2025.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Louis Llovio
  • November 21, 2024
FEMA downgrade costs Fort Myers Beach 25% flood insurance discount

Lee County and four localities learn that they will maintain their ratings and the discount comes with it.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
  • By Laura Lyon
  • November 21, 2024
$1.9 billion IT defense contractor opens location in Tampa

The goal is to support MacDill’s SOCOM programs.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Louis Llovio
  • November 21, 2024
Lee County health care facility sold, cutting 294 jobs

The new owners, in a letter to state officials, say offers will be made to retain "substantially all" of the employees.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
  • By Elizabeth King
  • November 21, 2024
Sarasota Memorial inks $160M software deal

The health system contracted with software developer giant Epic to handle its electronic medical records.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Louis Llovio
  • November 20, 2024
Northtowne Square in Polk County sold for $15.5 million

Local investors bought the 96,000-square-foot retail property using, in part, funds from a credit union loan.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Laura Lyon
  • November 20, 2024
$35 million Tampa medical supply company acquired

Acentus, a Tampa-based medical supply company founded in 2002, was acquired by Henry Schein, a Fortune 500 company based out of New York.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Elizabeth King
  • November 20, 2024
SeaPort Manatee cargo volume up 7.2%, sets new fiscal record

The port in Manatee County handled nearly 12 million tons of cargo in its most recent fiscal year.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Elizabeth King
  • November 20, 2024
Publix-anchored shopping center in Sarasota sold for $20.4 million

The Shoppes at Palmer Ranch has changed hands in a November acquisition.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Monica Roman Gagnier
  • November 20, 2024
Prominent national circus performers to step down from Sarasota nonprofit

Pedro Reis and Dolly Jacobs are succeeded by 16-year veteran Jennifer Mitchell, who has been named president and CEO.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Elizabeth King
  • November 20, 2024
Sarasota County tourism ‘normalizing’ post-pandemic, optimistic for 2025

After a pandemic-era travel boom, Sarasota is seeing a return to normal, market researchers say, with indications of an uptick in some segments of travelers.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Louis Llovio
  • November 19, 2024
Tampa Bay Rays say ballpark deal near collapse as Pinellas delays vote again

Pinellas County commissioners voted to again delay a measure to approve bonds that would help fund a new ballpark for the team.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Louis Llovio
  • November 19, 2024
Tampa window manufacturer cutting 225 jobs

NewSouth Window Solutions is laying off employees as product is discontinued.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Laura Lyon
  • November 19, 2024
Nordstrom Rack to open Lakeland store in 2025

The new location in the shopping center Lakeside Village will be Nordstrom Rack's 20th in Florida.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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