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Industries

  • By Elizabeth King
  • September 30, 2024
Hurricane Helene damage tops $358M in unincorporated Manatee

Manatee County staff provide preliminary storm damage assessments, excluding Anna Maria, Holmes Beach and Bradenton Beach.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Steven Benna
  • September 30, 2024
The week's top commercial real estate transactions in Charlotte, Collier, Hillsborough, Lee, Manatee, Pasco, Pinellas, Polk, Sarasota

A $50 million apartment complex sale in Tampa paces transactions.

  • Transactions
  • By Louis Llovio
  • September 29, 2024
Former Sarasota Italian deli and market property up for sale

In the week's top commercial real estate news, Manatee's Benderson adds to its portfolio, a Pasco project gets millions in financing, and a Collier community hits a milestone.

  • Florida
  • By Laura Lyon
  • September 28, 2024
Tampa General Hospital incorporates unique solution to prevent flooding

In preparation for Hurricane Helene’s arrival this past Thursday, Tampa General Hospital enacted its emergency response plan, which included the construction of an AquaFence.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Louis Llovio
  • September 28, 2024
Naples' Hoffmann buys Schnarr's Hardware's suburban St. Louis property

The family run conglomerate says Schnarr’s Hardware will continue to operate on the site.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
  • By Elizabeth King
  • September 27, 2024
Benderson Development spends $140M on acquisitions in September

Three acquisitions this month in Florida are part of an “aggressive growth strategy," according to Benderson Development.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Mark Gordon
  • September 27, 2024
Six months later: The drama behind the $3.1B PGT Innovations sale

The blockbuster acquisition for window and door maker PGT Innovations took years to come together. It also took hundreds of phone calls, dozens of meetings and determined and competitive executives.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Louis Llovio
  • September 26, 2024
Pasco, Lee hospitals named in $20M federal settlement

The U.S. Department of Justice had alleged that Acadia Healthcare, among other violations, admitted people not eligible for inpatient treatment and failed to release people no longer in need of care.

  • Florida
  • By Elizabeth King
  • September 26, 2024
58 acres protected in Manatee County

The Conservation Foundation of the Gulf Coast acquired a conservation easement near Gap Creek by the Braden River.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Laura Lyon
  • September 26, 2024
St. Pete 3D tech firm lands $20M investment

The goal is to continue the company’s growth trajectory with major clients

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Laura Lyon
  • September 26, 2024
Pasco County university adds cybersecurity certificate program

The addition was made after a donation from a local entrepreneur.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Laura Lyon
  • September 26, 2024
Noted Tampa businessmen host barbecue fundraiser for pal’s rare disease

The cook-off has grown to host thousands for 13 years in a row.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Elizabeth King
  • September 25, 2024
Popular Texas burger chain Whataburger seeks approval for Sarasota debut

Developers are proposing putting a Whataburger on the former Café Baci location on U.S. 41 in Sarasota.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Mark Gordon
  • September 25, 2024
Report: Financial losses put 13 rural Florida hospitals at risk of closure

On a national scale, more than 100 rural hospitals have shuttered in the past decade.

  • Florida
  • By Louis Llovio
  • September 25, 2024
Benderson buys Fort Myers Winn-Dixie anchored shopping center

The East Manatee County firm’s latest purchases are a 280,000-square-foot shopping center at U.S. Highway 41 and Daniels Parkway and a mixed use property in Winter Park.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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