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Industries

  • By Jay Heater
  • June 29, 2026
180-bed Lakewood Ranch hospital names new CEO

Universal Health Services picks Jason Madsen to take over its 180-bed facility in the growing community.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Andrew Warfield
  • June 29, 2026
Downtown Sarasota luxury hotel/condo project makes key progress

The 1000 Boulevard of the Arts project site is nearly cleared to make way for 117 condos and a 174-room Hyatt Centric hotel.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Louis Llovio
  • June 28, 2026
Tampa Bay investor pays $43 million for Fort Myers apartment

In the week's top commercial real estate news, a pair of office buildings sell in Naples, affordable housing developers offered help in Sarasota, and a Brandon mall gets a taste of Texas.

  • Florida
  • By Louis Llovio
  • June 27, 2026
198,750SF Tampa office for lease as tech company Syniverse plans exit

The space in the city’s Highwood corporate park has become available as its current occupant Syniverse reportedly is leaving later this year or early next.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Elizabeth King
  • June 26, 2026
Over $126M in Tampa Bay health fraud alleged amid federal crackdown

The alleged schemes involve Sarasota, Ellenton, Apollo Beach, Tampa, Bradenton and Pasco residents now charged in connection with fraud.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Louis Llovio
  • June 26, 2026
$2.4 billion sale of Tampa REIT expected to close July 1

Sila Realty Trust shareholders approve agreement to sell the company, setting up deal closing and removal from NYSE trading.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Elizabeth King
  • June 26, 2026
Sarasota eatery ranks as No. 2 buffet restaurant in US

Der Dutchman is on the USA Today’s 10 Best list for best buffet restaurants.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Anastasia Dawson
  • June 26, 2026
New $500M hospital with 300-plus beds to open in Lakeland

Orlando Health Watson Clinic Lakeland Highlands Hospital, which plans to begin accepting patients July 8, is the first new hospital in Lakeland in over a century.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Louis Llovio
  • June 26, 2026
Texas developer proposes multibillion-dollar data center to be built in rural DeSoto

A planned 1,315-acre data center campus is being designed to be sustainable with a power plant on site and for the use of reclaimed water to offset the effects on the community.

  • Florida
  • By Anastasia Dawson
  • June 25, 2026
Tampa Hillsborough Expressway Authority readies $767M in projects

The agency’s new work plan outlines six years worth of projects, what it calls “one of the most ambitious capital programs” its ever embarked on.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Louis Llovio
  • June 25, 2026
University of South Florida gets $1.5M for AI program

Tampa's ReliaQuest donated the money to expand the programs faculty and add a track in software engineering.

  • Commercial Real Estate
  • By Mark Gordon
  • June 25, 2026
SWFL bank president, market exec announces retirement

Craig DeYoung started out his working life at a Charlotte County lumberyard. He quickly switched to finance.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
  • By Anastasia Dawson
  • June 24, 2026
Publix exec, pillar of Plant City community dies at 58

Brian West was a Plant City native remembered for his decades of community service both on and off the clock.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Elizabeth King
  • June 24, 2026
$20B auto retailer creating 100 jobs in Manatee County

Carvana is establishing an inspection and reconditioning center in Manatee County, its second such facility in Florida.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Louis Llovio
  • June 24, 2026
Tampa to rebuild historic community center with $5M in CRA funds

The 71-year-old Rey Park Center in West Tampa will be demolished and rebuilt as the park around it gets upgrades.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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