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  • August 10, 2026
Sarasota-Bradenton techies create food truck discovery app

Sarasota-Manatee food truck owners can post their precise locations, menus, specials and more on FoodTrukt.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Elizabeth King
  • August 10, 2026
Tractor Supply’s Petsense closing three stores in region

The stores that are closing are located in Sarasota and Polk counties.

  • Florida
  • By Elizabeth King
  • August 10, 2026
Nonprofit buys Sarasota restaurant property for apprenticeship school

Suncoast Apprenticeship Academy purchased the former Perkins on Fruitville Road.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Anastasia Dawson
  • August 10, 2026
MarineMax agrees to $1.5 billion sale to Blackstone-owned marina company

The $53-per-share deal follows months of investor pressure and competing takeover interest in the Oldsmar-based boating company.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Louis Llovio
  • August 8, 2026
South Florida celebrity entrepreneur buys Naples apartments for $90M

Grant Cardone’s firm bought a 282-unit apartment community in Collier County.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
  • By Anastasia Dawson
  • August 7, 2026
Tampa's tallest residential tower reaches full height

The 225-unit luxury high-rise overlooking Curtis Hixon Waterfront Park has reached its full height after two years of construction.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Anastasia Dawson
  • August 7, 2026
Fort Myers restaurant group brings new waterfront eatery to St. Pete

Boca Ciega Waterfront Bar & Grill is a neighborhood-focused dining concept overlooking Boca Ciega Bay.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Mark Gordon
  • August 7, 2026
Naples Botanical Garden names new CEO

Emily Coffey has a background in biology and horticulture.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
  • By Anastasia Dawson
  • August 7, 2026
Moving company slides into new niche with unique training center

Inside a Clearwater warehouse, 2 College Brothers is creating a practice apartment where new hires can perfect their skills before moving customers into their next homes.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Elizabeth King
  • August 6, 2026
Recently shuttered Denny’s property in Sarasota sells for $4.25 million

The restaurant property on Bee Ridge Road is a “unicorn site,” says one of the brokers involved in the sale.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Louis Llovio
  • August 6, 2026
Hillsborough latest locality to take up ban on data centers

County leaders are looking to pass a moratorium on the facilities and want to study land use rules.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Anastasia Dawson
  • August 6, 2026
With $7M rail corridor deal, St. Pete to advance long-delayed trail project

The Trust for Public Land will transfer the former Booker Creek Rail Corridor to the city, paving the way for a nearly 1-mile trail connecting the EDGE District to the Pinellas Trail.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Mark Gordon
  • August 6, 2026
Sarasota builder promotes pair to shareholder, VP roles

Tandem Construction says the senior project managers will take on expanded responsibilities in strategic planning, business development and more.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Elizabeth King
  • August 6, 2026
All-you-can-eat sushi restaurant coming to Cape Coral

The Lee County location will be the fourth Sushi Masa restaurant in Florida.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
  • By Elizabeth King
  • August 5, 2026
Entrepreneur proposes luxury motor club for former Sarasota drone facility

The members-only club would be a place for storing luxury, exotic and collector vehicles that also offers amenities from fine dining to a golf simulator.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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