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Industries

  • By Louis Llovio
  • September 9, 2024
SWFL company buys Punta Gorda eyecare center

With the purchase, Collins Vision will expand to three practices across the region.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
  • By Elizabeth King
  • September 9, 2024
Tervis bankruptcy: Revenue fell from $90M in 2022 to $33M so far in 2024

Company officials vow this isn't the end of Tervis. "Bankruptcy," say officials in the filing, "is a means of ensuring its continued existence and operational success in the decades to come."

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Laura Lyon
  • September 9, 2024
Hospitality group acquires part of Tampa bakery

Gulf Coast Sourdough is slicing up its assets but will remain intact.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Andrew Warfield
  • September 9, 2024
Pair of downtown Sarasota restaurant buildings sold for $8.5M

Restaurant operations will be unaffected as Baird Inc. purchases El Melvin and Café Amici properties.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Steven Benna
  • September 9, 2024
The week's top commercial real estate transactions in Charlotte, Collier, Hillsborough, Lee, Manatee, Pasco, Pinellas, Polk, Sarasota

$244 million over three apartment deals in Hillsborough pace transactions.

  • Transactions
  • By Louis Llovio
  • September 9, 2024
50-acre Gasworx project outside downtown Tampa starts to take shape

While it is still in the early stages, the plans for and the work on the Gasworx project shows how the development may transform Tampa.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Louis Llovio
  • September 8, 2024
Publix pays $223 million for seven Florida shopping centers

In the week's top commercial real estate news, Sarasota County is conserving more than 600 acres, a Tampa industrial building sells to New Jersey buyers, and Venice is getting a new 7-Eleven.

  • Florida
  • By Elizabeth King
  • September 7, 2024
Manatee County to buy Seafood Shack for $13 million

The county plans to develop nearly 8.9 acres in Cortez into a public boating access facility.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Louis Llovio
  • September 7, 2024
Tampa airport board members to interview with four CEO finalists

The Hillsborough County Aviation Authority's board will begin interviews Sept. 30 and vote on a successor to Joe Lopano on Oct. 30.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Elizabeth King
  • September 6, 2024
Visitors down, lodging spending up in Sarasota County in July

Sarasota County’s head of tourism reports on the latest visitor data.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Mark Gordon
  • September 6, 2024
SWFL food services company sells e-commerce unit for $700K

Innovative Food Holdings plans to grow its gourmet cheese business.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
  • By Mark Gordon
  • September 6, 2024
Region's top IRS law enforcement officer hiring at least 20 agents

Veteran law enforcement official Ron Loecker says running the Tampa IRS Criminal Investigation unit is a dream job.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Elizabeth King
  • September 5, 2024
Tampa condo sales, prices fall as market stagnates

"It's much more difficult to sell a condo," a Redfin agent in Tampa says in a statement.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Louis Llovio
  • September 5, 2024
Opening date set for flagship Fleming's in Tampa

The Bloomin' Brand-owned restaurant will be 13,000 square feet and designed to feel like a Napa Valley eatery.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Mark Gordon
  • September 5, 2024
Tervis files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy

The 78-year-old manufacturer believes the setback, stemming from multiple factors, will allow the business to come back stronger and better.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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