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Industries

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  • By Elizabeth King
  • January 20, 2025
YouTube star becomes partner in Bradenton Motorsports Park

A race car driver who is also a YouTuber is now 50% owner of the drag racing facility off State Road 64 in Bradenton.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Laura Lyon
  • January 20, 2025
Polk County art museum completes $8 million expansion

The latest expansion brings The Ashley Gibson Barnett Museum of Art’s size to 50,000 square feet.

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  • By Louis Llovio
  • January 20, 2025
Naples condo project site sells for $92.5 million

Kolter Urban has bought the former Executive Club property and plans for luxury waterfront development.

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  • By Louis Llovio
  • January 19, 2025
Dallas auto auction firm buys 835 acres in Charlotte County for $13.3M

In the week's top commercial real estate news, Nordstrom Rack is coming to Estero, a prominent Lakeland CRE firm changes its name, and work starts on a Sarasota boutique condo community.

  • Florida
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  • By Elizabeth King
  • January 18, 2025
Allegiant plane at SRQ features unique wrap

A distinctive design is emblazoned on a plane at Sarasota-Bradenton International Airport that officials hope will boost tourism.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Mark Gordon
  • January 18, 2025
Naples wealth advisory firms, one with $2.5B in assets, announce partnership

Capital Wealth Advisors and Bray Capital Advisors are merging in what the entities call a strategic partnership.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Louis Llovio
  • January 17, 2025
Atlanta apartment developer pays $19.9 million for Fort Myers land

The Residential Groups plans to build a 386-unit apartment community and commercial center on the 32-acre parcel.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Louis Llovio
  • January 17, 2025
Citrus industry withers as Florida's groves flounder

Despite the best efforts and hopes of the citrus industry, hurricanes and a bacteria continue to batter Florida's diminished defining crop. Yet some survival strategies are beginning to sprout.

  • Florida
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  • By Kristen Lessig-Schenerlein, Hannah McGowan
  • January 17, 2025
Forget goals: For 2025, set – and keep – New Year's intentions

A new approach to New Year's resolutions requires a deeper way of thinking about the leader you are and the leader you want to be.

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  • By Louis Llovio
  • January 16, 2025
15 Big Lots store leases across the region listed for sale

The chain's new owner is selling the leases of about 500 stores in 47 states.

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  • By Laura Lyon
  • January 16, 2025
Breeze Airways lands first NHL sponsorship, with Lightning

The budget airline is charting a course over new territory.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Elizabeth King
  • January 16, 2025
Two deals close in Palmetto, 248 residences planned

More than 22 acres sold for nearly $3.9 million in two real estate transactions that closed recently in north Manatee County.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Elizabeth King
  • January 16, 2025
Historic $25 million grant to fund nature experience in Naples

The Conservancy of Southwest Florida received a record donation from the John & Carol Walter Family Foundation.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Observer Staff
  • January 16, 2025
$30M home under construction on Siesta Key follows $25M Longboat listing

The 13,000-square-foot home Siesta Key property is on Higel Avenue.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Elizabeth King
  • January 16, 2025
$500M restaurant firm's success lies in milkshakes, closing for Super Bowl

The get-to-yes culture at Cameron Mitchell Restaurants, which is growing rapidly in the region, lies in a sweet symbol: a milkshake.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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