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Industries

  • By Laura Lyon
  • September 4, 2024
North Florida coffee chain expanding to Tampa Bay

Ellianos Coffee, a chain based out of Lake City, is poised to open four locations in the Tampa Bay area.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Elizabeth King
  • September 4, 2024
First Watch names chief technology officer

The restaurant group based in Manatee County promoted an industry veteran into a role in the C-suite.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Beth Luberecki
  • September 4, 2024
$80M Naples hotel to target 'nearly' five-star travelers, locals

A Key West investment firm built a high-end hotel on its home turf. A second one is because the company is "intoxicated with the strength of the Naples hospitality market."

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
  • By Elizabeth King
  • September 3, 2024
Boar's Head faces more lawsuits over listeria-recalled meat

The deli meat company headquartered in Sarasota is being sued for personal injury, wrongful death and other causes after selling meat contaminated with listeria.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Louis Llovio
  • September 3, 2024
New Jersey family pays $14.6M for Fort Myers shopping center

The Lee County center on College Parkway was bought by a family of investors who owns a popular amusement center in New Jersey.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
  • By Elizabeth King
  • September 3, 2024
$28M bayfront villa hits market in Sarasota County

A more than 9,000-square-foot home with frontage on Little Sarasota Bay features Italian-inspired touches.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Elizabeth King
  • September 3, 2024
Sarasota solar company owner to lead state trade association board

Bill Johnson was elected president of the board of the Florida Solar Energy Industries Association.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Mark Gordon
  • September 3, 2024
Report: Retail real estate is in demand, but supply is shrinking

Retail would seemingly be in the dumps, given brick-and-mortar store challenges. But the opposite is happening.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Laura Lyon
  • September 3, 2024
Tampa entrepreneur grows goat yoga business with grit, good times

How a small family and half a dozen goats jumped to new heights.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Andrew Warfield
  • September 2, 2024
City of Sarasota, developers to deliver 600 affordable housing units

With several projects in the pipeline, the city has earned a Local Action Award from the Florida League of Cities for its attainable housing density bonus program.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Elizabeth King
  • September 2, 2024
Pinellas construction firm adds Sarasota office, nears $6M in revenue

Russell & Russell Construction builds everything from high-end condos to restaurants.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Steven Benna
  • September 2, 2024
The week's top commercial real estate transactions in Charlotte, Collier, Hillsborough, Lee, Manatee, Pasco, Pinellas, Polk, Sarasota

A $10 million Lakeland mobile home park sale paces transactions.

  • Transactions
  • By Elizabeth King
  • September 1, 2024
Credit union names VP of commercial lending in Sarasota

Lake Michigan Credit Union has named Dennis McLean the Sarasota vice president of commercial lending.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Louis Llovio
  • September 1, 2024
Naples developer secures $234 million loan for luxury condos

In the week's top commercial real estate news, the Baltimore Orioles look to expand in Sarasota, and an Immokalee affordable housing development gets its first residents.

  • Florida
  • By Elizabeth King
  • August 31, 2024
Sarasota cardiac monitoring company grows reach with acquisition

The cloud-based company will expand into approximately 1,000 more clinics since acquiring a system based on servers and hardware.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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