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Industries

  • By Laura Lyon
  • July 23, 2024
Tampa apartment complex sells for $63 million

Orlando-based company sold to a Miami firm.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Elizabeth King
  • July 23, 2024
Bradenton police seek to regulate post-midnight alcohol sales

An "after midnight permit" would be required for businesses to sell alcoholic beverages from midnight to 2:30 a.m. in Bradenton, under an ordinance proposed by the Bradenton Police Department.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Laura Lyon
  • July 23, 2024
Clearwater construction firm reaches third expansion milestone

Hot off the heels of its move into the plumbing industry and design firm acquisition, Home Love Construction is now stretching their legs in an additional 3,000 square foot facility.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Elizabeth King
  • July 23, 2024
National construction giant launches Sarasota team

Suffolk, which is based in Boston and has an office in Tampa, taps a leader for Sarasota.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Mark Gordon
  • July 23, 2024
Key West hotel brand readies $80M Naples property

Developers behind a 160-room boutique hotel along the Cocohatchee River in North Naples say the property is scheduled to open this fall.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
  • By Elizabeth King
  • July 23, 2024
280-unit Manatee apartment complex reflects rental trends

Rents are less than a year from stabilizing, predicts an apartment leasing executive.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Mark Gordon
  • July 22, 2024
Naples firm buys Aspen luxury transportation business

The Hoffman Family of Cos. continues to grow its transportation division.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
  • By Laura Lyon
  • July 22, 2024
$1.1B St. Pete community bank expands into health care lending

BayFirst National Bank, headquartered in St.Pete, is increasing its service offerings by branching into health care business lending.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Elizabeth King
  • July 22, 2024
6 builders sign on to new south Sarasota County neighborhood

A new community in Wellen Park has attracted several national homebuilders.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Elizabeth King
  • July 22, 2024
Study: Construction aggregate prices in Florida are up by 15%

Florida saw price increases below the national average for sand and gravel as well as crushed stone.

  • Florida
  • By Mark Gordon
  • July 22, 2024
St. Pete tag and title firm expands to 15 more states with acquisition

Tag Agency Professionals Inc., a St. Petersburg firm that handles tag and title work for vehicle dealers, has added 15 states to its customer list with the acquisition of a Virginia company.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Steven Benna
  • July 22, 2024
The week's top commercial real estate transactions in Charlotte, Collier, Hillsborough, Lee, Manatee, Pasco, Pinellas, Polk, Sarasota

A pair of Hillsborough County apartment sales surpass $200 million in the week's transactions.

  • Transactions
  • By Louis Llovio
  • July 22, 2024
Lee, cities get 121 days to fix FEMA issues, maintain 25% discount

FEMA has granted the localities a longer extension in order to remedy lingering issues.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
  • By Louis Llovio
  • July 21, 2024
Salvation Army taking over shuttered Venice Books-A-Million

In the week's top commercial real estate news, gyms change hands in Fort Myers, a Boston buyer pays $63 million for apartments in Tampa, and land set aside for conservation sold in Sarasota.

  • Florida
  • By Elizabeth King
  • July 19, 2024
Fort Myers airport posts second-best June on record

Passenger traffic at Southwest Florida International Airport is up 20% year to date, officials say.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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