Industries

By Mark Gordon
June 11, 2024

The Capital Grille sets Fort Myers opening day, plans to hire 90 people

High-end steakhouse The Capital Grille will open its first Fort Myers location in less than two weeks.

Charlotte–Lee–Collier

By Elizabeth King
June 11, 2024

East Coast pizza franchise coming to Collier County

Ledo Pizza will open in late August in Ave Maria.

Charlotte–Lee–Collier

By Elizabeth King
June 11, 2024

Sarasota community foundation CEO announces retirement

Roxie Jerde, the head of the Community Foundation of Sarasota County, will retire in June 2025.

Manatee-Sarasota

By Louis Llovio
June 11, 2024

Once-booming Big Storm Brewing faces eviction, lawsuit and closures

The Clearwater-based brewer and distiller, which has shut three of its five taprooms in a year, is facing off against a disgruntled investor as second landlord in a year says the company didn’t pay rent.

Tampa Bay-Lakeland

By Louis Llovio
June 10, 2024

Sarasota’s Detwiler’s says no plans for St. Petersburg store — for now

The family-owned and operated grocery store chain says that despite reports it does not have plans for a St. Petersburg store.

Manatee-Sarasota

By Elizabeth King
June 10, 2024

Area Anheuser-Busch owner joins board of Naples family nonprofit

The newest board member for Better Together is the head of Gold Coast Eagle Distributing.

Charlotte–Lee–Collier

By Elizabeth King
June 10, 2024

Benderson acquires 51-acre site in Venice for mixed-use project

North River Marketplace, a mixed-use development, has changed hands in Venice.

Manatee-Sarasota

By Louis Llovio
June 10, 2024

As one manufacturer opens $15M Pasco facility, another closes

A Colorado compound pharmacy opened in Pasco County spec space days after a Dade City bottler announced it was closing.

Tampa Bay-Lakeland

By Steven Benna
June 10, 2024

The week's top commercial real estate transactions in Charlotte, Collier, Hillsborough, Lee, Manatee, Pasco, Pinellas, Polk, Sarasota

A Lee County commercial condo complex sale for $92.5 million leads transactions.

Transactions

By Andrew Warfield
June 9, 2024

Lack of control over prominent fairgrounds site irks Sarasota officials

County commissioners learn that as long as the 54-acre parcel near downtown hosts an agricultural fair, it can never reclaimed by the county.

Manatee-Sarasota

By Louis Llovio
June 9, 2024

$120 million hospital project to officially break ground in east Manatee

In the week's top commercial real estate news, a Pinellas County shopping center sells for $7.5 million, a Sarasota condo project sees double and Lee County keeps fighting for discount.