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  • By Mark Gordon
  • August 14, 2024
Snack company hits $100M in Florida sales, targets market share

Utz Brands bought a series of routes that include Fort Myers and Naples.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Jay Heater
  • August 14, 2024
Lakewood Ranch area sees uptick in high-end home listings

A $7 million home in The Concession, nicknamed the Magnolia Estate, is the latest listing that will draw international attention.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Louis Llovio
  • August 13, 2024
Vinik to expand Lightning ownership, team worth 'close to $2 billion'

Jeff Vinik is in talks to grow the Tampa Bay Lightning’s ownership group but has no immediate intentions to step away from-day-to-day operations.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Louis Llovio
  • August 13, 2024
Naples construction firm buys area remodeling business for $2M

The Henning Company in Naples has picked up Residential Maintenance Solutions and will merge it to create a new operation.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Elizabeth King
  • August 13, 2024
Breeze adds Connecticut flights to Sarasota, Fort Myers

Breeze Airways is adding routes to southwest Florida from New Haven, Connecticut.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Laura Lyon
  • August 13, 2024
Long-serving president of Florida Southern College retires

The incoming president will kick off the fall semester.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Elizabeth King
  • August 13, 2024
Michael Saunders & Co. buys land for south Sarasota County office

The real estate company plans to construct an office and a building for lease in Wellen Park.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Andrew Warfield
  • August 13, 2024
Project to turn Sarasota mall into apartments moves ahead

Benderson Development plans to redevelop the site, now called Crossings at Siesta Key, into a mixed-use town center.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Andrew Warfield
  • August 13, 2024
Fairgrounds operator seeks appreciation, less 'poking fun' from officials

The Sarasota County Fairgrounds operator calls the open space and civic buildings a community asset that runs "on its own dime."

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Louis Llovio
  • August 12, 2024
Florida Supreme Court rejects bankers' request in funding dispute

The state's bankers’ association says that despite this latest setback, it will continue pushing to change the current IOTA rule approved last year.

  • Florida
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  • By Elizabeth King
  • August 12, 2024
Broker: $2.3M Sarasota complex sale shows 'market stabilization'

The Class B and C multifamily sector should "continue to stabilize," says Sean Dreznin, agent and partner in Dreznin Pappas Commercial Real Estate.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Elizabeth King
  • August 12, 2024
Big Lots to close 6 stores in region

After losses due to declines in consumer spending, Big Lots is shuttering some stores from Port Richey to Naples.

  • Florida
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  • By Laura Lyon
  • August 12, 2024
Tampa bitcoin company gets $5.6M loan to buy Texas mining facility

LM Funding, a bitcoin-mining company based in Tampa, announced a letter of intent to purchase a mining facility in Texas after securing a $5.6 million loan last week.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Elizabeth King
  • August 12, 2024
Forget pickleball: Entrepreneur brings indoor padel to Sarasota-Manatee

The Pad Sarasota offers space to play padel, a racket sport that is growing worldwide in popularity.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Steven Benna
  • August 12, 2024
The week's top commercial real estate transactions in Charlotte, Collier, Hillsborough, Lee, Manatee, Pasco, Pinellas, Polk, Sarasota

A $43M apartment complex sale in Sarasota highlights the week in transactions.

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