Industries

By Louis Llovio
March 26, 2024

Study: Money really does buys happiness in Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay and Miami made the list of best places in the country for retail therapy.

Tampa Bay-Lakeland

By Jim Stinson
March 26, 2024

Tampa International Airport adds nonstop routes to Maine, Pensacola

Low-cost air carrier Breeze Airways is adding new service from Tampa International Airport to Pensacola and Bangor, Maine.

Tampa Bay-Lakeland

By Lesley Dwyer
March 26, 2024

Former Daiquiri Deck co-owner opens upscale sports bars in Manatee County

The Greyson in Lakewood Ranch offers wall-to-wall TVs, later hours and food from scratch. It's the second of what could be five locations in the region.

Manatee-Sarasota

By Jim Stinson
March 26, 2024

Headhunting firms project a surge in promotions and new business

Companies in industries from financial services to supply chain and technology to engineering are in need of executives and leaders across Tampa Bay. That means search firms are busy.

Tampa Bay-Lakeland

By Jim Stinson
March 25, 2024

Average airfares drop in Tampa Bay, rise slightly at Sarasota-Bradenton

The price of getting somewhere via a plane is going up nationally.

Florida

By Louis Llovio
March 25, 2024

New retailers coming to Coconut Point mall

The Lee County open-air mall announced five new stores have joined its roster. Two, including Barnes & Noble, have already opened for business.

Charlotte–Lee–Collier

By Mark Gordon
March 25, 2024

Bradenton sustainable builder makes magazine's global innovation list

Pearl Homes, working on several environmentally friendly real estate and development projects, has been named to Fast Company magazine’s 2024 World’s Most Innovative Companies list.

Manatee-Sarasota

By Beth Luberecki
March 25, 2024

Former GE executive, son open $4M restaurant in Sarasota

New restaurant owners Dan Henson and Dan Henson Jr. have no direct hospitality experience. At Arts & Central in Sarasota, they plan to make up for that with passion and a heightened sense of purpose.

Manatee-Sarasota

By Louis Llovio
March 24, 2024

Naples golf club for sale, 'best and final offers' encouraged

In the week's top commercial real estate news, Port Charlotte apartments sell for $66.5 million, and an experimental Tampa redevelopment gets a new leasing agent.

Florida

By Jim Stinson
March 24, 2024

St. Pete home on market for $11 million

Designed with Italian and Spanish influences, the St. Petersburg home along Brightwaters Boulevard has 142 feet of protected waterfront and 5,378 square feet of living space.

Tampa Bay-Lakeland

By Mark Gordon
March 23, 2024

Naples firm buys 700-employee Canadian energy company

Hoffmann Family of Cos. has acquired majority ownership of CDN Controls, which specializes in electrical and instrumentation maintenance for clients in the power generation industry.

Charlotte–Lee–Collier

By Louis Llovio
March 22, 2024

Tampa health care REIT pays $86M for Texas, Arizona portfolio

One day after disclosing a new $250 million financing agreement, Sila Realty Trust announced it had bought a five-building hospital portfolio for $85.5 million.

Tampa Bay-Lakeland

By Louis Llovio
March 22, 2024

CEO Shirl Penney: From the depths of poverty to running a billion-dollar business

Shirl Penney’s life — from homeless teen to founding a $90 billion financial services company — is a made-for-Hollywood story. It’s also a story of grit, guts and grandfatherly lessons.