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  • June 4, 2024
$7.7M donation is largest ever for Jewish Federation of Sarasota-Manatee

The Jewish Federation of Sarasota-Manatee received an historic donation from a local philanthropist.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Laura Lyon
  • June 4, 2024
Manatee sheet metal manufacturer buys seven machines to boost efficiency

Gator Stamping CEO lives by one his business mantras: ‘You can never rest on what you do. You've always got to be reinventing yourself.’

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Louis Llovio
  • June 3, 2024
C-suite shake up as Hertz COO quits and firm names third CFO in two years

The Lee County company continues to shuffle C-level executives as COO and CFO leave both after less than a year on the job.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Louis Llovio
  • June 3, 2024
Publix rolls out line of summer products

The grocer, which is opening a store in Apollo Beach this month, is offering the nearly dozens items at it stores during the summer season.

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  • By Elizabeth King
  • June 3, 2024
Bealls names new member of leadership team

Leana Less is the new senior vice president of marketing for Bradenton-based Bealls Inc.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Mark Gordon
  • June 3, 2024
Embrace the suck: Lessons on how to rumble with vulnerability

Training mental health care providers to take care of their own mental health needs can be a big hurdle. One leadership coach teaches to start with courage — and to be OK with the hard parts.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Louis Llovio
  • June 2, 2024
AeroVanti founder's lawyer walks away from $30M contempt case

A federal judge has granted permission for Patrick Britton-Harr's attorney to withdraw from the case.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Louis Llovio
  • June 2, 2024
Collier County pays $20.77 million for 2,500 acres near Immokalee

In the week's top commercial real estate news, an engineering firm leases more space in Tampa, lots are ready for multifamily development for sale in Sarasota, and Babcock Ranch reaches a milestone.

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  • By Louis Llovio
  • June 1, 2024
Hoffmann's Midwest buying spree continues with cruise company purchase

The Naples business conglomerate has bought a Michigan cruise business with two ships.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Louis Llovio
  • May 31, 2024
Tampa credit union adds commercial services

Suncoast Credit Union says the newly instituted financial tools will help clients better manage transactions.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Elizabeth King
  • May 31, 2024
400 jobs available at Longboat Key resort before opening

The St. Regis Longboat Key will hold a job fair in June at the Van Wezel.

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  • By Andrew Warfield
  • May 31, 2024
Sarasota inks arts center design pact with architect Renzo Piano

After some discord between government funding entities, the vision for Sarasota's new performing arts center on the bayfront moves into its next phase: design.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Louis Llovio
  • May 30, 2024
Palmetto apartment project gets $97 million construction loan

The St. Petersburg developer building a new community in Palmetto secured the financing for the project through Goldman Sachs.

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  • By Louis Llovio
  • May 30, 2024
Developers behind Fort Myers riverfront project want more time, density

New Jersey-based AIRN Management have asked the city for an extension and to make what it calls “minor revisions” to the original plan.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Elizabeth King
  • May 30, 2024
Palmetto Marriott Resort & Spa readies for June opening

A ribbon-cutting precedes the grand opening for the Palmetto Marriott Resort & Spa, a first-of-its-kind hotel.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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