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  • By Elizabeth King
  • June 25, 2024
Georgia firm acquires 150-employee Bradenton baking business

Bradenton-based commercial bakery St. Armands Baking Co. has been sold to Engleman’s Bakery of Norcross, Georgia.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Laura Lyon
  • June 25, 2024
Miami bank expanding services to Gulf Coast market

Miami-based City National Bank of Florida is expanding to the Gulf Coast with the appointment of new leadership in Tampa.

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  • By Elizabeth King
  • June 25, 2024
SRQ to add new daily flight to New York City

American Airlines will now offer six destinations out of the Sarasota-Bradenton International Airport.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Beth Luberecki
  • June 25, 2024
Niche Fort Myers wrap packaging firm celebrates steady wins

The packaging executive at a family-run business with five decades of success says a key lesson along the way is simple yet can be scary at first: Over-communicate with customers, especially when things go south.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Louis Llovio
  • June 25, 2024
$2B Tampa REIT: NYSE listing allows it to 'raise equity much more easily'

Days after ringing the bell at Wall Street's famed New York Stock Exchange, Sila Realty Trust's CEO talks about the future, the process and lessons he learned from his father.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Louis Llovio
  • June 24, 2024
Naples, developer settle lawsuit over luxury condo, retail development

The settlement calls for the developer to do away with underground parking that was a point of contention.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Laura Lyon
  • June 24, 2024
Pasco County university to offer AI master's degree

The new program at the Pasco County university begins fall 2024.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Elizabeth King
  • June 24, 2024
Heavy machinery rental giant expands into Bradenton

A $1 billion company with more than 130 locations for renting heavy equipment around the country is now in Manatee County.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Jim DeLa
  • June 24, 2024
Meet the crew at SRQ that helps keep planes up in the air

Sarasota-based Aviotec is the airport's 'eyes and hands' that maintains private aircraft and commercial jets.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Mark Gordon
  • June 24, 2024
IRS names new top cop for Tampa criminal investigation field office

The IRS Criminal Investigation Tampa Field Office has named veteran investigator Ronald Loecker special agent in charge.

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  • By Steven Benna
  • June 24, 2024
The week's top commercial real estate transactions in Charlotte, Collier, Hillsborough, Lee, Manatee, Pasco, Pinellas, Polk, Sarasota

A Manatee County land sale for $32.4 million paces the week in transactions.

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  • By Mark Gordon
  • June 24, 2024
Peer group for multimillionaires grows in Sarasota, Tampa

Tiger 21 connects the uber-wealthy with the uber-wealthy across the region, which, it turns out, is a rapidly growing — and rather exclusive — niche.

  • Florida
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  • By Louis Llovio
  • June 23, 2024
Pawn shop, commercial lot for sale in red-hot North Port

In the week's top commercial real estate news, Fort Myers Beach pier is coming back bigger, Tampa luxury tower is finished, and Sarasota apartments sell.

  • Florida
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  • By Elizabeth King
  • June 23, 2024
Report: SeaPort Manatee sees 5-year surge in exports

Imports have seen a year-over-year decrease but remain over $1 billion.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Mark Gordon
  • June 22, 2024
Naples exec, civic leader appointed to state public service board

Gary Price has been part of multiple Southwest Florida boards and organizations going back decades.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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