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  • By Mark Gordon
  • April 30, 2024
8 Florida teams, with Yankees on top, surpass 100K in spring training attendance

The Tampa Bay Rays reached about 4,000 fans per game in Charlotte County.

  • Florida
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  • By Jim Stinson
  • April 30, 2024
Police forces get aggressive, creative to recruit officers

Law enforcement agencies across the region look to find and retain new officers with a heightened sense of urgency.

  • Florida
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  • By Elizabeth King
  • April 29, 2024
Home sales report: Sarasota-Bradenton leads nation in slashing prices

"Sarasota, in particular, has been overvalued for decades, and the chickens have finally come to roost," says an area Redfin sales manager.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Louis Llovio
  • April 29, 2024
Entertainment venue and new towers coming to Water Street Tampa

The 56-acre — and growing — mixed-used development just outside downtown Tampa is expanding as the developer looks to lure expanding companies.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Louis Llovio
  • April 29, 2024
Hertz to sell of 10,000 more EVs than originally planned

The Estero-based company says it will get rid of 30,000 electric vehicles this year due to lack of demand and high expenses.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Steven Benna
  • April 29, 2024
The week's top commercial real estate transactions in Charlotte, Collier, Hillsborough, Lee, Manatee, Pasco, Pinellas, Polk, Sarasota

A nearly $18 million land deal in Manatee County paces the week in transactions.

  • Transactions
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  • By Louis Llovio
  • April 28, 2024
Fort Myers school spends $29 million on office buildings

In the week's top commercial real estate news, a major hotel project is OK’d in St. Pete Beach, more land is conserved in Sarasota, and Margaritaville comes to Naples.

  • Florida
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  • By Elizabeth King
  • April 27, 2024
Holmes Beach businesses in recovery after car crashes

The storefronts are boarded up across the street from one another along a busy stretch of Marina Drive.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Louis Llovio
  • April 26, 2024
St. Petersburg lawyer warns of title fraudsters stealing properties

Larry Silvestri urges property owners — commercial and residential — to set up alerts to warn them when scammers have swopped in.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Mark Gordon
  • April 26, 2024
Tampa Bay CPA firm rebrands to reflect more services

Company stems from a 2016 merger.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Elizabeth King
  • April 26, 2024
Florida truck driver training company plans expansion into Texas

FleetForce Trucking is one of several companies in Sarasota County that is in growth mode.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Louis Llovio
  • April 26, 2024
Global volleyball stars launch multisport facility in Venice

Business partners Donald Suxho and Yury Shakirov are building a dedicated training facility with volleyball and pickleball courts that they believe will draw both future pros and those looking for fun.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Paul A. Nolletti
  • April 26, 2024
Logistics Expertise Ensures Success for Your Business

Enter CONRI Services, a venerable industry titan boasting an impressive 75-year legacy.

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  • By Louis Llovio
  • April 25, 2024
Scottish tech firm opening US headquarters in Tampa, hiring 100

Systal Technology Solutions will operate a network operations center in space near airport, stadium and premier mall.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Mark Gordon
  • April 25, 2024
Hoffmann Family makes bid to buy bankrupt Illinois dairy, ice cream chain

A Naples-based business conglomerate and prolific buyer of businesses has made a bid to purchase Oberweis Dairy, which filed for bankruptcy.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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