Industries

For Subscribers Only

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

For Subscribers Only

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

For Subscribers Only

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

For Subscribers Only

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

For Subscribers Only

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

For Subscribers Only

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.

Tampa Bay-Lakeland

For Subscribers Only

By Jim Stinson
March 21, 2024

USF among first US colleges with plans for AI, cybersecurity school

The University of South Florida will create a college focused on the rapidly evolving fields of AI, cybersecurity and computing.

Tampa Bay-Lakeland

For Subscribers Only

By Louis Llovio
March 21, 2024

Sarasota commercial portfolio on the market for $77 million

The portfolio includes six properties and are all within a 1-mile radius on Cattleman and Fruitville roads.

Manatee-Sarasota

For Subscribers Only

By Louis Llovio
March 21, 2024

Tampa REIT secures $250 million loan

Sila Realty Trust paid off a previous note that was coming due in December.

Tampa Bay-Lakeland

For Subscribers Only

By Jim Stinson
March 21, 2024

Bitcoin, stock split boost Tampa company's shares

LM Funding appears to have had a successful reverse-split of its stock.

Tampa Bay-Lakeland

For Subscribers Only

By Jim Stinson
March 21, 2024

Busboy-turned-owner builds on Tampa Bay Village Inn empire

Daniel Lehan IV has turned a teenage busboy gig into a multimillion-dollar restaurant enterprise. One simple key to success: You have to like people.

Tampa Bay-Lakeland

For Subscribers Only

By Louis Llovio
March 20, 2024

Downtown Sarasota bank building sells for $5.75 million

The Fruitville Road building is the site of a new Chase bank branch that will consolidate two branches across from the Aster & Links project currently under construction.

Manatee-Sarasota

For Subscribers Only

By Jim Stinson
March 20, 2024

Former Raymond James CEO, wife donate $2M to disability nonprofit

Philanthropists Tom James, former CEO of Raymond James Financial, and wife Mary James have given $2 million to Parc Center for Disabilities, the largest private donation ever received by the organization.