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  • By Mark Gordon
  • January 22, 2024
Junior Achievement to induct SWFL business leaders into Hall of Fame

Junior Achievement of Southwest Florida announced three area business leaders as laureates to be inducted into the JA Business Hall of Fame.

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  • By Mark Gordon
  • January 22, 2024
Cable giant invests $22M in Sarasota, Lakewood Ranch projects

Cable giant Comcast has completed a three-year, $22 million infrastructure upgrade project in Sarasota County.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Jay Heater
  • January 21, 2024
Big year ahead for $132M aquarium project in Sarasota County corridor

The project, shaped like a seaworthy ship, nears final stages of construction.

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  • By Louis Llovio
  • January 21, 2024
Texas investor buys Venice medical building for $34.3 million

In the week's top commercial real estate news, Tampa gets new retailers, Bradenton gets a new hotel, and Naples gets a new upscale eatery.

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  • By Jim Stinson
  • January 20, 2024
Indoor pickleball facility to open in Tampa

Pickleball Kingdom, a national indoor pickleball franchise, will soon open its latest unit in Tampa.

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  • By Ryan Kohn
  • January 19, 2024
Manatee golf club wins World Champions Cup for 2024, 2025 and 2028

The Concession has also bid to host the 2031 PGA Championship — one of four golf Majors.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Mark Gordon
  • January 18, 2024
Chicago builder names exec for Tampa, Southeast region

Terri Fleming has nearly two decades of experience in the architecture and design industry.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Louis Llovio
  • January 18, 2024
Work starts on $12.8M Sarasota County facility to fight mosquitos

A Lakewood Ranch-based commercial construction company has begun building Sarasota County’s new Mosquito Management Facility.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Jim Stinson
  • January 18, 2024
Second airport in region breaks annual passenger traffic record

St. Pete-Clearwater International Airport broke its 2022 record for passenger count.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Mark Gordon
  • January 18, 2024
Marriott picks Fort Myers to debut low-cost extended-stay brand

$23 billion global hospitality brand zeroes in on Southwest Florida for growth, demographics and more.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Katelyn Ferral
  • January 18, 2024
Entrepreneur seizes opportunities to expand $2.6M flooring business

Andrea Couture has big plans for a unique flooring and concrete company she acquired three years ago.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Jim Stinson
  • January 17, 2024
Tampa Bay health care school adds two board members

Ultimate Medical Academy, a nonprofit higher education institution that trains students in health care, has added two board members, Karen Jones and Shelley Wells Collins.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Jim Stinson
  • January 17, 2024
Masonite terminates $3B acquisition deal with PGT Innovations

A $3 billion acquisition deal, one of the largest deals in Gulf Coast business history, has been scuttled.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Mark Gordon
  • January 17, 2024
Bealls CEO tackles new role: Podcast host

Matt Beall, CEO and chairman of the board at Bradenton-based retailer Bealls Inc., recently launched two podcasts where he is the host.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Denise Federer
  • January 17, 2024
3 keys to overcoming transition terrors for smooth business succession

"You can’t figure out emotion on a spreadsheet." But businesses can, with a focused accountable action plan, hand off the company from one generation to the next.

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