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  • By Mark Gordon
  • April 24, 2023
Prominent restaurateur Paul Fleming’s secret sauce? Worry. But be flawless.

Passion and a sense of purpose continue to drive longtime restaurant operator Paul Fleming. His new Naples Chinese place is the latest example.

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  • By Steven Benna
  • April 24, 2023
Top commercial real estate transactions for April 11-17 in Charlotte, Collier, Hillsborough, Lee, Manatee, Pasco, Pinellas, Polk, Sarasota

An $81M apartment complex sale highlights this week's transactions.

  • Transactions
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  • By Louis Llovio
  • April 23, 2023
LA investor pays $81.5 million for Sarasota apartment complex

A $10 downtown land deal, four groundbreakings in a week and a warehouse sale top the week's commercial real estate news.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Business Observer Staff
  • April 21, 2023
Parrish 55+ community celebrates amenity campus opening

Over half of the planned 950 homes in Del Webb BayView have been constructed with another 180 currently on the way.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Brian Hartz
  • April 21, 2023
Homebuilder expands Hernando footprint with purchase of 19-acre parcel

Pulte Homes plans to build a new residential community, Valleybrook, on the Spring Hill site.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Mark Gordon
  • April 21, 2023
Senior living complex expands with new building, units start at $1.17M

Shell Point Retirement Community in Fort Myers was founded in 1968.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Mark Gordon
  • April 21, 2023
$732M community bank’s new CEO has strict orders: Don’t sell

Kyle DeCicco's task is to grow and expand Sanibel Captiva Community Bank. And while post-Ian opportunities abound, he also has to carefully mix in caretaking of a successful legacy brand.

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  • April 20, 2023
Siesta Key home with custom aquarium hits market for $16 million

The waterfront home was originally built in 2001.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Louis Llovio
  • April 20, 2023
Anna Maria Island house on the market for $9.95 million

The waterfront home is at least the second house on Manatee's Holmes Beach to come up for sale in a week.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Brian Hartz
  • April 20, 2023
Former college football standout joins St. Pete bank’s board of directors

Climate First Bank welcomes Jarred Fayson, a member of the University of Florida’s 2006 national championship team who also played in the NFL.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Alex Walsh
  • April 20, 2023
Banks flush with cash as customers squirrel away money

As consumers seek safer havens for their money in the wake of the Silicon Valley Bank collapse, Florida banks have benefited from a sharp rise in deposits, but challenges loom.

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  • By Business Observer Staff
  • April 19, 2023
Sarasota firm was the brains behind worldwide product design award winner

The prestigious Red Dot award was granted to the 2023 AYRO Vanish vehicle.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Louis Llovio
  • April 19, 2023
Tampa Bay Rays, local credit union partner for charities

Starting in May, every hit the team gets means $78 for nonprofits around the area.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Brian Hartz
  • April 19, 2023
Ohio-based bank celebrates opening of new branch in East Tampa

The neighborhood is part of Fifth Third Bank’s $180 million campaign to support and revitalize majority-Black communities in seven states.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Mark Gordon
  • April 19, 2023
Lee County creates office to manage $1.1B in Ian funds

Lee Assistant County Manager Glen Salyer will oversee the office.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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