Industries

By Louis Llovio
January 14, 2025

Downtown Sarasota properties sell for $13 million

The connected buildings at Five Points were sold by investor Chris Brown to entrepreneur Eric Baird.

Manatee-Sarasota

By Louis Llovio
January 14, 2025

Legislature to address condo reform in January special session

Gov. Ron DeSantis is calling state representatives to Tallahassee to address rising costs of assessments, repairs and inspections.

Florida

By Laura Lyon
January 14, 2025

Cannabis machinery manufacturer establishes regional HQ in Tampa

Washington-based STM Canna is leasing space in the Bank of America Plaza.

Tampa Bay-Lakeland

By Denise Federer
January 14, 2025

Influence: The Rosetta Stone of post-succession triumph

The push and pull of influencing others requires a thoughtful strategy.

Advice

By Louis Llovio
January 14, 2025

$78 million expansion underway at Venice senior living facility

Village on the Isle will add a new wellness center and 54 residences as part of the second phase of a redevelopment.

Manatee-Sarasota

By Elizabeth King
January 13, 2025

Lakewood Ranch life sciences firm seeks to raise $9.5M through public offering

Proceeds from the public offering will help go toward the purchase of a fertility center in Wisconsin.

Manatee-Sarasota

By Laura Lyon
January 13, 2025

City of Tampa hires new housing official from Pasco County

The recent hire was most recently in charge of a $20 million budget.

Tampa Bay-Lakeland

By Louis Llovio
January 13, 2025

Polk's SouthState selling 170 branches for $475 million

The Winter Haven bank is selling the branches in six states to a New York investor but will lease them back.

Tampa Bay-Lakeland

By Lesley Dwyer
January 13, 2025

50-acre mixed-use project in Lakewood Ranch nearly complete

CASTO executive Brett Hutchens anticipates the development will have its final grand openings in March.

Manatee-Sarasota

By Louis Llovio
January 12, 2025

Closed Nellie's Deli building in Sarasota to get new restaurant

In the week's top commercial real estate news, a Bradenton mobile home park is part of $65 million loan package, a Pasco retail property gets a $3.7 million mortgage, and a Fort Myers Beach institution is sold.

Florida

By Elizabeth King
January 11, 2025

Manatee County buys Seafood Shack property in Cortez for $13M

Acquisition of the Seafood Shack property will have a "generational impact" on his district, one commissioner says.

Manatee-Sarasota

By Laura Lyon
January 10, 2025

Tampa community bank elects first new chairman in quarter-century

G. Robert Blanchard Jr., who has been on the Bank of Tampa board since 1997 and whose father was one of the founding investors of the bank, now serves as chairman.

Tampa Bay-Lakeland

By Mark Gordon
January 10, 2025

Lee County waterfront home sale sets resort record at nearly $10M

The South Seas Resort, a luxury development on Captiva Island, closed out 2024 with a record sale: a $9.67 million purchase of a five-bedroom, four-and-a-half bathroom private residence.