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  • May 28, 2025
IMG Academy acquires sports recruiting company

The Bradenton sports education brand now owns two online recruiting networks.

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  • May 28, 2025
South Tampa taco spot to open second location

Taco Dirty debuted seven years ago.

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  • May 28, 2025
Sarasota marine construction company pays $2.5M for new space

New Pass Dock & Seawall bought the property previously belonging to SignZoo.

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  • May 28, 2025
First Watch exec dishes on how the company maintains top-tier culture

Karen Sainsbury emphasizes that to have great company culture, the words need to be lived, not just printed and taped to a wall.

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  • May 27, 2025
Former shark research nonprofit treasurer sent to prison in $450K fraud

The defendant, police say, used money for personal shopping, medical procedures, a vehicle and more.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • May 27, 2025
Pasco County development getting $27M social club

The club in the 6,000 acre master-planned community, which bleeds into Hillsborough, will include a racket complex, pools and dining.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Elizabeth King
  • May 27, 2025
Sarasota, Fort Myers marketing firms merge

Avenue Media and Vectra Digital are teaming up to form a marketing agency for companies in the building, construction and home services industry.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • May 27, 2025
$12M Naples skin, hair care business wins upgraded stock listing

The company is also coming off a "strategic, companywide organizational and financial turnaround."

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  • May 27, 2025
Clearwater Beach waterfront apartment property listed in 'fire sale'

The hurricane-damaged multifamily building is in foreclosure and listed for $1.5 million.

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  • By Louis Llovio
  • May 26, 2025
$42M technical school construction starts in Lee County

The $42 million Heights CareerTech Institute is being built at the corner of Gladiolus Drive and Pine Ridge Road.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Louis Llovio
  • May 26, 2025
Report: Home and condo prices keep falling across the region

April median home sale prices from Tampa Bay to Naples again decreased year over year.

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  • By Louis Llovio
  • May 25, 2025
Philadelphia investor pays $12.9M for Brandon shopping center

In the week's top commercial real estate news, a Sarasota dock builder buys a design studio, a fire sale at a Clearwater Beach apartment building, and construction starts at a Lee technical school.

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  • May 23, 2025
300-unit apartment community opens in Palmetto

Stafford at Artisan Lakes began leasing this May.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Elizabeth King
  • May 23, 2025
$900K granted to protect 1.34 acres of owl habitat in Cape Coral

The land is home to Florida burrowing owls, which are classified as threatened due to habitat loss.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Elizabeth King
  • May 23, 2025
Health firm cuts 70 jobs in Sarasota, Pinellas, Polk counties

A health care company announced layoffs in Dunedin, Davenport and Sarasota after losing a contract.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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