Development

By Elizabeth King
November 14, 2025

Bradenton Area Convention Center cuts ribbon on $54M renovation project

The newly updated convention center in Palmetto offers 95,000 square feet of meeting space.

Manatee-Sarasota

By Elizabeth King
November 13, 2025

Manatee Memorial Hospital breaks ground on Parrish ER

The freestanding emergency room will be the third for the hospital in Manatee County.

Manatee-Sarasota

By Louis Llovio
November 13, 2025

St. Petersburg mayor, bowing to pressure, extends Gas Plant deadline

In a memo to the St. Petersburg City Council, Welch says proposals for the 86-acre Tropicana Field redevelopment will be due in early February rather than December.

Tampa Bay-Lakeland

By Andrew Warfield
November 12, 2025

Sarasota Orchestra releases schematics of $425M Music Center project

As it aims toward a 2027 groundbreaking, the Sarasota Orchestra has released designs of its new Music Center campus.

Manatee-Sarasota

By Business Observer Staff
November 11, 2025

Sarasota Memorial breaks ground on $507M North Port hospital

Sarasota Memorial Health Care System's new south county hospital will open with 100 beds and can be expanded to 400.

Manatee-Sarasota

By Mark Gordon
November 10, 2025

Southwest Florida housing permits down 13%

Collier County was the only one among the three Southwest Florida counties to post a year-over-year increase.

Charlotte–Lee–Collier

By Louis Llovio
November 9, 2025

Price slashed on premier Fort Myers Beach development site

In the week's top commercial real estate news, a Pasco property sold to adult living developer, a Tampa office building sells, and a Collier developer funds a wildlife corridor project.

Florida

By Andrew Warfield
November 6, 2025

Miami, local investors plan medical project on 14-acre Sarasota brownfield site

Investors who want to transform the 14-acre Marian Anderson site into a medical and industrial development win unanimous Sarasota City Commission approval. They have cleared one big regulatory hurdle.

Manatee-Sarasota

By Louis Llovio
November 5, 2025

Swedish firm finishes St. Petersburg apartment construction

The Marina Club Apartments community was built using precast construction methods.

Tampa Bay-Lakeland

By Anastasia Dawson
November 3, 2025

Developers behind $6.8B St. Pete proposal seek investors — for as little as $500

The two private investment funds are meant to establish a new model for participation in urban redevelopment around the Tropicana Field site in downtown St. Petersburg.

Tampa Bay-Lakeland

By Jay Heater
November 3, 2025

St. Pete developer builds second Lakewood Ranch health care complex

Citing unmet demand, Optimal Outcomes will build HealthPark II.

Manatee-Sarasota

By Elizabeth King
October 31, 2025

Massive master-planned community starts blooming near Bradenton

Patience and deep pockets are in play as a shrewd development group makes progress on the 1,175-acre SeaFlower, the biggest master-planned community in west Bradenton in a generation.

Manatee-Sarasota

By Louis Llovio
October 30, 2025

Tampa General plans to build hospital, clinic on 16 acres in Ybor City

Local developer Darryl Shaw told Tampa City Council Thursday night that the hospital giant was buying 10 acres, and possibly more, for the new facility.