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Retail

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  • By Elizabeth King
  • September 3, 2025
Tommy Bahama Restaurant reopening in new Sarasota location

The restaurant will also be joined with a retail store on St. Armands Circle.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Louis Llovio
  • August 31, 2025
Developer to build car condos in Bonita Springs

In the week's top commercial real estate news, a northeast bagel shop is coming, an office seller takes a loss, and a gym is moving.

  • Florida
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  • By Elizabeth King
  • August 29, 2025
Sarasota big and tall retailer to shutter after nearly 50 years

King James Big & Tall cites competition as its reason for going out of business.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Elizabeth King
  • August 26, 2025
2 Tervis veterans buy Osprey store

The retail shop on U.S. 41 is owned by the former Tervis CEO and part of the founding family of the Tervis brand.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Louis Llovio
  • August 22, 2025
Future of famous St. Pete bookstore, closed for 5 years, remains a mystery

Haslam's Book Store's million-dollar piece of property in St. Petersburg stays an elusive prize for both book lovers and developers.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Louis Llovio
  • August 17, 2025
Bradenton home of 130-year Pelot’s pharmacy up for sale

In the week's top commercial real estate news, a Tampa storage facility sold for nearly $38 million, Ray's future owner buys SWFL lots, and Fort Myers radio stations get an upgrade.

  • Florida
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  • By Elizabeth King
  • August 15, 2025
Whole Foods, Homesense planned for Sarasota Square redevelopment

The two retailers are expected to anchor a more than 500,000-square-foot mixed-use project.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Louis Llovio
  • August 14, 2025
St. Petersburg retail property sells for $7.5 million

The two-parcel multitenant center is on Fourth Street North is fully occupied.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Mark Gordon
  • August 12, 2025
Investor group buys cup maker Tervis, will move HQ to Bradenton

The new owners’ "strong investment in Tervis," CEO Hosana Fieber says, "speaks to its well-established and beloved brand legacy."

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Louis Llovio
  • August 2, 2025
Hoffmann Family's new Naples boutique a step toward national expansion, says matriarch

More than 50 years of marriage and helping create a multibillion business has not dimmed Jerri Hoffmann’s entrepreneurial drive.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Elizabeth King
  • July 31, 2025
Fort Myers shopping center under new management

Bell Tower will be overseen by third-party management company DLC.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Elizabeth King
  • July 30, 2025
$10M Siesta Row Publix redevelopment proposed

A Sarasota shopping center owner is proposing demolishing and rebuilding the Publix that anchors the Shops at Siesta Row.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Louis Llovio
  • July 27, 2025
Lakeland apartments sell for $57 million

In the week's top commercial real estate news, a Sarasota company arranges two commercial loans, a Naples developer spends $40 million in Tampa, and a Captiva gets its day before commissioners.

  • Florida
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  • By Elizabeth King
  • July 21, 2025
Bradenton Publix reopens after renovations

Publix at Bayshore Gardens is back in business following a construction project.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Louis Llovio
  • July 20, 2025
Cape Coral shopping center sells for $4.5 million

In the week's top commercial real estate news, a day care chain is growing in Lee County, a beachfront property sells in Pinellas County, and a medical building is going up in Sarasota County.

  • Florida
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