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  • By Louis Llovio
  • May 5, 2024
Utah church pays $20.5 million for Tampa law school building

In the week's top commercial real estate news, a build-to-rent community in Naples sells, a Texas real estate firm moves to Tampa with local talent in tow, and we have a price for the sale of a prominent Sarasota County building.

  • Florida
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  • By Elizabeth King
  • April 27, 2024
Holmes Beach businesses in recovery after car crashes

The storefronts are boarded up across the street from one another along a busy stretch of Marina Drive.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Louis Llovio
  • April 22, 2024
Clothing store Express files for bankruptcy, will close Florida stores

The Ohio-fashion retailer filed for Chapter 11 on Monday and says that closing nearly 100 stores nationwide may just be the beginning.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Louis Llovio
  • April 18, 2024
Retail boom hits Estero as Publix and a shopping center open

Thursday is a busy day in Lee County as the grocer and a developer open in the 2,400-home Verdana Village planned community.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Elizabeth King
  • April 16, 2024
The Fresh Market supermarket to open in Lakewood Ranch

The supermarket announced plans for its grand opening event in The Green at Lakewood Ranch shopping center.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Laura Lyon
  • April 15, 2024
Mobile custom suit company expands, again, with downtown St. Pete store

Donald Carson’s custom suit business is trucking along, with considerable more growth on the horizon. Even so, he’s cognizant of a key business lesson: to not have expansion outpace customer service.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Louis Llovio
  • April 14, 2024
Swedish firm Skanska completes $59M in Tampa school projects

In the week's top commercial real estate news, a Palmetto resort is opening, Clearwater gets a new boat dealer, and a Port Charlotte apartment complex is under construction.

  • Florida
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  • By Louis Llovio
  • April 11, 2024
Publix opens Sarasota store, its 12th new location this year

The Lakeland grocer's new store is the first in the new Benderson-developed Fruitville Farms project.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Louis Llovio
  • April 8, 2024
Aldi confirms South Tampa store will open later this year

An executive with the German grocery chain confirms the store’s square footage and says it will be ready some time this year.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Louis Llovio
  • April 5, 2024
Tesla set to open Sarasota store by end of April, employ 50 people

The electric vehicle manufacturer has built a 55,000-square-foot showroom and service center at University Town Center just off I-75.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Louis Llovio
  • April 4, 2024
Aldi to open Tampa store on site of former Barnes & Noble

The discount grocer has applied for permits and begun work on the Dale Mabry property at Kennedy Boulevard.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Louis Llovio
  • March 26, 2024
Study: Money really does buys happiness in Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay and Miami made the list of best places in the country for retail therapy.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Louis Llovio
  • March 25, 2024
New retailers coming to Coconut Point mall

The Lee County open-air mall announced five new stores have joined its roster. Two, including Barnes & Noble, have already opened for business.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Louis Llovio
  • March 19, 2024
Target to build large-format store near Lakewood Ranch

The retailer has filed for a permit with Manatee County to build a new store, nearly 25,000 square feet larger than its average store, at Marketplace at Heritage Harbour off I-75.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Beth Luberecki
  • March 18, 2024
Skin care entrepreneur prospers with 'failure isn’t an option' attitude

When the pandemic temporarily shut down Alexis Pfropper’s new spa, she shifted. She paid rent in gift cards (the landlord loved it) and even developed a skin care line for a new revenue stream.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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