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Manatee–Sarasota

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  • January 23, 2024
Longboat Key shopping center sells for $7.45 million

The center, which sits on 4.6 acres, is said to be one of the largest parcels on Longboat Key.

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  • January 23, 2024
Applications open for Business Observer's Top Contractors issue

The deadline to submit is Friday, Feb. 9, 2024.

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  • January 23, 2024
First east Manatee County affordable housing project approved

The proposed apartment complex between Interstate 75 and Lena Road, Amara, will offer 25% of its units at an affordable rate.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • Mark Gordon
  • January 22, 2024
Want to be a better leader? Get curious.

A pair of leadership consultants press the case: Strong leaders must be driven by curiosity.

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  • Mark Gordon
  • January 22, 2024
Cable giant invests $22M in Sarasota, Lakewood Ranch projects

Cable giant Comcast has completed a three-year, $22 million infrastructure upgrade project in Sarasota County.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • Jay Heater
  • January 21, 2024
Big year ahead for $132M aquarium project in Sarasota County corridor

The project, shaped like a seaworthy ship, nears final stages of construction.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • Louis Llovio
  • January 21, 2024
Texas investor buys Venice medical building for $34.3 million

In the week's top commercial real estate news, Tampa gets new retailers, Bradenton gets a new hotel, and Naples gets a new upscale eatery.

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  • January 19, 2024
Manatee golf club wins World Champions Cup for 2024, 2025 and 2028

The Concession has also bid to host the 2031 PGA Championship — one of four golf Majors.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • Louis Llovio
  • January 18, 2024
Work starts on $12.8M Sarasota County facility to fight mosquitos

A Lakewood Ranch-based commercial construction company has begun building Sarasota County’s new Mosquito Management Facility.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Katelyn Ferral
  • January 18, 2024
Entrepreneur seizes opportunities to expand $2.6M flooring business

Andrea Couture has big plans for a unique flooring and concrete company she acquired three years ago.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • Jim Stinson
  • January 17, 2024
Masonite terminates $3B acquisition deal with PGT Innovations

A $3 billion acquisition deal, one of the largest deals in Gulf Coast business history, has been scuttled.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • Mark Gordon
  • January 17, 2024
Bealls CEO tackles new role: Podcast host

Matt Beall, CEO and chairman of the board at Bradenton-based retailer Bealls Inc., recently launched two podcasts where he is the host.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • Denise Federer
  • January 17, 2024
3 keys to overcoming transition terrors for smooth business succession

"You can’t figure out emotion on a spreadsheet." But businesses can, with a focused accountable action plan, hand off the company from one generation to the next.

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  • January 16, 2024
Sarasota builder promotes leader to board of directors, VP post

Magnum Builders of Sarasota recently promoted executive Ralph Abela to the role of vice president and appointed him to the company’s board of directors.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • January 16, 2024
Benderson spends $70M on acquisitions in Sarasota, Sumter counties

Manatee-based Benderson Development bought a 95,000-square-foot Sarasota shopping center and 3,400 acres in Sumter County.

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