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Manatee–Sarasota

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  • Steven Benna
  • December 26, 2023
2023 in transactions: Top commercial real estate deals nine counties in the region

Eight deals surpassed $100 million, while two were over $200 million, in Charlotte, Collier, Hillsborough, Lee, Manatee, Pasco, Pinellas, Polk and Sarasota counties.

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  • By Alex Walsh
  • December 25, 2023
Sarasota Orchestra hums along with planning its new $14 million home

After a long, yet ultimately unsuccessful, search for a home downtown, the Sarasota Orchestra makes progress on what will be its new facility 6 miles east.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • Brian Hartz
  • December 23, 2023
Homebuilder targeting affordable market plots solid 2024 and even bigger 2025

An upstart division of a prominent homebuilding company continues to capitalize on housing market trends as it sticks to its winning formula.

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  • Mark Gordon
  • December 21, 2023
Funeral home business finds success with new life celebration model

In an industry like funeral services, where one executive says many leaders can be quite "stubborn," change happens slowly. A Sarasota family business helps pick up the pace.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • Louis Llovio
  • December 20, 2023
Crucial impact fee discussion in Manatee gets costly, complicated

The collection of impact fees — when and how much — has stirred up a significant amount of controversy in Manatee County, with few answers.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • Mark Gordon
  • December 19, 2023
New general manager appointed for The Ritz-Carlton, Sarasota

The Ritz-Carlton, Sarasota has a named industry veteran Mark Sherwin general manager.

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  • Mark Gordon
  • December 19, 2023
Sarasota law firm hits 100 employees, readies for more growth

Evan Berlin’s biggest professional risk, launching his own firm 20 years ago, has grown into a big success.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • Jim Stinson
  • December 18, 2023
Tampa manufacturer to acquire PGT Innovations for $3 billion

The largest publicly traded company in Sarasota County and one of the region's biggest employers, PGT Innovations, has been sold.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • James Peter
  • December 18, 2023
Clothing tycoon buys record-setting Sarasota home for $12M

At $11.5 million, 683 Mourning Dove Drive surpasses the previous record set in June of this year.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • Steven Benna
  • December 18, 2023
Top commercial real estate transactions for Oct. 24-31 in Charlotte, Collier, Hillsborough, Lee, Manatee, Pasco, Pinellas, Polk, Sarasota

A Pinellas County apartment deal for nearly $90 million paces the week's transactions.

  • Transactions
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  • Andrew Warfield
  • December 17, 2023
Former state prosecutor arrested in $100K fraud case with 85-year-old victim

Sherry Lee Ellis, 65, is charged with stealing nearly $113,000 from her Alzheimer's patient boyfriend.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • Louis Llovio
  • December 17, 2023
Tampa REIT sells Texas health care center for $258 million

In the week's top commercial real estate news, a developer gets a $75 million loan for Fort Myers project, an $11 million Pasco hospice is under construction, and a Longboat Key health care building is on the market for $3.1 million.

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  • December 15, 2023
Sarasota Hispanic media company buys faith-based radio station

Solmart Media, a Sarasota-based Latino-owned and -operated radio station company, has acquired a radio station with reach in the Tampa-Clearwater and Orlando markets.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • Mark Gordon
  • December 14, 2023
Food bank names C-Suite leader to oversee fleet, logistics, supply chain

Bill Haley, who spent nearly 40 years with engine manufacturing giant Cummins, has been named chief logistics and supply chain officer with All Faiths Food Bank in Sarasota.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • Louis Llovio
  • December 13, 2023
Manatee County pays $11.2 million for 68-acre riverfront property

Manatee County is buying a 68-acre parcel of riverfront land in Parrish in order to preserve it.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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