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Manatee–Sarasota

    By
  • Louis Llovio
  • April 28, 2024
Fort Myers school spends $29 million on office buildings

In the week's top commercial real estate news, a major hotel project is OK’d in St. Pete Beach, more land is conserved in Sarasota, and Margaritaville comes to Naples.

  • Florida
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • April 28, 2024
Sarasota EDC to mark 20-year anniversary at annual breakfast event

The Economic Development Corp. of Sarasota County is celebrating its 20th anniversary during its annual Economic Outlook breakfast event on Thursday, May 16.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    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
    By
  • Elizabeth King
  • April 26, 2024
Florida truck driver training company plans expansion into Texas

FleetForce Trucking is one of several companies in Sarasota County that is in growth mode.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Louis Llovio
  • April 26, 2024
Global volleyball stars launch multisport facility in Venice

Business partners Donald Suxho and Yury Shakirov are building a dedicated training facility with volleyball and pickleball courts that they believe will draw both future pros and those looking for fun.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Elizabeth King
  • April 24, 2024
4 Gulf Coast cities ranked among top in US to start a business

Florida was well represented in WalletHub's 2024 "Best & Worst Small Cities to Start a Business" list.

  • Florida
    By
  • Louis Llovio
  • April 23, 2024
Manatee awarded $5M federal grant for conservation land purchase

The grant money will offset the cost of 68 acres along the Manatee River that the county bought last year as part of a preservation effort.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Elizabeth King
  • April 23, 2024
North Port business growth sparks entrepreneurship events

Networking takes off in North Port, which is seeing an influx of new businesses.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Elizabeth King
  • April 23, 2024
Drone program for medical supplies to make national debut in Lakewood Ranch

Through a partnership with Tampa General Hospital, Manatee County EMS will use drones to more quickly aid people suffering from a heart attack or a drug overdose.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Mark Gordon
  • April 23, 2024
Microsoft, Disney execs to speak at rebranded PR conference in Tampa

The Florida Public Relations Association has rebranded its annual conference — with a goal of making the event a go-to professional development spot for PR and related professions statewide.

  • Florida
    By
  • Elizabeth King
  • April 22, 2024
Manatee County HVAC business appoints new president

Stewart Moon Jr. will be president of Air & Energy in Bradenton.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Elizabeth King
  • April 22, 2024
Sarasota biotech company noncompliant with NYSE listing standards

Oragenics was notified by the New York Stock Exchange American that its stockholders' equity total was below a required threshold.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Andrew Warfield
  • April 22, 2024
Sarasota officials OK plan to buy two parcels for $7.4M for affordable housing

The city seeks to build a pair of 10-story buildings with 192 units on the site. It plans to outsource management of the constriction and then, when complete, the units themselves.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Louis Llovio
  • April 21, 2024
Upscale Sarasota clothing boutique and its building up for sale

In the week's top commercial real estate news, North Port land is preserved, a Fort Myers firm has a really good week, and Tampa is getting more industrial space.

  • Florida
    By
  • Elizabeth King
  • April 20, 2024
Roofing company gives high school students taste of industry

Sutter Roofing hosted students from Riverview High School to show them "there is another path" besides college, one staffer says.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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