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Manatee–Sarasota

    By
  • Louis Llovio
  • March 11, 2023
Legislators work to prevent enemy governments from buying Florida land

The Legislature will consider bills that will keep foreign governments or people tied to them from owning property near military bases and agricultural land.

  • Commercial Real Estate
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • March 11, 2023
Popular Sarasota Greek restaurant expands to UTC area

Blu Kouzina announced plans to open a second location in the University Town Center.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Mark Gordon
  • March 10, 2023
Tampa, Manatee port officials join state trade delegation in Brazil

Trade between Florida and Brazil generated more than $22 billion last year.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Louis Llovio
  • March 10, 2023
Florida's new environmentalists: The real estate industry?

More and more often, those leading the charge for the state to become more environmentally friendly are the people who were once seen as villains.

  • Commercial Real Estate
    By
  • Louis Llovio
  • March 9, 2023
Anna Maria Island beachfront house hits market for $25 million

A Holmes Beach home with more than 7,000 square feet, 80 feet of water frontage, a glass staircase and a 115-inch TV hits the market.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • March 9, 2023
New principal attorney named at local law firm

Matthew Staggs got his start at Blalock Walters P.A. as a summer law clerk just six years ago.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Mark Gordon
  • March 9, 2023
Developer plans more than 500 housing units, retail in south Sarasota

The two residential projects broke ground March 1.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Amanda Postma
  • March 8, 2023
Original owner returns, plans to open new Sarasota brewery, restaurant

With lessons of growing the first go-around of his business too fast fresh on his mind, Sarasota chef and craft beer entrepreneur seeks to do things differently in act two.

  • Entrepreneurs
    By
  • Mark Gordon
  • March 8, 2023
Pickleball competition heats up — with millions of dollars at stake

A variety of entrepreneurs in the region are racing to get into — or get ahead — in the business of pickleball, with soon-to-be national leagues, all-encompassing social and sports clubs, and more.

  • Strategies
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • March 7, 2023
Prominent Sarasota aviation facility flying under new ownership

The Sarasota company Dolphin Aviation Inc. was acquired by Hawthorne Global on Tuesday.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Andrew Warfield
  • March 7, 2023
NTSB investigates aircraft near-collision at SRQ

Air Canada and America Airlines aircraft came within 3,100 feet of each other in a near-runway incident on Feb. 16.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Amanda Postma
  • March 7, 2023
Sarasota law firm embraces growth to achieve top tier status

For a while, the founders of what's now Bentley Goodrich Kison resisted big-time growth. Not anymore.

  • Law
    By
  • Mark Gordon
  • March 6, 2023
YouTube competitor opens new Longboat Key headquarters

In a rare interview, Rumble CEO Chris Pavlovski talks about tech companies, freedom of speech principles and the YouTube competitor’s growth track.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Louis Llovio
  • March 6, 2023
Industry panel: Expect fewer amenities in new residential developments

Industry insiders discuss the residential market and how, with rising costs and a diminished appetite for debt, developers are likely to cut down on extras.

  • Commercial Real Estate
    By
  • Steven Benna
  • March 6, 2023
Top commercial real estate transactions for Feb. 21-27 in Charlotte, Collier, Hillsborough, Lee, Manatee, Pasco, Pinellas, Polk, Sarasota

An apartment deal in Manatee County for nearly $100 million paces the week's transactions.

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