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Manatee–Sarasota

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  • Elizabeth King
  • July 28, 2025
105-home community to be built in Lakewood Ranch

Lennar will begin construction this fall on Stillwater.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Louis Llovio
  • July 27, 2025
Lakeland apartments sell for $57 million

In the week's top commercial real estate news, a Sarasota company arranges two commercial loans, a Naples developer spends $40 million in Tampa, and a Captiva gets its day before commissioners.

  • Florida
    By
  • Louis Llovio
  • July 26, 2025
Homebuilder, industrial property owners secure financing

Largo Capital has arranged the financing for five single-family homes to be built in Manatee County’s Cortez and an industrial and retail property in Sarasota.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Andrew Warfield
  • July 26, 2025
Sarasota rejects 58-unit apartment project north of downtown

Sarasota city commissioners side with residents of The Strand to deny the long-delayed plans to build 58 apartments on the 1700 block of North Tamiami Trail.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Mark Gordon
  • July 25, 2025
Former Sarasota Memorial CEO, physician leader dies at 85

Dr. G. Duncan Finlay was well known for both his bedside manner and strong leadership skills, including embracing technological advances in health care and medicine.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Louis Llovio
  • July 25, 2025
Sarasota retail property across from SMH sells for $7M

The property on South Tamiami Trail was sold to a Cape Coral firm and is seen as primed for future redevelopment.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Elizabeth King
  • July 24, 2025
Cortez community now accepts cryptocurrency from homebuyers

Pearl Homes, which developed Hunters Point, has partnered with a crypto-to-real-estate platform.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Elizabeth King
  • July 24, 2025
Bradenton Motorsports Park to make history with $1M prize for event series

The prize money for an event series this winter in Bradenton is reportedly the largest performance-based payout in drag racing history.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Jay Heater
  • July 24, 2025
Sarasota County park project estimate grows from $40M to $60M

The planning process for the Nathan Benderson Park expansion is nearly complete. Up next: a lot of fundraising.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Lesley Dwyer
  • July 24, 2025
Lakewood Ranch megachurch in $10M mega-expansion mode

Grace Community Church bought a new building for its staff and is constructing an overflow parking lot and student center.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Elizabeth King
  • July 23, 2025
Former Venice banker admits to embezzlement

A former bank employee in Sarasota County who pleaded guilty in an embezzlement case faces up to 35 years in prison.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Jay Heater
  • July 23, 2025
Orlando developer to build light industrial complex in Lakewood Ranch

Tavistock's two buildings on Lakewood Ranch Boulevard will offer 93,022 square feet to area businesses.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • July 23, 2025
Sarasota-Manatee medical group makes leadership change

Intercoastal Medical Group co-founder Dr. John Steele steps down as president at age 83. He is succeeded by Dr. Mark Ramos.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Eric Garwood
  • July 23, 2025
$376M Longboat resort reflects on first year of success, storms

The St. Regis Longboat Key Resort and Residences has made an outsized impact on Longboat Key and beyond.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Elizabeth King
  • July 22, 2025
National wealth management company invests in Sarasota financial firm

Summit Financial of New Jersey has made a strategic investment in LPF Advisors of Sarasota.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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