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Manatee–Sarasota

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  • August 2, 2025
Sarasota chamber leader wins global recognition

Heather Kasten, president and CEO of Greater Sarasota Chamber of Commerce, has earned the highest certification of the chamber profession.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • Andrew Warfield
  • August 1, 2025
Colson Hotel to be restored as a business incubator

With a goal of providing business startup space across all demographics, the group preserving the Colson Hotel plans to renovate it as the Colson Collective.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • Eric Garwood
  • July 31, 2025
Record home sale at $30.3 million closes for Longboat Key property

The property called "Serenissima" previously broke sales-price record in 2020.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • Elizabeth King
  • July 31, 2025
Sarasota company buys Iowa hotel for $14.5 million

A St. Armands-based financial firm purchased a hotel in West Des Moines, Iowa.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • Elizabeth King
  • July 31, 2025
'Celebration restaurant' gets new owners in Sarasota

The Melting Pot in Sarasota is now owned by a group of seasoned entrepreneurs with local roots.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • Lesley Dwyer
  • July 30, 2025
Manatee County purchases Mixon Fruit Farms for $13.5 million

Commissioners voted unanimously to purchase the citrus farm that operated in Manatee County for 84 years.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • Elizabeth King
  • July 30, 2025
$10M Siesta Row Publix redevelopment proposed

A Sarasota shopping center owner is proposing demolishing and rebuilding the Publix that anchors the Shops at Siesta Row.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • Elizabeth King
  • July 29, 2025
2 hospitals in region ranked among top 10 in Florida

Multiple hospitals from the region are ranked on the U.S. News list of best hospitals in Florida.

  • Florida
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    By
  • Elizabeth King
  • July 29, 2025
Allegiant to add five flights at three airports in region

New flights will take off from Southwest Florida International, Sarasota-Bradenton International and Punta Gorda airports in November.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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    By
  • Andrew Warfield
  • July 28, 2025
Sarasota approval allows yacht club to set sail on expansion

Unanimous City Commission approval clears the way for the Sarasota Yacht Club to expand its existing clubhouse and build a companion structure.

  • 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
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    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
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  • 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
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  • 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
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  • 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
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