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Manatee–Sarasota

    By
  • Elizabeth King
  • August 4, 2025
$15.95 million waterfront estate listed on Siesta Key

The property comes with a guest house and deepwater dock.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Louis Llovio
  • August 3, 2025
Prominent Sarasota corporate HQ up for sale

In the week's top commercial real estate news, a Naples high-end shopping center gets an upgrade, a Tampa condo complex to be "repositioned" as rental apartments, and Manatee buys a historic farm.

  • Florida
    By
  • Observer Staff
  • 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
    By
  • 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
    By
  • 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
    By
  • 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
    By
  • 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
    By
  • 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
    By
  • 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
    By
  • 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
    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
    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
    By
  • 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
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