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Manatee–Sarasota

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  • 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
    By
  • Elizabeth King
  • April 19, 2024
Lakewood Ranch insurance firm sold to coastal risk specialty insurer

Centauri Insurance is being sold to the newly created Lilypad Insurance, which specializes in coastal risk.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Mark Gordon
  • April 19, 2024
Neal Communities zeroes in on a big annual revenue figure: $1 billion

Outdoing larger competitors with a hyper-focus on details, from landscaping to land deals, is a key factor in the success of one of the region's largest homebuilders.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Elizabeth King
  • April 18, 2024
Federal agency issues pro-union ruling for 80 Sarasota grocery drivers

Workers from a McIntosh Road grocery distribution center will be allowed to seek union representation with the Teamsters.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Elizabeth King
  • April 18, 2024
Demolition of Sarasota restaurant makes way for new development

A restaurant demolition is underway near The Landings Shopping Center.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Louis Llovio
  • April 18, 2024
Realtors in wait-and-see mode in aftermath of national settlement

Misconceptions and myths continue to surround the National Association of Realtors settlement of a class action lawsuit.

  • Florida
    By
  • Elizabeth King
  • April 17, 2024
Lakewood Ranch fertility company posts 2023 results, stock trading soars

Although it lost millions of dollars, Lakewood Ranch company INVO Bioscience grew 267% in 2023 compared with the previous year.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Jim DeLa
  • April 17, 2024
Landmark Sarasota bar and restaurant sold, new owners to maintain 4/20 theme

Munchies 420 Cafe plans grand reopening on 4/20.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Andrew Warfield
  • April 17, 2024
County OKs 93-acre Sarasota Square mall redevelopment project

Last-minute height reduction of apartments secures enough Sarasota County Commission votes to transform the mostly vacant mall into an upscale lifestyle town center.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Jay Heater
  • April 17, 2024
Sarasota brewery readies third location and second in Lakewood Ranch

With a "nothing ordinary" kind of menu and a customer-first beer selection, Big Top Brewery has big plans for location No. 3.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Elizabeth King
  • April 16, 2024
The Fresh Market supermarket to open in Lakewood Ranch

The supermarket announced plans for its grand opening event in The Green at Lakewood Ranch shopping center.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Elizabeth King
  • April 16, 2024
Sarasota restaurateur opens new Italian eatery this month in St. Armands

The owner of Napulè is opening an Italian restaurant called 15 South by Napulè.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Elizabeth King
  • April 16, 2024
Historic $93M in donations funds Sarasota Memorial's cancer center

As the demand for cancer care grows, the campus of the Jellison Cancer Institute expands with help from philanthropists making historic contributions to the Sarasota Memorial Healthcare Foundation.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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