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Manatee–Sarasota

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  • Elizabeth King
  • January 6, 2025
$30M rehab hospital breaks ground in Lakewood Ranch

The 40-bed rehabilitation facility is expected to open in 2026.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Elizabeth King
  • January 6, 2025
Retired NFL player Michael Lehan opens dessert store in Bradenton

Peach Cobbler Factory offers several sweets, including a variety of cobblers.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Steven Benna
  • January 6, 2025
The week's top commercial real estate transactions in Charlotte, Collier, Hillsborough, Lee, Manatee, Pasco, Pinellas, Polk, Sarasota

More than $600 million in Lee County land deals pace the week in transactions.

  • Transactions
    By
  • Elizabeth King
  • January 4, 2025
4 Gulf Coast metros among top in US for growth in 2024

U-Haul ranked the metropolitan areas that experienced the most growth last year based on one-way trips.

  • Florida
    By
  • Elizabeth King
  • January 3, 2025
Indoor golf franchise opens in Pinellas, Manatee counties

The Back Nine offers golfers the ability to try more than 250 courses using simulators.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Elizabeth King
  • January 3, 2025
CEO on waterfront restaurant acquisitions, despite storms: 'Like a dream'

Greg Powers, the CEO of Beachside Hospitality Group, a company with 15 restaurants in Florida, dishes on its latest portfolio additions.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Javar Baity
  • January 3, 2025
Unicoat Roofing Completes Full Roof Replacement for St. Petersburg Apartment Buildings

Over the course of 60 days, Unicoat addressed both roofing and structural concerns, ensuring that each building was restored to optimal condition.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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    By
  • Elizabeth King
  • January 2, 2025
Boo's Dog Bar closes this month in Sarasota's Rosemary District

A Sarasota establishment hailed as one of the country’s top 10 dog bars, Boo’s Ice House & Dog Bar, will shutter after Jan. 12.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Elizabeth King
  • January 2, 2025
Longboat Key-based Rumble receives $775M strategic investment

The video -sharing and cloud services platform Rumble received funds from a cryptocurrency company that will fuel growth and allow for a self tender offer.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Louis Llovio
  • January 1, 2025
Reforms to new condo safety law may be coming

The Florida Legislature is expected to take up changes and tweaks to a safety law passed to prevent a repeat of the Surfside condo collapse in 2021.

  • Florida
    By
  • Elizabeth King
  • December 29, 2024
Hyatt Regency Sarasota to be demolished in 2025 for mixed-use development

The current hotel will be razed and two towers built in its place on Boulevard of the Arts.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Elizabeth King
  • December 28, 2024
Café L'Europe to become The Café on St. Armands in 2025

An upscale eatery on St. Armands Circle will transform into a Mediterranean cafe in the new year.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Mark Gordon
  • December 27, 2024
Year in review: The top Business Observer headlines of 2024

Take a peek at what drew readers’ attention.

  • Florida
    By
  • Elizabeth King
  • December 26, 2024
Interest in padel increases in Sarasota, major tournament coming in 2025

"Word is definitely out there" about padel, says Ellie Berdusco, manager of sports facility The Pad Sarasota.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Steven Benna
  • December 24, 2024
Largest commercial transactions in the region per county surpass $1B

Five of the nine largest deals in 2024 in Charlotte, Collier, Hillsborough, Lee, Manatee, Pasco, Pinellas, Polk and Sarasota counties involved multifamily properties.

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