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$78 million expansion underway at Venice senior living facility

Village on the Isle will add a new wellness center and 54 residences as part of the second phase of a redevelopment.

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Proceeds from the public offering will help go toward the purchase of a fertility center in Wisconsin.

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The recent hire was most recently in charge of a $20 million budget.

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Polk's SouthState selling 170 branches for $475 million

The Winter Haven bank is selling the branches in six states to a New York investor but will lease them back.

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Global company culture organization relaunches Tampa Bay chapter

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Acquisition of the Seafood Shack property will have a "generational impact" on his district, one commissioner says.

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Tampa community bank elects first new chairman in quarter-century

G. Robert Blanchard Jr., who has been on the Bank of Tampa board since 1997 and whose father was one of the founding investors of the bank, now serves as chairman.

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Lee County waterfront home sale sets resort record at nearly $10M

The South Seas Resort, a luxury development on Captiva Island, closed out 2024 with a record sale: a $9.67 million purchase of a five-bedroom, four-and-a-half bathroom private residence.

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Macy's makes it official: Underperforming Sarasota, Tampa locations to close

The company plans to close 66 stores this year.

  • Florida
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  • January 9, 2025
Decades-old Fort Myers Beach restaurant sells for $5.5 million

Bonita Bill's Waterfront Cafe was bought by a local Fort Myers restaurant group.

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  • January 9, 2025
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The cofounders of the Toasted Yolk Cafe brand own the Lakewood Ranch restaurant.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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Fort Myers office to be demolished to make way for apartments

An Indiana buyer spent nearly $9 million to buy a local office building it will bring down to build 256 rental units.

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DOJ warns of new scam involving jury duty summons

The victim in a recent case was from Sarasota.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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Former L.L. Bean family beachfront property lists for $40M in Naples

The property on 5th Avenue South includes 130 feet of beach frontage.

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