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Strategies

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  • Louis Llovio
  • August 22, 2024
Parent company's economic distress doomed 120-year Badcock furniture

A Texas retailer crushed by inflation, interest rates and more bought a 120-year-old Polk County business in a Hail Mary move. It didn't work out.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Lesley Dwyer
  • August 20, 2024
$25M Sarasota-UTC area furniture store to go big and green

City Furniture will open a 120,000-square-foot showroom in UTC's East District by summer 2025.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Elizabeth King
  • August 12, 2024
Forget pickleball: Entrepreneur brings indoor padel to Sarasota-Manatee

The Pad Sarasota offers space to play padel, a racket sport that is growing worldwide in popularity.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Louis Llovio
  • August 9, 2024
With the future secured, Rays make plans, prepare to break ground

The Tampa Bay Rays plan to move forward with the team's new stadium and the 86-acre redevelopment around it after years of trying to work out a deal that would keep the team in town for the long term.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Laura Lyon
  • August 7, 2024
Nonprofit military contractor has lofty goals with $13M St. Pete facility

A new packaging facility in St. Petersburg will help companies with high-tech packaging needs, especially for microchips.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Elizabeth King
  • July 23, 2024
280-unit Manatee apartment complex reflects rental trends

Rents are less than a year from stabilizing, predicts an apartment leasing executive.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Mark Gordon
  • July 16, 2024
With stock down, Hertz stocks up on former Delta executives

The Lee County company's new CEO looks to his old company for turnaround assistance.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Elizabeth King
  • July 12, 2024
'Customer is always right' attitude fosters growth at Sarasota metal store

Stanley and Natalie Kinnett own two Metal Supermarkets retail businesses in Florida, including one with a 93% customer satisfaction rating.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Louis Llovio
  • July 10, 2024
$92M expansion helps Naples luxury senior community attract boomers

Vi at Bentley Village in Naples has added four new buildings with larger units and the high-end touches that today's seniors look for.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Beth Luberecki
  • July 9, 2024
Jimmy Buffett-branded cruise ship chooses Tampa for home port

Margaritaville at Sea officials say Tampa, with its highly rated airport restaurants, hotels and more, has the just-right vacation vibe.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Laura Lyon
  • July 5, 2024
Foreign direct investment is paying off in Tampa Bay

High-level Tampa officials are making big-dollar pushes to woo foreign companies to town. The push is paying off.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Louis Llovio
  • July 3, 2024
Broker gets creative to sell $295 million Naples compound

Dawn McKenna says selling trophy properties, like the Naples estate and the "Home Alone" house, is a happy mix of art and science.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Elizabeth King
  • June 28, 2024
$1.2B St. Pete contractor invests millions into training facility

Contracting services giant Power Design built a $3 million training facility for current and potential employees.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Elizabeth King
  • June 26, 2024
Venice aviation-repair firm expands, will buy $1M X-ray machine

Turbine Weld Industries has outgrown its space and plans to make significant investments in its growth. "We've never seen this amount of volume," the company president says.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Jim DeLa
  • June 24, 2024
Meet the crew at SRQ that helps keep planes up in the air

Sarasota-based Aviotec is the airport's 'eyes and hands' that maintains private aircraft and commercial jets.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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