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  • Louis Llovio
  • January 17, 2025
Citrus industry withers as Florida's groves flounder

Despite the best efforts and hopes of the citrus industry, hurricanes and a bacteria continue to batter Florida's diminished defining crop. Yet some survival strategies are beginning to sprout.

  • Florida
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  • Elizabeth King
  • January 16, 2025
$500M restaurant firm's success lies in milkshakes, closing for Super Bowl

The get-to-yes culture at Cameron Mitchell Restaurants, which is growing rapidly in the region, lies in a sweet symbol: a milkshake.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • Lesley Dwyer
  • January 13, 2025
50-acre mixed-use project in Lakewood Ranch nearly complete

CASTO executive Brett Hutchens anticipates the development will have its final grand openings in March.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • Mark Gordon
  • January 2, 2025
Naples skin care firm seeks $5M to fuel breakout year in 2025

The company, which started out in a 300-square-foot store, turned 15 years old in 2024.

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  • Laura Lyon
  • January 1, 2025
PNC plans for surge of new branches, despite industry's digital push

Pittsburgh-based PNC Bank has high hopes for the Tampa Bay and Florida market in 2025.

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  • Laura Lyon
  • December 31, 2024
Arizona builder moves ahead on master plan despite tumultuous 2024

Taylor Morrison is fulfilling a tall order of 3,000 homes across multiple counties.

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  • Laura Lyon
  • December 30, 2024
New and expanding supper clubs to take a bite out of the industry

The trend of supper clubs promises a different way to dine in Tampa Bay next year.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • Louis Llovio
  • December 30, 2024
Tampa Bay Rays enter 2025 with more questions than answers

After a tough 2024, the baseball team faces major decisions — and problems — in the new year.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • 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
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  • 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
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  • 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
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  • Laura Lyon
  • December 24, 2024
Major health care conglomerates are making big investments in Pasco

In 2024, hospital groups bought or built on hundreds of acres of land.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • Laura Lyon
  • December 23, 2024
Florida IRS criminal investigators close busy 2024, aim for busier 2025

The national office wrapped a busy year as well.

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  • Louis Llovio
  • December 18, 2024
Tampa's WestShore Plaza likely facing a future without Macy's

Just months after losing Dick's Sporting Goods, employees at the mall's Macy's store prepare to close.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • Elizabeth King
  • December 17, 2024
Bad Ass Coffee of Hawaii grows presence in region

Franchises are opening in the Sarasota and Englewood areas in the coming months.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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