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Tampa Bay–Lakeland

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  • Elizabeth King
  • July 1, 2026
Drones to deliver health supplies in Tampa Bay in 2027

BayCare is partnering with autonomous delivery service Zipline to use drones between health care facilities and eventually to patients’ homes in the Tampa Bay area.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Anastasia Dawson
  • July 1, 2026
Defense contractor announces $6M HQ expansion in Tampa

Orion Edge has signed a lease for new office space in the Westshore District and plans to add 25 new jobs over the next three years.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Louis Llovio
  • July 1, 2026
Prolific South Florida developer buys land in Brandon

Kolter Group’s multifamily division is building a 280-unit community on 17 acres in Hillsborough County.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Louis Llovio
  • June 30, 2026
Clearwater health system secures $8.35M in state funding

The money going to BayCare will be used for projects at three care facilities in the region.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Louis Llovio
  • June 30, 2026
Ultra-low-cost carrier adds Tampa and Fort Myers routes

Avelo Airline will fly to four Florida destinations from outside Dallas starting in November.

  • Florida
    By
  • Anastasia Dawson
  • June 30, 2026
Greek street food coming to Tampa's Sparkman Wharf

Ziki’s Greek Street Food will serve up classic gyros, greek salads, loaded greek fries and Loukoumades, or Greek honey donuts.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Louis Llovio
  • June 29, 2026
Downtown St. Petersburg tower obtains $135M finance package

The loan is for the 275 5th Street building a 24-story mixed used development planned for two blocks south of Central Avenue.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Anastasia Dawson
  • June 29, 2026
Tampa to install first-of-its-kind drinking water treatment tech

The city is readying to design and construct what it says is the world’s largest Suspended Ion Exchange facility.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Louis Llovio
  • June 28, 2026
Tampa Bay investor pays $43 million for Fort Myers apartment

In the week's top commercial real estate news, a pair of office buildings sell in Naples, affordable housing developers offered help in Sarasota, and a Brandon mall gets a taste of Texas.

  • Florida
    By
  • Louis Llovio
  • June 27, 2026
198,750SF Tampa office for lease as tech company Syniverse plans exit

The space in the city’s Highwood corporate park has become available as its current occupant Syniverse reportedly is leaving later this year or early next.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Elizabeth King
  • June 26, 2026
Over $126M in Tampa Bay health fraud alleged amid federal crackdown

The alleged schemes involve Sarasota, Ellenton, Apollo Beach, Tampa, Bradenton and Pasco residents now charged in connection with fraud.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Louis Llovio
  • June 26, 2026
$2.4 billion sale of Tampa REIT expected to close July 1

Sila Realty Trust shareholders approve agreement to sell the company, setting up deal closing and removal from NYSE trading.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Anastasia Dawson
  • June 26, 2026
New $500M hospital with 300-plus beds to open in Lakeland

Orlando Health Watson Clinic Lakeland Highlands Hospital, which plans to begin accepting patients July 8, is the first new hospital in Lakeland in over a century.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Elizabeth King
  • June 25, 2026
5 cities in region make America's Boomtowns list

The report ranks cities based on growth in annual GDP, housing units and labor force.

  • Florida
    By
  • Anastasia Dawson
  • June 25, 2026
Tampa Hillsborough Expressway Authority readies $767M in projects

The agency’s new work plan outlines six years worth of projects, what it calls “one of the most ambitious capital programs” its ever embarked on.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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