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  • February 16, 2024
Polk County withdraws rule that would have banned food trucks

Haines City considered a ban on mobile food vendors, but then the people spoke up.

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  • Louis Llovio
  • February 16, 2024
Creative entrepreneur helps beleaguered malls survive amid market shift

Mall operators seeking to draw more customers are turning to companies like US Design Lab to add a dose of fun to the experience.

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  • February 14, 2024
Tampa marketing company merges with Orlando video production firm

Roger West Creative and Code, a Tampa-based marketing agency, has merged with Digital Brew, an Orlando-based Emmy award-winning video production firm.

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  • February 14, 2024
Dolphin drives $32 million Clearwater aquarium upgrade

Winter the dolphin changed the fortunes of a once sleepy aquarium near Clearwater Beach.

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  • February 13, 2024
St. Pete apparel firm names new board members from fashion, finance

The pair of board members also have longtime accounting experience.

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  • Louis Llovio
  • February 13, 2024
Coca-Cola to close Pinellas County plant, lay off 200 people

The soft drink company is the third manufacturer since Feb. 5 to announce it is closing a local plant and cutting jobs.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • February 13, 2024
Tampa biotech company parts ways with CEO

The CEO of Tampa-based Oragenics, a high-tech pharmaceutical company, stepped down.

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  • Louis Llovio
  • February 13, 2024
Work starts on $6 million women's pro soccer stadium project

The Tampa Bay Sun FC is upgrading a local high school stadium ahead of its inaugural season set to start in August.

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  • Jim Stinson
  • February 12, 2024
Tampa health care exec and prominent civic official David Pizzo dies at 64

West Florida Market President for Florida Blue David Pizzo died Friday. He was 64.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • Mark Gordon
  • February 12, 2024
Airports add flights to upstate NY, Texas border town

Allegiant Travel Co. is adding a trio new nonstop routes to SRQ and PIE.

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  • February 12, 2024
Report: Tampa Bay wages 15.6% under US average

A pair of new reports analyzing Tampa Bay finds that while people love to move here, the influx of people has exacerbated traffic and affordability issues.

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  • February 12, 2024
The week's top commercial real estate transactions in Charlotte, Collier, Hillsborough, Lee, Manatee, Pasco, Pinellas, Polk, Sarasota

Chico's sale of a warehouse complex in Lee County for $82 million leads the week of transactions from Jan. 8-15.

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  • Louis Llovio
  • February 11, 2024
New York firm buys 246 Tampa condos, borrowing $32 million

In the week's top commercial real estate news, $110 million for car dealerships in Lee County, $9.9 million for a shopping center in Pasco County and $2.7 million for a school in Manatee County.

  • Florida
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  • February 9, 2024
Building materials giant to buy Tampa-based Masonite in $4B deal

Just weeks after Masonite International saw a $3 billion deal fall through in its pursuit of PGT Innovations, Masonite itself has agreed to be bought for $3.9 billion.

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  • Mark Gordon
  • February 9, 2024
Report: Quit rate among Florida employees rises slightly, drops nationally

The quit rate in Florida — the percent of people employed who left a job — is rising, albeit slightly, according to a new report.

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