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Tampa Bay–Lakeland

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  • Mark Gordon
  • September 18, 2025
RV dealership to lay off 76, shutter Tampa headquarters

Lazydays made the job announcement along with announcing a Jacksonville firm has signed a letter of intent to acquire most of the firm's assets for $30 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Louis Llovio
  • September 17, 2025
Tampa Bay Rays sale to close in next two weeks

The team, which announced two top leaders were stepping down, says the reportedly $1.7 billion deal is "pending final approval."

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Anastasia Dawson
  • September 17, 2025
City of Tampa could raise impact fees ahead of changes to state law

The city of Tampa announced Wednesday that leaders are considering a historic increase to its multi-modal transportation impact fee, and will host two public workshops to discuss its plans.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Louis Llovio
  • September 17, 2025
New York food importer readying for Plant City move

Roland Foods, a 91-year-old company supplying restaurants and others, is preparing a 112,000-square-foot-facility for early next year.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Anastasia Dawson
  • September 17, 2025
Nonprofit serving one of Hillsborough's poorest neighborhood names CEO

Arturo Puckerin, 42, was named the new executive director and CEO of the University Area Community Development Corporation.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Mark Gordon
  • September 17, 2025
Tampa universities name sports leaders amid national disruption

University of South Florida and University of Tampa have confidence Rob Higgins and E.J. Brophy, respectively, will stack up the wins — even amid the uncertainty of big-money college athletics.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Mark Gordon
  • September 16, 2025
Tampa RV firm to sell assets for $30M — two years after passing $1B in sales

Lazydays Holdings would sell its assets to a Jacksonville company under the proposed deal.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Elizabeth King
  • September 16, 2025
Lakeland man sentenced to prison for bank fraud

After opening bank accounts for his two Tampa businesses, a Lakeland man defrauded multiple area financial institutions of nearly $200,000, according to his plea agreement.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Louis Llovio
  • September 16, 2025
YIGBY picture gets clearer as Gulf Coast localities work on adoption

Yes in God's Backyard is a tool to spur the development of affordable housing by allowing religious organizations to bypass zoning rules to build on their land.

  • Florida
    By
  • Louis Llovio
  • September 15, 2025
Tampa Jewish organization to shutter and sell a campus, lay off 92 people

The Tampa Jewish Community Center & Federation says mounting costs and declining interest is forcing it to close JCC, preschool and assisted living facility.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Anastasia Dawson
  • September 15, 2025
Pennsylvania window giant sells fast-growing Tampa company

Window and door manufacturer MITER Brands announced the sale of its NewSouth Window Solutions brand to national manufacturer Window Nation.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Louis Llovio
  • September 15, 2025
Tampa luxury tower picks up $520M in financing

The developers behind the Pendry hotel and residential development obtained the construction financing for the 38-story riverfront project.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Louis Llovio
  • September 14, 2025
Sarasota's The Breakfast Company to open Venice restaurant

In the week's top commercial real estate news, a Sarasota firm launch $75 million investment fund, Amazon's 189-acre Fort Myers center gets a neighbor, and a Tampa REIT keeps growing.

  • Florida
    By
  • Mark Gordon
  • September 13, 2025
Survey: Business leaders widely distrust Gen Z with company secrets, data

Nearly half of Gen Z employees, according to a PasswordManager.com survey of business leaders, will leak company secrets if that gets them social media attention.

  • Florida
    By
  • Elizabeth King
  • September 12, 2025
St. Pete firm acquires Yoder’s Southern Creamery, Sutter's

Two Sarasota businesses were acquired by SI Private Capital. The firm also paid more than $3.5 million for the building that houses both business.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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