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Tampa Bay–Lakeland

    By
  • Louis Llovio
  • August 31, 2025
Developer to build car condos in Bonita Springs

In the week's top commercial real estate news, a northeast bagel shop is coming, an office seller takes a loss, and a gym is moving.

  • Florida
    By
  • Louis Llovio
  • August 30, 2025
Tampa office building near airport sells at loss

A real estate investment company has bought a four-story Tampa office building for $2.57 million less than what the previous owner paid for it in 2010.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Mark Gordon
  • August 30, 2025
Sarasota-Bradenton, Cape Coral-Fort Myers in national boomtown report

Lakeland joins those two metro areas in the LendingTree analysis.

  • Florida
    By
  • Louis Llovio
  • August 30, 2025
Bagel chain makes Florida debut in Tampa

PopUp Bagels, a northeastern bagel chain, is opening a Tampa location — its first in Florida.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Anastasia Dawson
  • August 29, 2025
Tampa man pleads guilty to $500K in COVID loan fraud

Terrance Bradford, 46, pleaded guilty to eight counts of wire fraud and faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in federal prison on each count.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Anastasia Dawson
  • August 28, 2025
Tampa construction tech startup secures $7M investment

Heave, a mobile app platform connecting construction companies with on-demand mechanics, bills itself as the "Uber for heavy equipment repair."

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Louis Llovio
  • August 28, 2025
Famed Tampa waterfront restaurant to be replaced by apartment tower

The site of the Rusty Pelican, a gathering spot since 1978, will be redeveloped as a 21-story building starting in 2027.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Elizabeth King
  • August 27, 2025
Early Learning Coalition of Sarasota County names new CEO

Alison Fraga will join the ELC of Sarasota County in late September.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Anastasia Dawson
  • August 27, 2025
Tampa church leader arrested in forced labor, money laundering case

David Taylor, 53, and Michelle Brannon, 56, were arrested Wednesday on a ten-count indictment. Brannon is connected to a Tampa residential property worth nearly $10 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Anastasia Dawson
  • August 27, 2025
Pair pleads guilty in $150K MacDill Air Force Base kickback scheme

A government employee and a contractor at MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa admitted to stealing more than $150,000 from the intramural sports program over a 15-year period.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Mark Gordon
  • August 27, 2025
Once-powerful Sarasota developer Henry Rodriguez reshapes, refocuses life

A go-star in development and politics, Henry Rodriguez now laments the direction his life took. "I was young, influential and making a ton of money," he says, "but I was miserable."

  • Leadership
    By
  • Anastasia Dawson
  • August 26, 2025
Former USF President gifts $200,000 to Tampa Bay EDC

The money comes from former USF President Judy Genshaft's family Genspiration Foundation and will be used to launch a new internship program.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Anastasia Dawson
  • August 26, 2025
DeSantis touts $1.3B investment in Tampa Bay transportation

Gov. Ron DeSantis praised a $1.3 billion investment in transportation infrastructure projects in the Tampa Bay region, funding the Howard Frankland Bridge and a major Pinellas County expansion of I-275.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Anastasia Dawson
  • August 25, 2025
PGA Tour World Champions Cup returns to Tampa Bay

The World Champions Cup, the PGA Tour Champions’ global teams golf competition, will take place at Clearwater's Feather Sound Country Club from Dec. 4-7.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Anastasia Dawson
  • August 25, 2025
St. Petersburg rehabilitation hospital names new CEO

Molly Arau, 55, has been appointed CEO of Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of St. Petersburg, which is expected to open to patients in October.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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