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Tampa Bay–Lakeland

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  • Mark Gordon
  • August 15, 2025
'Reluctant Tampa celebrity' Blake Casper is all-in on the way to $100M

Turns out there's life — and a smorgasbord of opportunities — after selling a supersized portfolio of McDonald's restaurants. Blake Casper proves that through some shrewd and stylish choices.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Anastasia Dawson
  • August 14, 2025
Marriott Vacations Worldwide to cut 136 jobs in Lakeland

Marriott Vacations Worldwide Corp. is laying off 136 employees from its Lakeland office, blaming the cuts on a new operating model

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Louis Llovio
  • August 14, 2025
St. Petersburg retail property sells for $7.5 million

The two-parcel multitenant center is on Fourth Street North is fully occupied.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Anastasia Dawson
  • August 14, 2025
Tampa school hires director for new entrepreneurship institute

The new director of Carrollwood Day School's Entrepreneurship Institute will be tasked with fostering relationships with local businesses.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Louis Llovio
  • August 13, 2025
Tampa M&A firm buys naming rights to NHL arena

The Tampa Bay Lightning's home ice will now be called Benchmark International Arena.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Anastasia Dawson
  • August 13, 2025
Tampa businessman sentenced to federal prison for tax fraud

Brian Davison, the co-founder and former CEO of a Tampa real estate investment firm, has been sentenced to three years in federal prison for tax fraud.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Louis Llovio
  • August 13, 2025
Tampa MSA home, condo prices spring decline signal 'a trend has emerged'

Condo sale prices dropped 15% year over year in the market as home prices declined for a fourth straight month.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Anastasia Dawson
  • August 12, 2025
USF secures $3.4M national grant to train future research administrators

The University of South Florida has been awarded a five-year, $3.4 million grant from the National Science Foundation to launch a program training the next generation of research administrators.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Louis Llovio
  • August 12, 2025
Allegiant adds routes at Sarasota-Bradenton, St. Pete-Clearwater airports

The new flights starting next year will connect the local cities to Huntsville, Alabama, and Rochester, New York.

  • Florida
    By
  • Anastasia Dawson
  • August 12, 2025
UK defense tech firm opens in Pasco County

A U.K.-based defense technology company looking to launch its U.S. operations has chosen Wesley Chapel to be its first American home, according to the Pasco Economic Development Council.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Anastasia Dawson
  • August 11, 2025
Tampa's oldest public housing will be demolished

Robles Park Village, the oldest public housing complex in Tampa, will be torn down next month, making way for new mixed-use housing development for people of all income levels.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Anastasia Dawson
  • August 11, 2025
New curbside express entrance opens at TPA

The Red Express Curbsides opens to the public Aug. 12 as a way to ease traffic congestion and speed up the boarding process.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Louis Llovio
  • August 11, 2025
New Jersey investors pay $10M for Tampa industrial property

The Stro Cos. and KRE expand thier local portfolio with the purchase of a propery in the city's Drew Park neighborhood.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Louis Llovio
  • August 10, 2025
$30M redevelopment heads to former Wimauma mobile home park

In the week's top commercial real estate news, Allegiant still pays for a Port Charlotte resort, a warehouse project comes to Tampa, and Ruskin apartments are getting refinanced.

  • Florida
    By
  • Louis Llovio
  • August 9, 2025
Ruskin apartment community refinanced for $56 million

The owners of the 300-unit Hillsborough County apartment complex have taken out a three-year floating rate loan to pay off a previous construction loan.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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