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  • Mark Gordon
  • July 19, 2025
Real estate agent goes viral with racy jokes, Trump impersonations

Bidets, big trucks and everything in between. Not much is off limits for broker Breanna Banaciski as she carves out a comedic cult-following in a competitive field.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Elizabeth King
  • July 18, 2025
57 jobs cut at Polk County manufacturing plant

Mizkan America will wind down operations of the bottling department at its plant in Lake Alfred.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Louis Llovio
  • July 18, 2025
228 townhouses coming to 43-acre parcel

A national homebuilder has bought a 42.8-acre parcel in Pasco County’s Hudson.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Louis Llovio
  • July 18, 2025
Pinellas beachfront resort damaged during Hurricane Helene sold for $6M

The Sandalwood Beach Resort on North Redington Beach has sold and will be redeveloped.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Louis Llovio
  • July 18, 2025
Luxury brokerage to list condos in major waterfront development

BTI Partners, the developers behind the luxury residential development Marina Pointe in Tampa, have signed Premier Sotheby’s International Realty to represent the property.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Louis Llovio
  • July 18, 2025
Hotel near MacDill Air Force base sells for $10.5 million

The Sleep Inn & Suites in Tampa has sold.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Elizabeth King
  • July 18, 2025
Unlicensed contractor imprisoned in Sarasota hurricane scam

A judge handed down prison time for a Hillsborough County man who prosecutors say stole thousands of dollars from Hurricane Ian victims in Sarasota County.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Louis Llovio
  • July 17, 2025
St. Petersburg insurer could take on 32,000 Citizens policies in the fall

Mangrove insurance has been told by the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation that it could assume up to 81,000 policies this year.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Chuck Merlis
  • July 17, 2025
Former Pinellas homeless couple now run $1.5M car detail firm

Starting, and now growing, a niche auto industry business has been a lifesaving enterprise for the Eberhardts.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Louis Llovio
  • July 17, 2025
Champs Sports looks to reinvent its store experience starting in Brandon

The chain, which is part of Foot Locker, has opened two reimagined store concepts incorporating technology and customer insights to create what it calls a new approach to reach shoppers.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Louis Llovio
  • July 17, 2025
Insider: Elimination of solar tax credits will lead to job losses, price increases

Tampa Bay Solar owner Steve Rutherford of discusses the ramifications of changes included in the "Big Beautiful Bill."

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Mark Gordon
  • July 16, 2025
Sarasota, Tampa tech security firm signs deal with UAE company

Trace Eye‑D says its mission is to ‘provide fast, reliable and user-friendly detection wipes for fentanyl, cocaine, methamphetamine and a full suite of explosive hazards.’

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Mark Gordon
  • July 16, 2025
Legoland Florida president leaves position at resort

Franceen Gonzales oversaw the Winter Haven resort for just over a year.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Steven Benna
  • July 16, 2025
The week's top commercial real estate transactions in Charlotte, Collier, Hillsborough, Lee, Manatee, Pasco, Pinellas, Polk, Sarasota

Deals for an auto repair shop in Tampa and vacant land in Parrish, both for $11M, pace the week in transactions.

  • Transactions
    By
  • Louis Llovio
  • July 16, 2025
Florida Chamber says property insurance market shows improvements

The organization credits legislative reforms for helping bring down property insurance costs and lessening the burden on state-run Citizens.

  • Florida
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