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Tampa Bay–Lakeland

    By
  • Louis Llovio
  • May 28, 2025
Ashley Furniture buys Lakeland industrial building for $70.54M

The building is part of Lakeland Central Park, an expanding industrial park off of Polk Parkway.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Louis Llovio
  • May 28, 2025
Florida dragging national condo market down as investors back off

A new report finds that investments in condominiums have fallen to the lowest level since the start of the pandemic in 2020.

  • Florida
    By
  • Mark Gordon
  • May 28, 2025
South Tampa taco spot to open second location

Taco Dirty debuted seven years ago.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Mark Gordon
  • May 28, 2025
First Watch exec dishes on how the company maintains top-tier culture

Karen Sainsbury emphasizes that to have great company culture, the words need to be lived, not just printed and taped to a wall.

  • Leadership
    By
  • Louis Llovio
  • May 27, 2025
Pasco County development getting $27M social club

The club in the 6,000 acre master-planned community, which bleeds into Hillsborough, will include a racket complex, pools and dining.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Louis Llovio
  • May 27, 2025
Clearwater Beach waterfront apartment property listed in 'fire sale'

The hurricane-damaged multifamily building is in foreclosure and listed for $1.5 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Louis Llovio
  • May 26, 2025
Report: Home and condo prices keep falling across the region

April median home sale prices from Tampa Bay to Naples again decreased year over year.

  • Florida
    By
  • Louis Llovio
  • May 25, 2025
Philadelphia investor pays $12.9M for Brandon shopping center

In the week's top commercial real estate news, a Sarasota dock builder buys a design studio, a fire sale at a Clearwater Beach apartment building, and construction starts at a Lee technical school.

  • Florida
    By
  • Elizabeth King
  • May 23, 2025
Health firm cuts 70 jobs in Sarasota, Pinellas, Polk counties

A health care company announced layoffs in Dunedin, Davenport and Sarasota after losing a contract.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Mark Gordon
  • May 23, 2025
Virginia company buys ninth Florida golf club

About one-fourth of the company’s courses are in the Sunshine State.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Laura Lyon
  • May 23, 2025
Tampa Bay 3D printing entrepreneur beats the odds with moxie, fortitude

Roy Kirchner has made a career out of comebacks. His next big foe: dealing with tariffs.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Louis Llovio
  • May 22, 2025
Tampa Electric deploying helicopters to survey powerlines

The company will use the aircraft to inspect a 1,300-mile system of transmission lines.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Mark Gordon
  • May 22, 2025
Eye care practice in $615K fraud case responds to allegations

Gulfcoast Eye Care says it relied on information from an unnamed third-party vendor.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Louis Llovio
  • May 20, 2025
Tampa hotel sells for $9.65 million to local buyer

Hampton Inn Tampa East, a 74-room limited service hotel near Hillsborough Avenue and off of Interstate 4, was fully renovated in 2023.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Louis Llovio
  • May 19, 2025
Governor signs Farm Bill championed by Florida’s Ag commissioner

The far-reaching legislation addresses issues including who can decide where a solar farm goes, food labeling, drinking water and school programs.

  • Florida
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