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  • 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
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  • 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.

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  • 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.

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  • 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.

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  • 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.

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  • 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.

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  • 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
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  • 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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  • Louis Llovio
  • May 19, 2025
Pasco mall to get upgrade and new tenants

The Shops at Wiregrass, which sold for $70.5 million two years ago, will be refreshed and see new retailers and eateries later this year.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • Louis Llovio
  • May 19, 2025
Report: Tampa Bay housing, condo prices continue to fall

April median home sale prices in the market decreased year-over-year for the fourth straight month.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • Mark Gordon
  • May 19, 2025
Pinellas eye care practice to pay $600K in kickback scheme settlement

Pinellas Eye Care P.A., doing business as Gulfcoast Eye Care, will also cooperate with the federal government in the ongoing investigation.

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  • Mark Gordon
  • May 19, 2025
Report: Florida leads nation in new business formations

More than 630,000 new businesses were started in Florida in 2024.

  • Florida
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  • Steven Benna
  • May 19, 2025
The week's top commercial real estate transactions in Charlotte, Collier, Hillsborough, Lee, Manatee, Pasco, Pinellas, Polk, Sarasota

A $70 million multifamily complex deal in Polk County paces the week in transactions.

  • Transactions
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  • May 18, 2025
Plant City approves 3.4M-square-foot, 410-acre industrial project

In the week's top commercial real estate news, a land company buys a new Lakewood Ranch HQ, questions linger about Foot Locker's St. Pete HQ move, and a new Naples shopping center is full.

  • Florida
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  • Mark Gordon
  • May 16, 2025
USF debuts resilience video series for high-stress leaders, jobs

Instructor Bob Delaney has had two high-profile — and high-stress — careers.

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