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Tampa Bay–Lakeland

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  • April 10, 2025
As hurricanes get stronger, so must area structures

Architects, engineers and builders agree that the construction of new structures needs to focus heavily on materials and techniques steeped in resiliency.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • April 9, 2025
Nonprofit hospital giant grows 14%, surpasses $6 billion in revenue

BayCare Health System, with more than 30,000 employees, serves people in multiple Tampa Bay counties.

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  • April 9, 2025
Nearly 1,000 laid off as food service company loses USF contract

The university says its new food service vendor is giving employees losing their jobs an opportunity to stay on.

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  • April 9, 2025
Report: Build-to-rent homes in Florida up more than 300%

The state has seen a 304.7% increase in the number of single-family homes built as rentals in the past five years.

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  • April 8, 2025
Big Lots to reopen a dozen stores in Florida

A discount retailer says 219 Big Lots stores it bought this year will start reopening April 10.

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  • Laura Lyon
  • April 8, 2025
Tampa online course company buys Nevada gambling compliance firm

The merger will strengthen the gaming arm of its business.

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  • April 8, 2025
Brandon memory care center sold as part of $23 million portfolio

The Hillsborough County facility was one of five properties sold after previous owner defaulted on debt.

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  • April 7, 2025
Pasco County industrial site developer gets $26M construction loan

The developer behind the 299,030-square-foot first phase of Park 52 Logistics nailed down the financing for Phase 1 of industrial project.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • Laura Lyon
  • April 7, 2025
Bank of Tampa new hire to spearhead digital banking

The new chief digital officer is a transplant from Kansas.

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  • Steven Benna
  • April 7, 2025
The week's top commercial real estate transactions in Charlotte, Collier, Hillsborough, Lee, Manatee, Pasco, Pinellas, Polk, Sarasota

$16 million Polk County land sales pace transactions.

  • Transactions
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  • April 6, 2025
Lee County pays $10.5 million to conserve 132 acres

In the week's top commercial real estate news, Fort Myers land sold to medical provider, Brandon gets Scandinavia furniture retailer's first Florida store, and a much-anticipated Sarasota project officially starts.

  • Florida
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  • April 5, 2025
Carnival Cruise Lines offers summer internships to Tampa high schoolers

Miami-based Carnival Cruise Lines is providing a chance for 15-20 students to learn the nautical ropes.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • Laura Lyon
  • April 4, 2025
Tampa duo gives longtime theater new life despite industry challenges

The movie theater business has taken some hits. But Shana David-Massett and Tim Massett are undeterred and optimistic — counting an investment of $2 million — on the industry's future.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • April 3, 2025
Tampa Bay healthy burger company shutters three locations after 30 years

Three friends founded the company in 1994.

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  • Elizabeth King
  • April 3, 2025
30 companies in region ranked among fastest-growing in Southeast

A Bradenton firm was No. 2 on the 2025 Inc. Regionals list for the fastest-growing companies in the Southeast, and dozens in the region made the cut as well.

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