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Tampa Bay–Lakeland

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  • Louis Llovio
  • November 20, 2024
Northtowne Square in Polk County sold for $15.5 million

Local investors bought the 96,000-square-foot retail property using, in part, funds from a credit union loan.

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  • Laura Lyon
  • November 20, 2024
$35 million Tampa medical supply company acquired

Acentus, a Tampa-based medical supply company founded in 2002, was acquired by Henry Schein, a Fortune 500 company based out of New York.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • Louis Llovio
  • November 19, 2024
Tampa Bay Rays say ballpark deal near collapse as Pinellas delays vote again

Pinellas County commissioners voted to again delay a measure to approve bonds that would help fund a new ballpark for the team.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • Louis Llovio
  • November 19, 2024
Tampa window manufacturer cutting 225 jobs

NewSouth Window Solutions is laying off employees as product is discontinued.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • Laura Lyon
  • November 19, 2024
Nordstrom Rack to open Lakeland store in 2025

The new location in the shopping center Lakeside Village will be Nordstrom Rack's 20th in Florida.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • Laura Lyon
  • November 19, 2024
Former Tampa banker pleads guilty to over $300k fraud

Igor Shushpanov, 39, faces a maximum of 30 years in federal prison for taking out credit cards and personal lines of credit and paying them off with bad checks.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • Elizabeth King
  • November 19, 2024
Median home prices across region post largest declines in country

Sale prices of single-family homes on the Gulf Coast are bucking a national trend, according to data from the National Association of Realtors.

  • Florida
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  • Laura Lyon
  • November 18, 2024
Workers' comp premiums cut for eighth straight year

The new rates are effective January 1, 2025.

  • Florida
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  • Elizabeth King
  • November 18, 2024
4 Gulf Coast cities on 'best places to retire' list: US News

Naples ranked No. 1 on the list of best cities in the country for retirees in 2025, according to U.S. News & World Report.

  • Florida
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  • Louis Llovio
  • November 18, 2024
Pasco County Lowe's hardware store sells for $14 million

The newly completed 137,000-square-foot store is off of State Road 54 in a booming part of the county.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • Steven Benna
  • November 18, 2024
The week's top commercial real estate transactions in Charlotte, Collier, Hillsborough, Lee, Manatee, Pasco, Pinellas, Polk, Sarasota

Two Polk warehouse deals totaling $100 million pace the week in transactions.

  • Transactions
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  • Louis Llovio
  • November 17, 2024
40-year-old Tampa steel company sells for $79.5 million

A Canadian company is buying Tampa Bay Steel allowing it to expand into the Florida market.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • Louis Llovio
  • November 17, 2024
South Florida developer buys three-parcel lot in Fort Myers for $3.5M

In the week's top commercial real estate news, a great month for a SWFL firm, warehouse sales in Tampa Bay and a nonprofit gets corporate office update in Sarasota.

  • Florida
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  • Laura Lyon
  • November 16, 2024
Tampa hospital foundation receives $8.5M from single donor

Author and publisher Helen A. Rich, who received care at Tampa General Hospital, donated $8.5 million with the goal of creating a breast cancer center within the TGH Cancer Institute.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • Louis Llovio
  • November 16, 2024
As Tampa Bay Rays eye 2025 move, ballpark deal in jeopardy

The Tampa Bay Rays will play home games at the Yankees training facility in 2025, but with the deal for a new ballpark in limbo, there is a chance it may never play in St. Petersburg again.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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