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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • December 4, 2023
Survey: Interest rates, sales drop cause annual high in rent delinquencies

Rent increases, when paired with high interest rates and declining revenue, not surprisingly, makes for a toxic concoction in terms of small businesses paying rent on time.

  • Florida
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • March 12, 2024
Tampa Premium Outlets adds 9 new tenants, a 10th on the way

The Simon Property Group-owned shopping center off of Interstate 75 in Pasco County continues to add to its retail roster as the area grows.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • October 28, 2024
Weeks after hurricanes, St. Pete Beach house sells for $7.5M

The sale of the home in Pass-A-Grille closed Oct. 24, less than a month after hurricanes Helene and Milton cause major damage to Pinellas barrier islands.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • November 5, 2024
Atlanta developer buys land, takes $45M loan for Tampa apartments

The developer behind Mercedes-Benz Stadium building 330 units in Temple Terrace.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • November 20, 2024
Publix-anchored shopping center in Sarasota sold for $20.4 million

The Shoppes at Palmer Ranch has changed hands in a November acquisition.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Anastasia Dawson |
  • October 6, 2025
Logistics firm to shutter St. Pete facility, impacting roughly 100 employees

ID Logistics US Inc. will close its St. Petersburg location next January in hopes of consolidating all operations to another facility in Ruskin.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • October 14, 2025
Amazon looks to fill 1,500 jobs in Tampa

As it gets ready for the holiday shopping season, the online retailer is boosting its employee count with seasonal and full-time hires.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • December 1, 2025
Shopping center near USF sells for $10.5M after liens are paid

The fully leased Fountain Shoppes in Temple Terrace was bought by an investor with local ties.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • October 3, 2025
$10M financing package includes Stickney Point Plaza

An office property and a retail plaza in Sarasota recently closed financing deals, according to Largo Capital.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • November 17, 2025
Fanatics cutting 286 jobs as it closes south Hillsborough distribution center

The Jacksonville company notified the state of its decision to close a facility "that can no longer meet our long-term goals."

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Elizabeth King |
  • January 26, 2026
Dollar Tree site sells for $950K in Fort Myers

The retail pad will be developed into a discount store.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • December 18, 2025
ESPN report: Naples' Hoffmann family buying NHL hockey team

The family does not deny a report from sports network ESPN that it has agreed to buy the Pittsburgh Penguins.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • October 14, 2024
Bonita Springs mixed-use project signs retailers, restaurants

Midtown at Bonita under construction on Bonita Beach Road has announced eight new tenants and is negotiating with several more.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Carl Cronan |
  • May 21, 2010
Clutter Breakthrough

Spark founder Michael Peters still embraces the constant challenges of client demand. Quicker computers and smarter phones are part of the next frontier.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • December 4, 2015
Fair winds

The return of corporate travel is creating opportunities for Offshore Sailing School as it offers team building and leadership training in a vacation setting.

  • Industries
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  • By Amanda Postma |
  • December 2, 2022
Nautical chart art shop makes big waves in retail sector

Online retailer Sea & Soul Nautical Chart Art is featured in 70 shops nationwide.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • July 5, 2019
Naples Beach Hotel prepares for its next chapter

The Athens Group, a Phoenix-based real estate developer specializing in luxury hotels, is buying the Naples Beach Hotel & Golf Club to redevelop it with a luxury hotel and residences beginning in 2021.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Grier Ferguson |
  • August 16, 2019
Area company grows customer base, sales and reach through focused social media

Seminole-based Teami Blends focuses on products inspired by tea.

  • Strategies
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 22, 2006
Coffee Talk

Florida foreclosure numbers show big gainDon Ackerman will step down as chairman of WCI Communities at the company's next annual meeting, a sure sign that significant changes are in store for the struggling Bonita Springs-based homebuilder. Going into December, shares of PGT, the Venice-based impact-resistant window and door manufacturer, had been hovering in the $11-per-share range, and what's more, overall, the stock had decreased 15% since its June IPO and 33% since its all-time high of $18.84 Aug. 3.That was until SunTrust Robinson Humphrey analyst Keith Hughes upgraded his rating on the stock to buy from neutral.Coffee Talk is always a little weary when it hears about new products that come with a "change the entire dynamic" tag, be it small business banking or the latest stock craze. A little dose of skepticism can go a long way.But we perked up after talking to a few bankers about remote deposit capture, a federally approved system that equates digital check images with paper checks. It allows banks to provide a way for clients to scan paper checks and deposit them electronically. Coffee Talk usually takes the color-blind approach to judging businesses - or more to the point, if there's any color to be judged, the one with the most cache would be green. Hence, lists breaking down entrepreneurs by racial or gender categories are usually little more than window dressing.

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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • December 28, 2023
2023 in deals: Big apartment sales, big Publix spending, big farms hit market

Despite worries about macro challenges, commercial real estate remained strong across Florida's Gulf Coast in 2023.

  • Florida
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