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  • By Steven Benna |
  • November 27, 2015
Lively hive

Entrepreneurs have launched a cowork space in a place not traditionally known for its startup culture. Will it work?

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  • By Michael Hinman |
  • September 11, 2015
Craft peer

Experience has fueled World of Beer's current expansion. Will it be enough to create the next big chain?

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  • By Traci McMillan Beach |
  • September 18, 2015
Medical marketing

Multiple hospitals and institutions are sitting on medical device inventions that never get to market. A Tampa company looks to change that.

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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • January 16, 2015
Water management

Dan DeLisi is chief of staff of the South Florida Water Management District, which he once criticized.

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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • January 16, 2015
Change up

The workers' comp insurance sector hasn't always embraced technology. One entrepreneur aims to alter that dynamic.

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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • March 20, 2015
Back for the Recovery

Manhattan Construction, the Gulf Coast's biggest construction company, recently named Gordon Knapp the senior vice president for Southwest Florida. His timing is good.

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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • April 18, 2024
Federal agency issues pro-union ruling for 80 Sarasota grocery drivers

Workers from a McIntosh Road grocery distribution center will be allowed to seek union representation with the Teamsters.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • August 20, 2024
Two prime Fort Myers Beach properties listed for $17.5 million

The two parcels on Estero Boulevards Time Square are being sold together as the area continues to change post-Hurricane Ian.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Steven Benna |
  • July 22, 2024
The week's top commercial real estate transactions in Charlotte, Collier, Hillsborough, Lee, Manatee, Pasco, Pinellas, Polk, Sarasota

A pair of Hillsborough County apartment sales surpass $200 million in the week's transactions.

  • Transactions
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • January 3, 2024
PGT Innovations receives unsolicited bid that beats previous $3B offer

A national manufacturer has made a third bid to acquire Venice-based PGT Innovations, the largest publicly traded company in the Sarasota-Bradenton region.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • April 2, 2024
Lee County given 'any and all tools' to fight FEMA decision

Several options are being discussed, including an appeal and hiring a consultant top go plead the county's case in Washington, D.C.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Laura Lyon |
  • November 23, 2024
Tampa-based creator of Lightning's 'Be the Thunder' campaign dies at 60

James Rosene, co-founder and creative director of EraserFarm, a marketing and ad agency based in Tampa, died Nov. 6.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • November 21, 2024
FEMA downgrade costs Fort Myers Beach 25% flood insurance discount

Lee County and four localities learn that they will maintain their ratings and the discount comes with it.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Steven Benna |
  • February 3, 2025
The week's top commercial real estate transactions in Charlotte, Collier, Hillsborough, Lee, Manatee, Pasco, Pinellas, Polk, Sarasota

A $41 million warehouse deal in Hillsborough County paces the week in transactions.

  • Transactions
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  • By Jim Stinson |
  • November 29, 2023
Tampa senior living firm sues its bank, alleging it improperly seeks to dump loan

Claiming its bank wants to leave the market, a Tampa Bay elder care company seeks federal relief.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Jim Stinson |
  • November 2, 2023
Top St. Pete developer, former ambassador dead at 93

Business giant Mel Sembler was a top donor to the Bushes and conservative causes.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Steven Benna |
  • November 6, 2023
Top commercial real estate transactions for Oct. 3-9 in Charlotte, Collier, Hillsborough, Lee, Manatee, Pasco, Pinellas, Polk, Sarasota

An RV Park sale in Lee County for $52 million paces the week's transactions.

  • Transactions
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • October 24, 2023
Incentives worth millions approved for food producer’s $200M Pasco facility

Pasco County and Zephyrhills approved incentive packages that help Bauducco Foods build a 40,000-square-foot plant and bring about 600 jobs.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • June 16, 2025
Fort Myers bank acquired in $585 million deal

FineMark National Bank & Trust began looking at options to grow at the end of last year.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • September 6, 2023
Popular steakhouse Seltzer's selling Pasco County restaurant

Harold Seltzer's Steakhouse has put its location on U.S. Hwy 19 in Port Richey on the market for $800,000.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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