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  • By Jim Stinson |
  • November 30, 2023
St. Pete builder surpasses billion-dollar revenue mark

Power Design, a St. Petersburg multi-trade contractor, surpassed $1 billion in annual revenue for the first time in its history.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • October 28, 2023
Former city manager from Texas, business exec joins Sarasota EDC

Erik Zimmer’s business career was mostly in telecommunications.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Jim Stinson |
  • November 2, 2023
Tampa water company sells parts of its global business for $575 million

Primo Water finds a willing buyer of international business in another old name in water sales.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Jim Stinson |
  • November 14, 2023
St. Pete green-focused bank wins major certification, adds execs

Climate First Bank, the world's first FDIC-insured community bank founded to combat the climate crisis, won a vaunted LEED "platinum certification" for its Winter Park branch.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Jim Stinson |
  • November 21, 2023
Tampa insurance company picks up nearly $200M in Citizens policies

Homeowners Choice Property and Casualty Insurance Co. has assumed approximately 53,750 policies from Citizens Property Insurance Corp., Florida’s state-backed insurance company.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • April 17, 2024
Texas company buys 75-employee SWFL-based engineering firm

A Texas engineering and consulting services company has acquired GradyMinor, a civil engineering firm with two Southwest Florida offices and 75 employees.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Elizabeth King |
  • June 4, 2025
Sarasota company expands self-storage footprint to Florida’s East Coast

Baldwin-Howell Properties purchased property in West Palm Beach for a Class A self-storage facility.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • June 3, 2025
Tampa Starbucks employees want vote to join union

The employees at a shop in Carrollwood are seeking permission to hold a vote on unionization.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • June 18, 2025
St. Pete insurance startup picks up 12K Citizens policies

The firm began to sell policies earlier this month.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Jim Stinson |
  • August 21, 2023
Tampa ad company acquired by Texas investors

Nickelytics teams will continue to offer mobile ads through its digital platform.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • April 15, 2025
First Watch acquires three Midwest franchise restaurants

The acquisitions are part of the corporate strategy as the daytime dining company aims for growth.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • May 9, 2025
Texas company acquires Lakewood Ranch engineering firm

Morris Engineering & Consulting LLC was purchased by Pape-Dawson.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • May 23, 2023
State pays $97 million to protect 38,848 acres from development

Twelve Florida landowners, including in Polk and Charlotte counties, agree to sell conservation easements to the state in deal aimed at persevering Florida's ecosystem.

  • Florida
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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 Elizabeth King |
  • October 30, 2024
Longtime Doctors Hospital CEO retires, new leader named

HCA Florida Sarasota Doctors Hospital CEO Robert Meade is retiring.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Laura Lyon |
  • October 2, 2024
Shopping center in Tampa’s Uptown district sold

Fowler Plaza South, a shopping center in the Uptown district of Tampa, was recently sold for $12.6 million, the first time the property has changed hands in over two decades.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • November 11, 2024
PODS leased warehouses sell for $28.5M

A Brooklyn firm sold three warehouses leased to the local storage company to an investor tied to J.P Morgan.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • November 18, 2024
Sarasota-Bradenton airport CEO to retire in 2025

After 30 years leading Sarasota-Bradenton International Airport, a search firm has been contracted to recruit President and CEO Rick Piccolo's replacement.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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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 Elizabeth King |
  • November 25, 2025
312-unit apartment complex opens in Manatee County

Alon is a new apartment community on University Parkway developed by The Collier Companies.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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