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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • July 28, 2017
Crescent, Five Star buy Sirata Beach Resort

In one of the largest lodging acquisitions along the Gulf Coast in the past year, a pair of investment firms have quietly purchased the Sirata Beach Resort & Conference Center for $108.2 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 19, 2014
Publisher adds Venice Magazine to portfolio

Gulfshore Media will re-launch the magazine on a semi-annual basis in November.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 10, 2016
Catalog cover looks familiar

The L.L. Bean summer catalog cover photo may look familiar to Southwest Florida residents.

  • News
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 10, 2016
Hall of Fame golfer part of group that buys Sarasota toy company

An investment group featuring pro golfer Greg Norman purchased Laser Pegs.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 10, 2015
Tampa hotel owner expands into Mississippi, Kentucky

Liberty Group snatches three Fairfield Inn & Suites once part of a 26-hotel portfolio owned by Goldman Sachs.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 19, 2014
RD Management LLC buys, redeveloping University Mall

Three affiliates of RD Management LLC purchased the 675,294-square-foot University Mall for $29.5 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • January 28, 2015
Nano-tech startup builds $400K lab in Sarasota

US Nano moved from South Bend, Ind.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 20, 2015
Developer selling life

At first glance, the $12.4 million sale of 30-year-old apartments in Tampa's Carrollwood might not be the most attention-grabbing.

  • News
  • By Louis Llovio |
  • August 19, 2024
Tampa office tower secures a $32 million refinance loan

The owners of a nine story office building on Tampa’s West Shore Boulevard have refinanced the property five years after buying it.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Louis Llovio |
  • July 17, 2024
Manatee pays $4.4 million for sheriff’s department building

The county has closed on the purchase of the Manatee County Sheriff's Office District 3 building which the department has leased for nearly a decade.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Elizabeth King |
  • August 12, 2024
Big Lots to close 6 stores in region

After losses due to declines in consumer spending, Big Lots is shuttering some stores from Port Richey to Naples.

  • Florida
  • By Louis Llovio |
  • December 17, 2024
Utah developer buys Manatee land, building 210 apartments

The Lotus Co. has bought 7.64 acres on University Parkway and plans to build a multifamily development on the property.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Mark Gordon |
  • January 12, 2025
Global company culture organization relaunches Tampa Bay chapter

First Watch's corporate HR Director will help kick off the organization’s first event of 2025.

  • Florida
  • By Louis Llovio |
  • December 19, 2024
Pasco will get $94 million, 228-unit affordable housing community

A Minneapolis developer has bought 44 acres in Holiday and plans to build the community, its second in the county.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Laura Lyon |
  • February 12, 2025
Indoor pickleball expanding Tampa Bay presence

The Maryland-based franchise is serving up almost two dozen locations.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Louis Llovio |
  • January 2, 2025
Polk County bank completes $2 billion acquisition of Texas firm

SouthState Corp.'s assets will grow to about $65 billion as its merger with Independent Bank Group closes.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Laura Lyon |
  • February 25, 2025
Health care giant BayCare adds 100 students with expanded residency

The Tampa Bay hospital system looks to triple its students amid doctor shortage by 2029.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Louis Llovio |
  • March 17, 2025
Forever 21 to close 23 Florida stores — four in region

The fashion retailer has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy for the second time in six years and is selling off assets.

  • Florida
  • By Louis Llovio |
  • October 25, 2023
Miami Dolphins player to open health food franchise on Marco Island

Miami Dolphins cornerback Elijah Campbell and his wife will open the first of their three expected locations in Marco Island.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
  • By Louis Llovio |
  • May 28, 2025
Ashley Furniture buys Lakeland industrial building for $70.54M

The building is part of Lakeland Central Park, an expanding industrial park off of Polk Parkway.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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