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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • May 28, 2024
Tampa awards developer $750,000 for affordable senior living facility

The grant money will go toward the construction of an 88-unit community off of Hillsborough Avenue.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • December 4, 2024
Naples firm acquires 45-mile fiber optic project in DC

It's the first fiber optic purchase for ROC Venture Group, a Naples-based venture capital and private equity firm with a growing portfolio of AI-related investments.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • November 5, 2024
Breeze Airways makes Fort Myers airport a base of operations

Southwest Florida International Airport is one of nine hubs nationwide for Breeze Airways.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 11, 2022
$250M Naples indoor water park resort project sets groundbreaking date

Collier County officials approved $15 million in incentives for the Great Wolf Resorts project.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 4, 2022
Manatee County waives certain building permits for rest of 2022

Commercial and residential damage in the county already exceeds $80 million.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 23, 2011
Elderly focused agency grows up fast

A Sarasota-based think tank that studies the impact of aging on businesses and the community is moving at speeds not normally associated with its subjects.

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  • March 24, 2017
Hospital system reopens transplant program

The Lee Health Transplant Institute offers a vital service, officials say.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Laura Lyon |
  • July 18, 2024
Tampa Bay Rays bring on official bank sponsor

Longtime South Florida institution Amerant Bank continues to solidify its presence in Tampa Bay.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Louis Llovio |
  • April 19, 2026
Tampa, Palmetto properties sell for $11.5 million

In the week's top commercial real estate news, a private club in Naples starts construction, a restaurant in Sarasota loses its lease, and a mall in Pasco is getting new tenants.

  • Florida
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • June 10, 2011
Ledtolite gets $80K for 26 jobs

The LED light manufacturer is expanding to a new facility in Nokomis.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • May 28, 2021
Mayor chooses two finalists for multibillion-dollar urban redevelopment project

St. Petersburg Mayor Rick Kriseman halves the candidates to revamp the city-owned, 86-acre Tropicana Field to two.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • May 1, 2018
Homebuilder donates site, five old buildings to fire department

The site with the buildings are the future home of Marquesa Isles.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • February 20, 2018
Downtown mixed-use site sold for $7M

Madison Ave Investment Group, led by Fort Myers investor Ayal Keren, bought the property in 2015 for $3.5 million.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Jim Stinson |
  • August 15, 2023
USF college students set to return — with global flair

USF had a $6 billion impact on the Tampa Bay region in the last study, the possible equivalent of hosting 15 Super Bowls.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • October 15, 2009
Express Success

Brian Cardinale and Jim Matzke's online seafood business was just a few months old when a whale of the restaurant business came calling last year. The recession kept them from capsizing.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 15, 2010
Gulf Coast Week: April 16 - April 22

Regional business news at a glance.

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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • January 15, 2022
Sarasota tennis club sold — again — for $15.3 million

New developers plan to move forward on mixed-use project.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • July 1, 2011
SunRail gets go-ahead

The $1.2 billion-commuter rail project will be built in Central Florida.

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  • July 16, 2011
Paddling their way to boost the Tampa economy

Thousands of tourists will boost Tampa Bay's economy this summer, once the World Dragon Boat Racing Championship begins.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • October 12, 2012
Naples courts Big Apple

Naples officials talk to JetBlue about nonstop flights from New York-area airports.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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