The developer of Bayside North closed on financing to build the seven-story apartment complex near downtown Sarasota.

Bradenton-based retailer Bealls, a nearly $2 billion company founded in 1915 that is on its fourth generation of family leadership, is facing a complaint filed by the founder's great-granddaughter, ...

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Nearly two years after initial construction began on the Gasworx project in Tampa, the massive development is beginning to take shape with the first residential building — La Union, with about 300 ...

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Key takeaway: Health care organizations around the region are building and expanding acute-care hospitals — with at least seven high-dollar projects underway in the region. Core challenge: Meeting the ...

What started as a smoke shop and burial ground on 8.5 acres is today a massive casino and hotel that never sleeps. A new gaming area, on the spot of a former food court, minutes before it opens ...

Former Florida Senate President Tom Lee, R-Brandon, and Tom Pepin, the president of Pepin Distribution Co., are longtime friends who found themselves at turning points in their careers and have ...

The president of Fort Myers-based radio and television station company Sun Broadcasting is vying for Florida's 19th district seat to serve the community and fulfill a lifetime goal. Jim Schwartzel is ...

Key takeaway: Local pet retail chain DOGPerfect is starting to franchise, prompted by success in the years since the company’s founding in 2019. Core challenge: The owners, Linda and Rob Emery, are ...

"If there's an error that happened, then we look at it, and we address it. … I like to sort of reframe that as opportunities.

"We went through a lot of struggles on a lot of things, … but every big mistake we had, we had some huge reward come out of ...