4+ hour, 36+ min ago  (295+ words) Rivergate Tower, the cylindrical, limestone skyscraper known colloquially as downtown Tampa's "beer can building," has sold for $94 million, according to a deed filed April 7. Tampa-based Ally Capital Group announced last week that it has partnered with Miami-based Banyan Street Capital…...

1+ day, 3+ hour ago  (417+ words) Health care system: Lee Health Size: 1, 899 beds through seven hospitals (four acute care, two rehabilitation facilities and one children's hospital.) More than 2 million per year patient contacts per year. Technology: The Edison System Late last year, Lee Health introduced a…...

23+ hour, 59+ min ago  (246+ words) Largo Capital, a Sarasota based commercial real estate financial firm, arranged nearly $3 million in acquisition financing for the recent purchase of a Clearwater office complex. The $2. 79 million loan is for the Myrtle Executive Center just outside the city's downtown. The…...

22+ hour, 39+ min ago  (422+ words) Orlando-based Darden Restaurants has decided to close one of three Bahama Breeze Island Grille locations in the Tampa market " just weeks after saying it would be one of the few to remain open and be rebranded as the company eliminated…...

23+ hour, 39+ min ago  (362+ words) A celebrity-backed private dining club in Sarasota that is opening in the months ahead is expanding while still under construction. 1000 North Sarasota is under contract to purchase a property adjacent to its location in the BLVD building, at the corner…...

1+ day, 4+ hour ago  (250+ words) Riverview-based homebuilder Casa Fresca Homes has named a new CEO and restructured its leadership team to help bolster its continued growth, the company announced." Casa Fresca, a subsidiary of Homes by West Bay, has tapped Mark Metheny to be its…...

1+ day, 10+ hour ago  (757+ words) Key takeaway: Built in 1912 and last renovated in the 1990s, Tampa Union Station has fallen into disrepair. Core challenge: The city of Tampa is using CRA funding and state grants to renovate the building, with construction slated for completion sometime this…...

2+ day, 9+ min ago  (294+ words) A 75-year-old Naples man has been indicted for falsely claiming he had access to millions in funds overseas then convincing victims to invest or issue loans under the pretense of accessing the money to pay them back with interest. The…...

2+ day, 25+ min ago  (507+ words) On a rainy Monday morning, surrounded by sea life, a sloth and seven school field trip groups, Tampa's mayor and local officials gathered inside the Florida Aquarium to announce it will be the latest downtown institution equipped with an Aqua…...

2+ day, 2+ hour ago  (500+ words) Manatee County commissioners unanimously approved a new contract with the Bradenton Area Economic Development Corp. at its meeting today. The decision came more than six months after commissioners'opted not to renew the agency's annual contract in September, citing concerns over…...