Business Observer

Entrepreneurs

January 23, 2026

Veteran bankers see opportunity amid surge of industry consolidation

Ambitious executives break a 5-year-long drought of new banks in Tampa Bay with a team-focused startup: Echelon Bank.

January 16, 2026

40 years after first hotel sale, 'Queen of Clearwater Beach' is still making deals

Local commercial real estate broker Gi Gi Gillis keeps selling hotels along the Pinellas County beaches as her firm looks to grow.

January 13, 2026

Observer Media Group chairman dies at 95

David Beliles lived a life of grit and guts, and grace and generosity.

December 23, 2025

New SRQ airport CEO reflects on first month on the job

New Sarasota-Bradenton International Airport President and CEO Paul Hoback equates SRQ and the region to living and working in paradise.

Health Care

January 21, 2026

NCH announces $350M women's and children's care expansion in Naples

A new four-story, 156,000-square-foot women's and children's center will be built at NCH North Hospital in Naples through a collaboration with Miami's Nicklaus Children's Hospital.

January 14, 2026

Sarasota Memorial opens Sleep Disorder Center

Overnight sleep studies are conducted seven nights a week at the Sarasota Memorial Sleep Disorder Center.

January 13, 2026

Moffitt opens outpatient cancer center in Pasco County

Moffitt Cancer Center celebrated the grand opening of its 120,000-square-foot outpatient facility at the Speros campus in Pasco County on Jan. 9.

Residential Real Estate

January 23, 2026

7-story senior living facility coming to downtown Sarasota

Construction recently began at The Reserve Sarasota, which will offer independent and assisted living residences as well as memory care units.

January 19, 2026

Build-to-rent townhouse community underway in Venice

A new development under construction will deliver 50 townhomes to south Sarasota County.

January 19, 2026

Fort Myers Beach cottages being rebuilt, will start at $2.6M

Construction has begun on the site of the Cottages of Paradise Point. The new homes will meet new resiliency standards and will be sold rather than rented.

Fort Myers Beach cottages being rebuilt, will start at $2.6M

Construction has begun on the site of the Cottages of Paradise Point. The new homes will meet new resiliency standards and will be sold rather than rented.

Clearwater Beach retail center listed for $25 million

South Florida developer buys Shell Factory property in Fort Myers

Sarasota officials approve $2.5M sale of historic downtown building

Day care chain looks to add nine locations between Pasco and Fort Myers

Veteran bankers see opportunity amid surge of industry consolidation

40 years after first hotel sale, 'Queen of Clearwater Beach' is still making deals

Observer Media Group chairman dies at 95

New SRQ airport CEO reflects on first month on the job

National wing chain to make debut in region this summer

Capriotti's Sandwich Shop opens in Sarasota County

Longboat office building, on site of new restaurant concept, to be demolished

First Watch opens record number of new restaurants in 2025

Large Tampa CPA firm promotes pair to shareholder role

Prominent Tampa financial adviser, philanthropist dead at 57

$34M in financing secured for two Sarasota County projects

SWFL community bank completes $4M new branch project

NCH announces $350M women's and children's care expansion in Naples

Sarasota Memorial opens Sleep Disorder Center

Moffitt opens outpatient cancer center in Pasco County

7-story senior living facility coming to downtown Sarasota

Build-to-rent townhouse community underway in Venice

Fort Myers Beach cottages being rebuilt, will start at $2.6M

Tampa developer names new president

Hob Nob to reopen in Sarasota with new owner

High-end Tampa home remodeling firm expanding into Orlando, plans 70 jobs

Manatee moving company adds commercial division

Leaders can help promote humble confidence, erase impostor syndrome

The peril and promise of siblings in a family business

How and when to fire a family member from the family business

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