► Gateway Commons Shopping Center, in Palmetto, has added Pure Barre, Mid-Florida Insurance Group, the Blend Coffee & Cocktails and will soon announce a fast-food restaurant, a wireless provider and a medical group, a statement said. (Pictured above) ► The Sarasota Manatee Airport Authority announced Kent D. Bontrager, vice president, engineering at Sarasota Bradenton International … Read more
► Sarasota County’s Child Protection Center’s Personal Safety and Community Awareness Program celebrated its 30th anniversary of educating the community on reducing child abuse. (Pictured above) ► All Faiths Food Bank in Sarasota has named Timothy Taylor chief financial officer. ► MSD Engineering, an engineer-owned structural and forensic engineering company located in Manatee County, announced … Read more
► Shumaker Partner Brett Henson has been appointed to the legislative subcommittee co-chair of the Florida Bar real property, probate and trust law sections construction law committee and to the steering committee for Division 1: litigation and dispute resolution of the American Bar Association’s forum on construction law. ► Baldwin Risk Partners, a Tampa-based firm, … Read more
► State College of Florida, Manatee-Sarasota, has promoted Ryan Hale to vice president of institutional effectiveness. (Pictured above) ► Shutts & Bowen announced that John Patterson, a partner in the firm’s Sarasota office, was selected as the recipient of the Florida Bar Foundation’s 2022 Medal of Honor Award. ► All Faiths Food Bank, in Sarasota, … Read more
► Coastal Orthopedics, a provider of orthopedic surgery, sports medicine, spine care, pain management and physical therapy services, opened two new facilities, at 8000 State Road 64, Bradenton, and a West Bradenton facility, located on 17th Avenue West. (Pictured above) ► Sarasota Memorial Health Care System named Jeff Limbocker, a 20-year veteran of financial leadership, … Read more
► 7201 15th St.—a partnership entity that includes Cary Hicks, Ken Pierce and Mark Levey—is building three 20,000-square-foot warehouse buildings at 7201 15th St. E., in Sarasota, at the site previously known as Biotech Campus and will be renamed SRQ Distribution Campus. (Pitcured above) ► Constellation Culinary Group will be the exclusive catering company for … Read more
► The Sarasota City Commission approved a partnership agreement with the Van Wezel Foundation for the planning, financing, design and construction of the new Sarasota Performing Arts Center to be located in Bay Park. (Pictured above) ► Sarasota Orchestra has agreed to buy a 32-acre, undeveloped site on Fruitville Road, between Cattlemen Road and Honore … Read more
► Rosewood Residences Lido Key, Rosewood Hotels and Resorts’ first exclusively residential offering, released a rendering that reveals its exterior design. (Rendering above) ► Sixwatch, a cybersecurity and IT services firm, acquired Sarasota Support, a boutique technology support organization. ► Willis Smith Construction in Sarasota promoted F. John LaCivita from executive vice president to president … Read more
► Gov. Ron DeSantis awarded a $10.4 million grant to the city of Sarasota and the Bay Park Conservancy to be used by the conservancy for infrastructure and coastal resiliency projects, including improving the shoreline at the Bay Park to protect the area from erosion and damage caused by flooding. ► Avelo Airlines began nonstop … Read more
► St. Petersburg-based community bank First Home Bank broke ground on its second location, in Sarasota, at 2075 S. Tamiami Trail. (Pictured above) ► Boys & Girls Clubs of the Suncoast was named a 2021 Bank of America Neighborhood Builders award recipient for its work in the Tampa Bay community in shaping the next generation … Read more
