FEBRUARY 14 - FEBRUARY 20, 2025 | THREE DOLL ARS
FLOR IDA’S NE WSPAPER FOR T HE C - SUI T E
Strategies | Tervis exits bankruptcy with vigor — and new products to sell. PG.8 PASCO • H ILL SBOROUG H • PIN ELL AS • P OLK • M A N ATEE • SA R ASOTA • C H A R LOT TE • LEE • COLLIER
Beach Battle Developers behind a nearly $1 billion waterfront resort project are grappling with wellfinanced opposition. PAGE 10
STEFANIA PIFFERI
A new 12-hole golf course replaces the one destroyed during Hurricane Ian at the South Seas resort on Captiva. Right: GREG SPENCER, CEO of Timbers Co., at the site of Captiva Landing, a new waterpark under construction at the South Seas resort on Captiva.
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The Gulf Coast Builders Exchange has a new executive director for the first time in 15 years, with the retirement of Mary Dougherty. PAGE 9
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Executives with Allegiant Travel Co. say there is significant interest in potential buyers for its Sunseeker Resort project in Charlotte County. PAGE 12
A Sarasota ent repreneur joined forces with a community foundation and others to preserve a key part of Black history in the city. PAGE 13
Sarasota County buys Venice land for $1.3M. 14 St. Pete YMCA sells 4.5acre site for $12M. 14
Thanks a latte: Longboat to get a Starbucks. 438644-1
A surge in hospital and health care construction and expansion across the region is well underway, with more than $1.7 billion in projects. PAGE 7
REAL ESTATE
NAVIGATING BUSINESS ACQUISITIONS IN SARASOTA: A GUIDE FOR BUYERS