AUGUST 29, 2025 - SEPTEMBER 4, 2025 | THREE DOLL ARS
FLOR IDA’S NE WSPAPER FOR T HE C - SUI T E
Serenity now | Prominent developer moves out of U.S. part time, refocuses his life. PG.3 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
PERFECT 10 New hospitality firm’s go-small strategy flips the bigger-isbetter mantra in restaurants — without skimping on the guest experience. PAGE 10
MONTE SILVA, MARK BODENSTEIN | Ten Tables Hospitality
LORI SAX
IN MEMORIAM
COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE
‘Very Big Heart’
In the Heights
No t e d L a k e w o o d R a n c h a r c h itect Doug W hitney died Aug. 11 at 68 years old, not long after retiring. PAGE 5
REAL ESTATE
T he Z e n i t h b u i ld i n g i n do w ntown Sarasota (left) is set to be replaced w it h a mi xed-use project. PAGE 8
Starbucks-leased site in Tampa acquired for $3.75 million. 13
LEADERSHIP
COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE
New Direction
A Way In
Prominent Sarasota brokerage expands in Pinellas. 13
D r i n k w a r e m a n u f a c t u r e r Te rv i s , f r e s h of f t he ne w s t h at it w a s sold, na mes new president . PAGE 6
Fort Myers industrial land site sold. 13
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7 Novelist, Fort Myers restaurant in legal dispute. SEE PAGE 3
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DON’T MISS:
Financing for a Bradenton multifamily project is being aided by EB-5, a federa l foreig n investor prog ram. PAGE 12
Q&A WITH HEATHER KASTEN, PRESIDENT AND CEO OF THE GREATER SARASOTA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE MEMBER SPOTLIGHT