DECEMBER 1 - DECEMBER 7, 2023 | THREE DOLL ARS
FLOR IDA’S NE WSPAPER FOR T HE C - SUI T E
Construction | Builder navigates novel issues in $59 million school project. PG.14 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
TECH TOWN The Tampa Bay region has made significant, tangible progress in what once seemed like an impossible dream: becoming a global tech hotspot. PAGE 12
Next Net Media
MARK WEMPLE
HEALTH CARE
COMPANIES
ENTREPRENEURS
STRATEGIES
Extra Innings
Pour a Glass
School Ties
There’s the Beef
S a r a s ot a-b a s e d B u s hwacker Spirits is rapidly moving ahead on multiple expansion fronts, from new products to new employees to new states. PAGE 7
DON’T MISS:
Larissa Lippe is working a delicate balance between growing her student-led t utor i ng busi ness i n Sarasota and her other life: college student. PAGE 8
Ta mpa fast food cha i n Checkers and Rally’s, looking to keep up with competitors, is adding executives, renovating locations and updating its menu. PAGE 10
Nevada firm buys east Manatee apartments for $102 million. 15 Lee County storage site sells for $2.5 million. 15
PAGE
3 Publix shuffles leadership ranks, names new CEO. KEEPING YOUR EMPLOYEES OFF THE NAUGHTY LIST 396392-1
Lee Health and the Minnesota Twins, partners for decades on spring training and year-round baseball in Fort Myers, sign a new naming rights deal. PAGE 3
REAL ESTATE
(A PRIMER FOR HOLIDAY OFFICE PARTIES) See Page 3