A PR I L 3 - A PR I L 9, 2020 | TH R E E D O LL A R S
FLOR IDA’S NE WSPAPER FOR T HE C - SUI T E
COVID-19 | The challenge at survival gear stores? Getting more inventory. 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
Kettle Spaces Empty Mettle Businesses across the region, with some trepidation but a lot of moxie, are primed for the battle of their lives. PANDEMIC RESPONSE: PAGES 7-15
MARK WEMPLE
BANKING
EMPLOYMENT LAW
PANDEMIC RESPONSE
Time to Shine
Big Changes
Scrub Rub
Community bankers have long been relationship-based businesspeople. Now they can prove it in a crisis. PAGE 8
Managing employees, in the face of the coronavirus pandemic, is about to get complicated. PAGE 11
Naples Soap Co. Founder Deanna Wallin uses an old lesson to navigate the new crisis: Be prepared. PAGE 15
COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE
PANDEMIC RESPONSE
PANDEMIC RESPONSE
Freeze Frame
To Good Use
Battle Tested
The landlord-tenant relationship, g iven cash-f low cr unches, faces significant hurdles in the near future. PAGE 10
Erin Meagher, who founded her company in the recession, is readying for another survival fight. PAGE 15
Old foreclosures drive multifamily market. 16 Fort Myers business park will be developer’s biggest project. 16 Investor buys vacant Lakeland commercial site for $49.5 million. 17
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3 A prescription for the economy: Start cutting. Now. industry insights
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DON’T MISS
A be v y of a re a ma nu f ac t u rer s using some innovative approaches are gearing up to fight coronavirus. PAGE 12
REAL ESTATE
ADDRESSING BUSINESS CONCERNS AMID THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC see page 3
