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With $1.2M building purchase, Longboat Key restaurant plans expansion
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (219+ words) Whitney’s, a restaurant and bar on the northern tip of Longboat Key, may get an ambitious expansion, according to an application received by the town’s Planning and Zoning Department. A zoning map amendment application details the restaurant owners’ plans for…...
Manatee workforce housing project secures $15M construction loan
4+ mon, 1+ week ago (209+ words) A workforce housing project planned for Bradenton achieved a milestone this week, after securing $15 million in construction financing. Ian Fitzgerald, an originator for Largo Capital, arranged the loan from Cogent Bank for Forest Cove, a workforce housing complex that will…...
$300K Bradenton EDC contract up for vote in Manatee
5+ mon, 1+ week ago (369+ words) The Bradenton Area Economic Development Corp. may soon begin receiving funding again from Manatee County. A decision on whether to execute a $300,000 contract with the EDC — to be paid in quarterly installments of $75,000 — is on the agenda for the Manatee…...
Manatee begins moving departments into Lakewood Ranch complex
11+ mon, 2+ week ago (1225+ words) Key takeaway: Manatee County is in the early stages of moving into a new administrative services building in Lakewood Ranch, which will complement its current one in downtown Bradenton. Core challenge: Logistics and organizing the move in stages. What's next:…...