Forecast to approach west central Florida on Wednesday, Hurricane Ian is impacting travel across the region.

The developer will take a 104-room hotel in Naples and turn it into apartments that are affordable for area workers.

In addition to expansions and transformations, Sarasota Memorial Hospital also announced it had hired almost 100 former ShorePoint Health employees.

BayFirst will continue to offer mortgages to local borrowers but plans to shut down its nationwide loan production.

Stuart-based Seacoast Bank has capped an aggressive period of Gulf Coast expansion with the appointment of veteran Florida banker Tom Lambert as its Tampa market president.

A South Carolina developer will build the facility on nearly 19 acres that it bought in Pinellas Park.

Laura Burns comes to the organization with over 25 years of experience.