The owner of the Florida National Bank building has applied for $195,000 in incentives from the Lakeland Community Redevelopment Agency.
Category: Business
Posted inFood & Dining
Entrepreneur Turns Food Truck Into a Seafood Restaurant Near His Childhood Home
Daryl King’s Crab Daddy’s Surf & Turf opened Friday on Martin Luther King Jr. Ave.
Posted inPeople
Sarah McKay, Civic Leader and Philanthropist, Dies at 98
The Lakeland native was the first woman to chair the boards of major local educational, health and arts institutions.
Posted inBusiness
Lakeland CRA Shares Vision for Nine-Block ‘Mass Market Area’
If the City Commission approves two purchases Monday, the CRA will own more than half of the nearly 40-acre zone.
Posted inBusiness
Entrepreneur Presses for Jazz Lounge, Restaurant at Yard on Mass Space
Mary’s Bagel Café owner asked to remove one word from her proposal for a high-end restaurant, jazz venue and banquet hall.
Posted inDowntown
Publix Prepares to Pour $121 Million Into Downtown Technology Campus
Lakeland and Polk County approve incentives, tax breaks for 200 new tech jobs and capital investment in downtown properties.
Posted inCity Hall / Local Gov't
Lakeland Opens ‘Business Resource Office’ at City Hall
The office will give new and established businesses a single point of contact to help them navigate bureaucratic processes.
Posted inBusiness
Lakeland CRA Struggles to Find New Tenant for The Yard on Mass
Two businesses submitted proposals, but the selection committee recommended advertising the property again.
Posted inNews
Lakeland’s Newest Hotspot is a Speakeasy Called ‘La Gran Muralla’
The Asian-Latin fusion bar and restaurant has a ‘secret’ entrance disguised as a Coca-Cola vending machine.
Posted inDowntown
Coming Soon to Downtown Lakeland: ‘Market on Kentucky’
Frescos owners are opening a curated community market in the space formerly occupied by the Taco Bus.