►Construction crews topped off the Virage luxury condominium tower on Bayshore Boulevard in Tampa, which is expected to open early next year.
►Matthew F. Hall, an associate with Tampa’s Hill Ward Henderson, has been elected to serve a one-year term on the Ybor City Chamber of Commerce 2019-20 board of directors.
►BlueGrace Logistics, a shipping company in Riverview, named Justin Pinchback chief people officer.
►Eric Obeck, Hancock Whitney senior regional president and community leader, recently was named chairman of the BayCare Health System board of trustees.
►Craig Richard, president and CEO of the Tampa Hillsborough Economic Development Corp., was recognized as one of North America’s Top 50 Economic Developers by Consultant Connect.
►The Bank of Tampa opened a loan production office in downtown Plant City at 120 N. Collins St.
►Mainsail Lodging & Development, in Tampa, was one of six property management companies chosen for the launch of Homes & Villas by Marriott International, the hospitality company’s new home rental offering that will provide 130 million members of its new travel program.
►Greg Zolkos, president and CEO of Tampa-based Atlas Professional Services, has joined Bucs quarterback Jameis Winston’s Dream Forever Foundation executive board as a member and technology adviser.
►Cadence Bank in Tampa promoted Teresa Stinson to executive vice president of its Florida commercial banking operations.
►American Integrity Insurance executive vice president Jon Ritchie has been promoted to chief operating officer in Tampa.
►RS Tampa Industrial, an affiliate of Redstone Investments, acquired the Roth Portfolio which consists of 17 Industrial buildings in the Tampa Airport/North and East Tampa submarkets, including Sunstate Industrial Park, which is comprised of six buildings.
►GrayRobinson is now a partner with the Tampa Bay Businesses for Culture & the Arts, with shareholder and commercial litigator Sharon Carlstedt Britton acting as TBBCA vice president and board director.
►Scottsdale, Arizona-based homebuilder Taylor Morrison named Douglas Miller president of its Tampa division.
►Frontier Communications’ new “Simply Wi-Fi Secure” has combined proceeds from an electronics-recycling drive with a company donation to provide $5,500 in support for Apple A Day, a Tampa-based nonprofit organization that helps children fighting cancer.
►John McKibbon, chairman of Tampa-based McKibbon Hospitality, was named the 2019 Gonzmart Family Tourism Ambassador of the Year by Visit Tampa Bay.
►AdventHealth named Denyse Bales-Chubb CEO of its Tampa operations.
►Betty Viamontes was named chief financial officer of the Lions Eye Institute for Transplant and Research.
►Duckweed Urban Market was named the first retail tenant at the Westshore Marina District in Tampa.
►GTE Financial promoted Jennifer Maxfield to chief strategy officer, hired Pedro Diaz as chief experience officer and Gary Montemurro as vice president of project and program management.
►The University of South Florida will receive a $7.5 million grant to establish a national university transportation center aimed at advancing research and education programs that address the nation’s critical transportation challenges.
