►The second location of St. Petersburg Collegiate High School, at St. Petersburg College’s Tarpon Springs campus opened and will serve more than 150 students in the inaugural class. (pictured above) ► Big Storm Brewing in Clearwater established a deal with Ohio Eagle Distributing to sell the products in the Cincinnati area. ► Madico, a Pinellas … Read more
►Berkadia arranged $43.13 million in acquisition financing for Mezzo at Tampa Palms (pictured above), a 340-unit garden style property in Tampa. ►Office Evolution, a coworking franchise, will open a second office on Harbour Island in downtown Tampa. ►Nadine Baez was named vice president of research and commercialization for SynDaver’s global government business unit in Tampa. … Read more
A Search Engine Optimization (SEO) strategy that is developed in alignment with your business goals can drive real and measurable impact for your company. SEO takes time to cultivate and you won’t see positive results overnight. But once your strategy starts to take effect, your SEO efforts will give your business a valuable edge over … Read more
Crystal Morris is CEO of Gator Cases, in Tampa, a global leader in plastic music equipment cases and other types of cases. When her father died, almost five years ago, she struggled with not knowing if she could run the company on her own. Not one to walk away from a challenge, she has grown … Read more
The Karol Hotel is scheduled to open at 2675 Ulmerton Road in Clearwater, the first Tribute Portfolio hotel in Pinellas County. The boutique hotel has 123 guest rooms and suites, a lobby bar and restaurant, a rooftop bar, some 7,340 square feet of event space, including a ballroom and executive conference rooms. Managed and marketed … Read more
Gina Curry doesn’t believe in work-life balance. “It just doesn’t exist, in my opinion,” she says. “I kind of live by the mantra [of] work-life integration. [That’s] how I [weave in] my family and work responsibilities.” Curry is one of three vice presidents of NextPath Career Partners, the staffing firm with offices in Tampa and … Read more
The holiday season is kicking off at Tropicana Field as Enchant Christmas, an immersive holiday experience, transforms the home of the Tampa Bay Rays into a Winter Wonderland. Enchant Christmas is touted as the world’s largest Christmas maze and its appearance in St. Petersburg is the first in the Southeast United States. In addition to … Read more
Hard to believe, but January will be here before you know it. As a leader, this might mean the implementation of strategically necessary change initiatives that affect the sales team in the New Year, such as the restructuring of territories or the revision of the team comp plan. Technically, of course, there’s no reason these … Read more
St. Anthony’s Hospital, in St. Petersburg, plans to add a 90-bed patient tower as part of a $152 million expansion and renovation. The new tower will be built atop the existing three-story hospital building and includes 143,000 square feet that will be added to the hospital’s campus. The project includes renovations to the main hospital. … Read more
In her most recent psychological thriller, The Stranger Inside, author Lisa Unger takes readers deep into the minds of both perpetrator and victim to pose questions about crime and justice and explore whether sometimes people deserve what comes to them. Provoking contemplation between right and wrong through intricately drawn characters that grab and hold readers’ … Read more