The Community Foundation of Tampa Bay received a $500,000 commitment from The Humana Foundation to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic in the Tampa Bay region. The gift will be distributed to local nonprofits, through the Community Foundation’s Tampa Bay Rapid Response Fund, which provides grants to local nonprofits to address immediate and mid- to long-term … Read more
A Tampa-based woman entrepreneur has launched a new initiative to support the Tampa Bay area dining scene. Get Back to Dining Tampa is a campaign created to engage the local community and highlight restaurants that have reopened and are inviting customers to come back and dine. “We are a local business and understand how hard … Read more
►A team of Florida Polytechnic University faculty, staff and students, in a partnership with AdventHealth, is working to build critical personal protection equipment for clinicians treating patients amid the current COVID-19 pandemic. (pictured above) ► SVN Saunders Ralston Dantzler Real Estate, in Lakeland, brokered a total of $27.993 million in sales and leases of land … Read more
►Kingdom Development, formerly JDL Development, purchased the Lakewood Heart Office Building, a 21,553-square-foot Class-A office building at 6771 Professional Parkway, Sarasota, for $3.4 million. ►Atlas World Group International, a subsidiary of Atlas World Group, added Sarasota-based Spirit Movers to its agent partner program. ►The former Earth Fare space at The Green at Lakewood Ranch is … Read more
►Grand Central Brewhouse, a microbrewery and beer garden under construction on Central Avenue in St. Petersburg, signed restaurant tenant LaLa Karaoke Box. ►The Pinellas Arts Community Relief Fund has been established and will be distributed through the Pinellas Community Foundation, where grants will provide urgent financial support for local artists, arts organizations and creative businesses … Read more
Epic surfskis Enjoy being on the water and want to step up your game? Bill Jackson’s, in Pinellas Park, has you covered for sport and fitness. The store, which has been serving the Tampa Bay area since 1946, carries a line of high-end, sit-on-top kayaks (referred to as surfski) called Epic. The V8 is a … Read more
With changes in the current regulatory environment—such as the European Union’s upcoming General Data Protection Regulation, or GDPR, the New York Department of Financial Services, and China’s recently enacted Cyber Law, the roles of the CPO and CISO are becoming more recognized, more required and needs more collaboration. TBBW’s Tech Connect events were created to … Read more
Swiss citizen and St. Petersburg resident Patrick Richard likes to veer off the beaten path. He’s the founder and CEO of Stoneweg US, a real estate investment firm specializing in acquisitions and developments that serves as the American arm of Stoneweg SA, which also has offices in Switzerland, Spain, Italy, Ireland and Andorra. Unlike many … Read more
You’ve probably seen Kast Construction banners on various projects around the Tampa Bay area. Founded in West Palm Beach, Kast Construction has been behind some of the largest projects in the Tampa Bay area, since 2011. In 2016, it established its Tampa office. The company has two new towers planned in 2020, including Saltaire in … Read more
