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One Liners Pinellas: Hoots, Mother Kombucha and more

| Jo-Lynn Brown

►Belleair Road Car Wash opened near U.S. Highway 19, on Belleair Road in Clearwater, behind Dick Morris Buick GMC.

►Hoots, a fast-casual restaurant chain affiliated with the Hooters brand, opened its first Florida location at 204 First Ave. N., St. Petersburg.

►SRS Real Estate Partners’ National Net Lease Group completed the $5.59 million sale of a newly constructed, single-tenant, freestanding retail property occupied by 7-Eleven at 9401 49th St. N., Pinellas Park.

Marlies Fischer

►Engel & Völkers Belleair Realtor Marlies Fischer earned the certified international property specialist designation and the e-Pro and At Home with Diversity certifications from the National Association of Realtors.

►St. Petersburg-based Mother Kombucha launched a new product, Agua Bucha, which is kombucha-infused sparkling water.

Johnson, Pope, Bokor, Ruppel & Burns relocated its St. Petersburg office to the Tampa Bay Times Building.

►The law firm of Johnson, Pope, Bokor, Ruppel & Burns relocated its St. Petersburg office to the Tampa Bay Times Building, at 490 First Ave. S., Suite 700, St. Petersburg.

►Naked Farmer, a digital farmers market, opened a brick-and-mortar restaurant at 200 Central Ave., in downtown St. Petersburg.

►Top Hat, a marketing and design agency based in Pittsburgh, opened a St. Petersburg office.

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