One Liners Hillsborough: Fresh Kitchen, Valley National Bank and more

Haiku, a Japanese fusion restaurant, opened at 808 N Franklin Street, Tampa. (Pictured above) 

ServisFirst Bank, a subsidiary of ServisFirst Bancshares (NASDAQ: SFBS), promoted Jonathan Zunz to senior vice president, commercial banking.

Following the 2019 acquisition of Impluse, OPSWAT retained its leadership team, and its office space, at 5650 Breckenridge Park Drive, #201, Tampa.

Melissa Mitchell

Tampa General Hospital and Kindred Healthcare broke ground on a new 59-bed, inpatient rehabilitation center, on Kennedy Boulevard, in Tampa between Oregon and Willow avenues.

Melissa Mitchell joined Mainsail Corporate Housing as the new director of sales.

The first of six GuideWell Emergency Doctors opened at 4744 North Dale Mabry Highway, Tampa.

Families at Tempo at ENCORE! will receive access to free high-speed internet, thanks to a donation totaling approximately $30,000 from Tampa-based PBX-Change.

Suzuki Marine USA, the marine unit of Suzuki Motor of America, selected Tampa for its new headquarters at 13521 Prestige Place.

Julia Wischmeier joined the law firm of Quarles & Brady as an associate attorney in its Tampa office.

First Watch will open at Westshore City Center, in Tampa.

First Watch will be the first restaurant to open at Westshore City Center, in Tampa, as the 10.4-acre office park transforms into a Class A mixed-use development.

Steven D. Lehner was appointed as the new partner-in-charge of the law firm of Hinshaw & Culbertson, in Tampa.

Valley National Bank donated $50,000 to the Tampa General Hospital Foundation to help pay for the hospital’s expenses related to the storage, and administration, of the COVID-19 vaccine in the Tampa Bay area.

Kurtley M. Taylor joined Carlton Fields as an associate in Tampa.

Advanced manufacturer, Smiths Interconnect leased 118,400 square feet at the newly constructed Tampa Fulfillment Center, at 101 South 34th Street in Ybor City.

Fresh Kitchen will open at 8648 Hunters Village Road, New Tampa.

James Baumgartner joined KW Property Management & Consulting, a residential property management firm, as a district manager in the Tampa region.

Fresh Kitchen, a quick service build-your-own-bowl concept, will open its 10th location at 8648 Hunters Village Road, New Tampa.

Alan G. Randolph of Tampa was named regional director of community banking for Bank OZK (Nasdaq: OZK).

The Tampa Bay Chamber received a grant from The CLA Foundation, the private foundation of CLA (CliftonLarsonAllen), for the second year in a row to support the Minority Business Accelerator.

Steve Wathen, the CEO of Equity/ECS, earmarked proceeds from a corporate real estate transaction to Jesuit High School, a sum totaling about $1.1 million.

Meridian Development Group sold Meridian 589, located across from the Tampa International Airport at the intersection of Hillsborough Avenue and the Veterans Expwy, for $35.8 million to Avistone.

Tampa Mayor Jane Castor joined Fifth Third Bank executives to celebrate the grand opening of its South Tampa Banking Center at 614 South Dale Mabry Highway.

Shumaker announced newly elected leadership within the firm’s Florida offices naming Ronald A. Christaldi as managing partner of the Tampa office, where he also serves as a management committee member and president/CEO of Shumaker Advisors Florida, Partner Jaime Austrich was elected as a management committee member and Sarasota Managing Partner Jennifer B. Compton was named vice chair of Shumaker’s Management Committee.

Charlotte Baker, co-founder and CEO of Digital Hands, a Tampa cybersecurity firm, was named chairwoman of the board at Tampa Bay Wave, a business incubator for tech startups.

Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of North Tampa, a 50-bed inpatient rehabilitation facility under construction in Lutz, named Jeff Alexander CEO.

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