► Bayfront Health St. Petersburg plans to demolish a building at 1800 66th St., in St. Petersburg, to build a new emergency room and medical pavilion. (Pictured above)
► Raymond James Financial, in St. Petersburg, agreed to acquire Cebile Capital, a private fund placement agent and secondary market adviser to private equity firms.
► Amanda Griffin was named executive director of the Children’s Dream Fund, in St. Petersburg.
► Paradeco Coffee Roasters opened at 111 Second Ave. NE, in downtown St. Petersburg, in the Plaza Tower & Courtyard Shops.
► Habitat for Humanity of Pinellas and West Pasco counties opened its new administrative headquarters near the St. Petersburg/Clearwater Airport, at 14010 Roosevelt Blvd, Suite 704, Clearwater.
► Matthew Levy joined Stoneweg U.S. as director of capital markets, in St. Petersburg.
► Kahwa Coffee opened a location at 1520 County Road 1, in Dunedin.
► The Patrick Brett Foundation donated $100,000 to St. Petersburg College to provide students the opportunity for a second chance through the Fresh Start Scholarship.
► Darla Otey, executive director of Girls Inc. of Pinellas, received the first annual Hero Award from the Pinellas Park Rotary Club.
► The Pilates School opened at 2907 Fourth St. N., in downtown St. Petersburg.
► St. Petersburg Distillery, at 800 31st St. S., was named Florida Distillery of the Year at the 12th annual New York International Spirits Competition.
► IMCS Group, a St. Petersburg company that specializes in mental health treatment for workers injured on the job, changed its name to Ascellus Behavioral Health.
► Nueva Cantina is opening a second location, at 5955 Gulf Winds Drive, St. Pete Beach.
► Rhonda Fenner was named senior vice president for operations transformation at Amerilife Group, in Clearwater.
► David Culligan of Commercial Partners Realty and Jon Slater of Lincoln Property Co. represented Peltz Shoes in the sale of a 60,000 square foot building at 10900 U.S. Highway 19 N., Clearwater, to Private Label Skin Care, for $4.73 million.
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