Month: June 2022

College planning strategies to save like an advisor

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By Stacey Pittman, CFA, CFP, CPWA, Managing Director, BT Wealth Advisors As a wealth advisor and the mom of a college freshman (Go Gators!), I am acutely aware of the challenges of planning for college. In speaking with clients, I emphasize that education planning is often the most challenging of the areas of financial planning. … Read more

Architecture and design firm Choeff Levy Fischman opens Tampa Office

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Miami-based Choeff Levy Fischman Architecture + Design has opened a Tampa office, at 2023 W. Platt Street, Suite 104. The firm is known for designing luxury, waterfront single-family homes in South Florida for executives, celebrities and professional athletes such as Giovani Bernard, Asdrúbal Cabrera and Alex Rodriguez, according to a statement. Choeff Levy Fischman has … Read more

How the pandemic spurred the ‘Great Relocation’ to Tampa Bay

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By Ali St Cyr, Broker/Owner at Tomlin St Cyr The pandemic has changed the housing market indefinitely. From what people want in their homes to where they want to live, the real estate industry has transformed over the past two years. Now homes are for working, learning, exercising, entertaining and more. And Florida, particularly Tampa … Read more

One Liners Polk: Encompass Health, Publix and more

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► Florida Polytechnic University in Lakeland announced a $2 million gift from trustee Gary C. Wendt (Pictured above) to support the creation of new leadership initiatives for students. ► Chiropractor Jalen Banks began seeing patients at the Watson Clinic Center for Specialized Rehabilitation on East County Road 540A and Lakeland Highlands Road, in Lakeland. ► … Read more

Getting Real with Julius Davis (PHOTOS)

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Julius Davis is a fourth-generation Tampa native. He grew up in Jackson Heights, went to Chamberlain High School and the University of South Florida … and has worked on some of the most iconic Tampa landmarks to date. Ulele, Sparkman Wharf and projects at Tampa International Airport, projects.

His engineering firm, VoltAir, started with him and a partner in pajamas and now has three offices in Florida, two in Texas, one in Tennessee and one in Atlanta. VoltAir revenue topped $17 million in 2021.

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Great Places and Spaces Home Edition: Dutch Colonial in Hyde Park Village (PHOTOS)

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Wendy Garraty, owner of Clayton Gray Home, and her husband, Steve, moved from Atlanta to Tampa, about 20 years ago, and purchased this 1922 Dutch Colonial home just one street from Hyde Park Village. In 2002, they showed the home in the very first home tour and now, 20 years later—for the home’s 100th birthday—they … Read more

One Liners Sarasota and Manatee: Kolter Hospitality, Allegiant Air and more

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► 7201 15th St.—a partnership entity that includes Cary Hicks, Ken Pierce and Mark Levey—is building three 20,000-square-foot warehouse buildings at 7201 15th St. E., in Sarasota, at the site previously known as Biotech Campus and will be renamed SRQ Distribution Campus. (Pitcured above)  ► Constellation Culinary Group will be the exclusive catering company for … Read more

On the Scene: Frameworks Head and Heart Luncheon (PHOTOS)

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Frameworks held its 11th annual Head and Heart Luncheon at Armature Works, in Tampa. The event featured Arthur Brooks as its keynote speaker. Brooks is a Harvard professor, a bestselling author and a columnist for the Atlantic. Photos by Albert Warren [image_slider_no_space on_click=”prettyphoto” height=”300″ images=”18100,18099,18098,18097,18096,18095,18094″]