► The Epicurean Hotel, in Tampa, plans to undergo a $21 million expansion project, which will include 51 new guest rooms and suites, a private lobby, meeting space and rooftop terrace. (Rendering above)
► Vertisan, a Tampa-based technology company, named Chuck Palm its chief communications officer.
► Coastal Construction broke ground on the Arts and Entertainment Residences, a 31-story luxury apartment tower in downtown Tampa.
►Tampa Catholic High School unveiled its $6 million facility, the Kevin Knox II Fieldhouse, to faculty, students, alumni and donors.
► Watermark Buildings 5 & 7, located at 5415 Mariner St. and 5420 Bay Center Drive, in Tampa’s Westshore district, sold for $8 million to Woodfield Acquisitions, which is planning to redevelop the 2.84-acre property with 277 apartments.
► The HCA Healthcare West Florida division named Tripp Owings chief executive officer for HCA Florida Brandon Hospital.
► Shumaker associate Sean Bevil was elected president-elect of the Hillsborough County Bar Association’s Young Lawyers Division, beginning his one-year term before becoming president in 2023.
► Visit Tampa Bay’s Les Miller, an adviser’s principal at Shumaker, was named its 2022 Gonzmart Family Tourism Ambassador of the Year.
► Drnk coffee & tea and Qwench juice bar opened in the Westshore Marina District, in Tampa.
► Visit Tampa Bay named Vanessa Evans as its new director of public relations.
► Frontier Airlines launched the first nonstop service from Tampa International Airport to Punta Cana and Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic, as well as Montego Bay, Jamaica.
► Christopher Lawson joined Johnson, Pope, Bokor, Ruppel & Burns as a litigation associate in the firm’s Tampa office.
► BlueGrace Logistics, a third-party logistics company in Tampa, named Adam Blankenship as chief operating officer and president of managed logistics.
► BeniComp Health Solutions, a Tampa health technology and insurance company, launched a new product called the QuickQuote tool, which will allow smaller employee groups to become self-funded on their health insurance programs.
► Cushman and Wakefield arranged the sale of a 161,455-square-foot office building at 6550 W. Hillsborough Ave., in the Westshore market of Tampa, for $27.3 million.
► Tampa General Hospital and Kindred Rehabilitation Services, a business unit of LifePoint Health, opened the TGH Rehabilitation Hospital, an 80-bed, freestanding rehabilitation hospital that provides comprehensive care for patients recovering from debilitating injuries, illnesses, surgeries and chronic medical conditions, at 1307 W. Kennedy Blvd., in Tampa.
► Mainsail Lodging & Development, a Tampa-based hospitality company, entered a multiyear partnership with the University of South Florida’s Muma College of Business and Aramark, the on-campus food service and catering stalwart, to boost experiential learning and student fellowships with USF’s School of Hospitality and Tourism Management.
