► TradeWinds Island Resorts – the Island Grand and RumFish Beach Resort – added 141 rooms to its portfolio, along with a new zip line on the beach and a new Mexican restaurant at the Island Grand called Bermudas Beachside Cantina. (Pictured above)
► Pyper, a branding and advertising agency, in St. Petersburg, is celebrating 10 years of business.
► Office Pride Commercial Cleaning Services named Josh Weis chief executive officer.
► Green Pagoda, an Asian fusion restaurant, opened at 7900 Fourth St. N., St. Petersburg, in the space formerly home to E.B.I. Sushi and, before that, Hooks.
► Al Steinberg, former vice president of Dillard’s, and his wife Sandee, who is also a former executive at Dillard’s, donated $50,000 to the Tampa Bay Innovation Center’s new hub in St. Petersburg, the ARK Innovation Center.
► Raymond James Financial, in St. Petersburg, has named Eugenio Alemán financial chief economist, replacing Scott Brown, who is retiring.
► Climate First Bank, in St. Petersburg, appointed its president, Lex Ford, to its board of directors.
► Central Ave. Corner Holding, which is controlled by local developer Jonathan Daou, president of Eastman Equity, has submitted plans to build a mixed-use, two-story building at 1053 Central Ave., in St. Petersburg.
► Country music artist Chase Rice and Forward Hospitality Group plans to open a live country music bar in the former MacDinton’s Irish Pub, at 216 First Ave. N., St. Petersburg.
► The Tampa Bay Regional Planning Council received the 2022 Governor’s Hurricane Conference Public/Private Award in Innovation for its “Project Phoenix 2.0: The Recovery” initiative.
► Promecap, a private equity firm based in Mexico City, announced the acquisition of two extended stay hotels, TownePlace Suites by Marriott St. Petersburg Clearwater and Residence Inn by Marriott St. Petersburg Clearwater.
► West Coast Medical Resources, also known as WestCMR, a secondary distributor of disposable surgical supplies, celebrated 25 years in business and announced a $10,000 donation to the Crisis Center of Tampa Bay in honor of Mental Health Awareness Month.
► Tampa Bay Watch, a nonprofit organization in Tierra Verde, named Cynthia “Cindy” Reichard as controller.
► St. Petersburg-based Raymond James Financial completed its $1.1 billion acquisition of TriState Capital Holdings.
► Traub Lieberman, a St. Petersburg-based law firm that works with insurance companies, relocated its office to the James Museum of Western and Wildlife Art building, in St. Petersburg.
