Tallest residential building on Florida’s Gulf Coast offers luxury living in the sky in downtown St. Petersburg (RENDERINGS)

St. Petersburg has emerged as a cultural waterfront haven, a destination for residents, and visitors, to enjoy year-round. As the city becomes more established, prominent additions to the city’s skyline are emerging. Award-winning, global architecture firm Arquitectonica is introducing The Residences at 400 Central, a 515-foot tall, 46-story mixed-used tower that stretches a full city … Read more

Mandola’s Italian Kitchen announces two new locations

Italian restaurant brand Mandola’s Italian Kitchen announces plans to open locations in Oldsmar and Odessa. Created by Chef and Restaurateur Damian Mandola, who was co-founder of Carrabba’s Italian Grill, and his wife and business partner, Trina Mandola, the next Mandola’s Italian Kitchen restaurants are scheduled to open on September 19, in Oldsmar, at 3138 Tampa … Read more

USF Sarasota-Manatee campus to add its first student housing

The Florida Board of Governors has approved a housing and student center complex for the University of South Florida’s Sarasota-Manatee campus, advancing USF’s bold plans to expand the campus and transform the college experience for students. USF will break ground on a multi-story, 100,000-square-foot housing and student center along Seagate Drive, just west of the … Read more

The Good Life:  FOPE and ObservaMé

Italian everyday luxury  FOPE is an Italian goldsmithing company that has evolved over time into an International fine jewelry brand.  The headquarters, and production facilities, are located in Vicenza, Italy, where the company was established in 1929. Today, all jewelry is still made in-house thanks to a unique combination of craftsmanship and bespoke technology.   The … Read more

Up & Comers: Jennifer Dunn, MA, APR

Tampa Bay Business and Wealth presents its first Up & Comers special section.

The Tampa Bay area has no shortage of young talent. With more than 50 nominations for TBBW’s first section, which seeks to celebrate the rising talent in your workplace, and the community, it’s obvious that the future of Tampa Bay is in good hands. 

In this first section, we selected eight professionals to highlight, but don’t fret if you turned in materials, or were nominated, and don’t see your recognition yet. We will feature these quarterly and will continue to accept nominations on a rolling basis. 

Selection is done internally and is based on both your nomination form and your letters of recommendation. 

Want to submit? Email me at Jbrown@ TBBWmag.com.

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What’s keeping Tampa Bay’s tech industry awake at night?

No matter what industry you work in, technology is no doubt a part of your day-to-day business operations. 

It is rare to find an industry, or profession, that doesn’t, in some way, shape or form, use technology. 

In an effort to stay on top of trends, and provide our readers with intelligence to help you keep your businesses safe, Tampa Bay Business and Wealth reached out to some trusted resources to ask them the basic question, what is keeping you up at night? 

Here are their responses, in their own words. 

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Scenes from TBBW’s inaugural Women’s Wellness Invitational (PHOTOS)

Tampa Bay Business and Wealth held its inaugural Women’s Wellness Invitational, presented by Cigna, Fifth Third Bank and HCA Healthcare. The specially branded robes were provided by sponsorship from law firm, Older, Lundy, Koch & Martino. This event was created by TBBW CEO and Publisher, Bridgette Bello, out of the concept that men often network, … Read more

One Liners Hillsborough: Workscapes, Shumaker and more

► Marina Pointe at Westshore Marina District launched sales of its second condominium tower. (Pictured above) ► Jeff Dervech, of Dervech Real Estate, arranged the sale of Citrus Park Plaza, in Tampa, for $5.65 million.  ► Avison Young has been retained by the Sason Organization, the new owners of a three-story, 98,105-square-foot office building, at … Read more

The workforce problem and what Tampa Bay area educational institutions are doing about it

For the last decade, the only constant in the workforce has been change. Across various industries, transformation spins, creating new jobs or dramatically altering others, from the rapid advances in technology to the innovative industries springing up from new services and consumer needs, not to mention the mass pivot to remote settings as we rethink … Read more