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One Liners Hillsborough: Joe Lopano, McKibbon Hospitality and more

Jo-Lynn Brown Published: September 16, 2024 | Updated: September 16, 2024


► Joe Lopano, chief executive officer of Tampa International Airport, will be inducted into the 2024 Florida Transportation Hall of Fame, in October. (Pictured above)

► The City of Tampa has begun work on improving Interbay Boulevard to improve access to the MacDill Airforce Base. 

► Hillsborough County Parks & Recreation was honored as having one of the top parks and recreation programs, in the country, for three years in a row, as a finalist for the 2024 National Gold Medal Award for Excellence in Park and Recreation Management.

Engel & Völkers South Tampa relocated to 724 S Dale Mabry Hwy.


► Engel & Völkers South Tampa relocated from coworking space in Hyde House, to 724 S Dale Mabry Hwy, Tampa. 

► Hillsborough County Aging Services honored volunteers Eula Banks and Luis Rivera for their dedication and contributions at the County’s senior and dining centers.

► Project Director of Robins & Morton, Bryan Durkin, is now leading operations at the Tampa office.

► The University of South Florida was selected as international headquarters for Global Virus Network as HIV co-discoverer, Dr. Robert Gallo, joins the medical school faculty.

Magdalene Center


► Kirschner Realty Services, a residential sales and property management firm, relocated to north Tampa’s Magdalene Center.

► Johnson Jackson added Mary Virginia Ballantyne as an associate attorney. 

► Flagship Healthcare Properties, an outpatient
health care real estate firm, based in Charlotte, North Carolina, leased space in the Fletcher Medical Office Building, at 3331 & 3333 W. Fletcher Avenue, in Tampa, for a Women’s Care location, a women’s health
physician group. 

► NetPark Tampa Bay, a nearly one million-square-foot shopping mall turned office complex, in Hillsborough County, has sold to a New Jersey-based investment firm for $45 million.

► Tampa General Hospital’s Jessica Brumley, a certified nurse midwife at Tampa General Hospital and associate professor and director of the Division of Midwifery, was named president of the American College of Nurse-Midwives. 

► McKibbon Hospitality, in Tampa, promoted Stacy Royalty as regional vice president of operations, responsible for supporting a portfolio of hotels with operational strategy, budget planning, leadership development and recruitment of general managers, sales initiatives, guest satisfaction and more.

Rithm is a development located in Tampa’s Uptown District.


► Core Spaces and RD Management, two real estate developers and operators, are partnering to bring new mixed-use residential projects to Rithm, a development located in Tampa’s Uptown District.

► Nickelytics, a Tampa provider of data-driven advertising services, completed the acquisition of On Touch Go, an advertising platform.

► The Tampa Metropolitan Area YMCA launched its Licensed Preschool Program at the Central City YMCA, in Tampa Heights, and YMCA Camp Sierra, in Carrollwood. 

► Kahwa Coffee opened a location, at 4530 W Gandy Blvd., Tampa. 

► Tampa dentist Dr. Christopher Bulnes was recognized with the Florida Dental Association Dentist of the Year award for his role in advancing oral health care and dentistry, in Florida.


► Visit Tampa Bay and FC St. Pauli announced a new partnership where Visit Tampa Bay will support the club from Millerntor Stadium, with an initial two-year deal that includes media opportunities, Tampa takeovers and more.  

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