► Danny O’Malley, a Tampa businessman who also owns Volvo Cars Tampa, plans to open Florida’s first Polestar space, in Midtown Tampa, which will feature three fully-electric vehicles on display. (Pictured above)
► HSP Group, a technology-enabled business services firm, plans to establish its corporate and global headquarters in Tampa.
► Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis appointed Shumaker lawyer and Shumaker Advisors’ Melanie Griffin as secretary of the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation.
► Shufflrr, a presentation management services company, relocated from New York to Tampa, establishing its operations at Embarc Collective.
► Junior Achievement of Tampa Bay appointed Kevin Sweeney, vice president/banking center sales manager at American Momentum Bank, as chairperson of the nonprofit organization’s Connections board for 2022.
► Jesuit High School’s new Antinori Center for the Arts, which broke ground in September, received a $1 million gift from the Bailey Family Foundation.
► Vū Technologies, based in Tampa, closed on a $10 million seed investment from Minneapolis-based ADX Labs.
► Tampa International Airport launched nonstop service to Portland, Oregon, on Alaska Airlines, as a seasonal service that is expected to operate until April 18 aboard a Boeing 737.
► The Altman Cos., a developer, builder and manager of rental communities, broke ground on Altís Grand at Suncoast, a 449-unit upscale apartment community in Lutz.
► The Crisis Center of Tampa Bay plans to open a second sexual assault services facility in the South Shore Community Resource Center, in August.
► Mid Florida Material Handling opened a second location at 4927 Hartford Street, in Tampa.