One Liner Hillsborough: Compass, BKN Creative and more

General contractor Summit Design + Build, in Tampa, began the build-out of Taverna Toscana, a luxury Italian steakhouse and seafood restaurant, in Bradenton. (Rendering above)

Shutts & Bowen named Amanda B. Buffinton as managing partner of the firm’s Tampa office. 

►  The Florida Museum of Photographic Arts opened the doors to its new space, at 1630 E. 7th Avenue, in Ybor City. 

Beef ‘O’ Brady’s opened a new location, at 3687 Tampa Road, Oldsmar.

Engel & Völkers South Tampa Real Estate Advisor Faye Barekat achieved the Graduate Realtor Institute designation. 

The Tampa Bay Economic Prosperity Foundation received a $100,000 grant from the Truist Foundation.

Rebuilding Together Tampa Bay unveiled its hurricane response distribution center, at 5148 Le Tourneau Circle, in Tampa. 

The Tampa Bay Economic Prosperity Foundation, an affiliated organization of the Tampa Bay Economic Development Council, received a $100,000 grant from the Truist Foundation for its Inclusive Economic Growth Initiative. 

Autumn Etheredge

Springfield, Illinois will be added as a nonstop route from Tampa International Airport, by Breeze Airways, starting December 4. 

Autumn Etheredge joined Compass, a real estate agency, in Tampa. 

Steve Young joined HCA Florida Blake Hospital as the new chief executive officer. 

The University of South Florida was awarded a $17 million grant from the Federal Railroad Administration’s Consolidated Rail Infrastructure and Safety Improvement program. 

Joe Rudisill joined HCA Florida Englewood Hospital as its new CEO. 

Kaye Bender Rembaum, a law firm specializing in community association law, promoted Kerstin Henze to firm member and managing attorney of the firm’s Tampa location. 

An OVME medspa opened in Tampa.

The Hillsborough Transportation Planning Organization selected Dr. Johnny Wong as its executive director. 

Dr. Mark McKenna opened an OVME medspa location, on the corner of Bay to Bay Blvd. and Esperanza Ave., in the Palma Ceia area. 

Tampa-based creative and marketing advertising agency BKN Creative is collaborating with local Tampa brewery Deviant Libation on the brewery’s first can release for its beer, Visibility, a sour ale. 

Stageworks Theatre, in Tampa, has hired long-time arts administration, management and events director Audrie Cuddy Ranon as director of development. 

Gino Casanova

Habitat for Humanity of Hillsborough County plans to relocate its East Hillsborough ReStore, in Tampa, to 8247 N. Florida Avenue, near the Sulphur Springs Water Tower. 

Shumaker Advisors’ Chief of Staff Gino Casanova has been elected to the Early  Learning Coalition of Hillsborough County board of directors, where he will serve a four-year term. 

Tampa General Hospital Heart & Vascular Institute opened a Sun City Center clinic, at 959 E Del Webb Blvd. 

Tampa-based labor and employment law firm Johnson Jackson added Olivia DeScala and Maddi McLeland as associate attorneys. 

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