The CEO of BTI Partners shares how the Westshore Marina District was born

Driving off Gandy Boulevard and onto Tampa land, there is a development taking shape in the former New Port Tampa property. It’s a revitalized vision from BTI Partners, a developer based in Fort Lauderdale, led by Noah Breakstone, the chief executive officer. “It’s very difficult, and unique, to be able to find 52 acres, on

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Scenes from TBBW’s inaugural Philanthropist of the Year Awards (PHOTOS)

Tampa Bay Business and Wealth named the winners, and honored the finalists, of the inaugural Philanthropist of the Year Awards in November. Click through the gallery below to see photos from the event. More than 250 people were in attendance. Presenting sponsors included the Community Foundation Tampa Bay, Pilot Bank and Sabal Trust. Gold sponsor

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Fowler White says it’s ‘coming home’ with the announcement of a new Tampa office location

Fowler White, currently operating from Tampa in temporary space, in the One Urban Centre, is collaborating with a broker to locate permanent office space in Tampa. Shareholder Adam B. Cooke, who is Florida Bar Board Certified in Admiralty & Maritime Law, says the opening of the Tampa office is being driven by client demand. The

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Next Level Brands to open new restaurant at Water Street in 2022

Next Level Brands has announced its newest restaurant concept, Boulon Brasserie, is slated to open at Water Street, in Tampa, in the summer of 2022. Next Level Brands is a partnership between Jeff Gigante, former co-founder of Ciccio Restaurant Group, and Andrew Wright, a Tampa real estate entrepreneur. This is the third establishment developed under

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One Liners Sarasota and Manatee: The Ritz-Carlton, Suncoast Credit Union and more

► The Realm Restaurant Group announced the reopening of Sage Restaurant, at 1216 First St., Sarasota, after being closed for over a year for COVID-19. (Pictured above) ► Firmo Construction, a commercial construction management firm headquartered in Sarasota, is expanding its operations in southwest Florida with the opening of a new office in downtown Fort

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One Liners Polk: Lakeland Chamber of Commerce, Dissent Craft Brewing and more

► Southwest Middle School is slated for a $50 million makeover, with most of the campus being demolished and rebuilt. (Rendering above) ► The Florida Board of Governors has given the green light to a public-private partnership between Florida Polytechnic University and Fortune 500 company International Flavors and Fragrances, a project that could potentially bring

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20 Questions with Kelly McKnight-Goelz

For more than 26 years, Kelly McKnight-Goelz has held senior executive positions for both publicly and privately-held organizations in the medical device, health/wellness, pharmaceutical, nutraceutical and consumer packaged goods industries. Until December 2015, she was the CEO in Ascension and a corporate officer for Unilens Corp. USA, a Tampa Bay area-based public medical device organization

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Great Places and Spaces: The Nolen (RENDERINGS)

The Nolen, a new boutique condominium in downtown St. Petersburg, released renderings of the building’s interiors and exteriors. The Nolen, which has a similarly named development in Clearwater, will be located a half-block off Beach Drive, in downtown St. Petersburg, on Fourth Avenue Northeast and Rowland Court Northeast, just steps from North Straub Park and

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What buyers want now

There’s no question that, within the professional buyer/seller environment, preferences and practices have changed dramatically in the last 18 months. In many organizations—on both sides of the desk—the dynamic between buyer and seller has been altered in many obvious, and not so obvious, ways. In a newly released Sandler Research Center report, What Buyers Want

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One Liners Hillsborough: Diamond View Studios, Visit Tampa Bay and more

► Achieva Credit Union, based in Dunedin, named Rocio Smith as Hillsborough market vice president, with an initial focus on establishing Achieva’s first Hillsborough branch in Carrollwood. (Pictured above) ► Bay Food Brokerage, in Tampa, launched a Center Store division and hired Gary Royal to oversee it as vice president of sales. ► Visit Tampa

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TBBW announces winners of inaugural Philanthropist of the Year Awards

Tampa Bay Business and Wealth named the winners of the inaugural Philanthropist of the Year Awards Tuesday night, at Armature Works, in Tampa. More than 250 people were in attendance. Presenting sponsors included the Community Foundation Tampa Bay, Pilot Bank and Sabal Trust. Gold sponsor was Valspar Championship. Winners included: Covid Hero Brooke Palmer Kuhl

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CEOs coming together for Habitat for Humanity build in 2022

Community leaders in the Tampa Bay area will be working together, this spring, to build a home for a local family, in Pinellas Park Habitat for Humanity of Pinellas and West Pasco Counties launched its inaugural CEO Build, led by honorary chairs Mindy Grossman, president and CEO of WW (formerly Weight Watchers) and Bill Brand,

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