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Jameis Winston’s Dream Forever Foundation held its annual fundraising dinner, A Night to Achieve Dreams. Looking to fund and establish additional Jameis Winston’s Dream Rooms for selected schools in the Tampa area, this event allowed the foundation to raise over $325,000. [image_slider_no_space height=”300″ images=”6513,6514,6515,6516″]
The Gourmet Feastival draws more than 1,000 people each year who enjoy signature dishes and cocktails from Tampa Bay’s finest restaurants. Funds raised support The Helen Gordon Davis Centre for Women, a nonprofit organization that offers programs to help women in the Tampa Bay region to succeed both personally and professionally. [image_slider_no_space height=”300″ images=”6504,6505,6506,6507,6508,6509″]
Details: In the gated waterfront gated community of Bayway Isles, this 6,500 square foot, four bedroom and six and half bathroom waterfront estate has 179 feet of open water frontage with spectacular views. The foyer entry, complete with marble floors, grand staircase, floor to ceiling windows and vaulted ceilings, provides space to entertain and relax … Read more
Lamborghini Hybrid Sian, which means “lightning bolt” in the Bolognese dialect of Italian, is the name of the first Lamborghini hybrid production car, with 63 produced. The mild-hybrid uses both a combustion engine and an electric motor to reduce emissions and improve fuel economy. The design allows the car to mount an internal combustion engine … Read more
►Carvana, a virtual seller of used automobiles based in Tempe, Arizona , plans to construct a nearly $47 million facility in Haines City. ► Galaxy Bar Lakeland, a nostalgic dive-bar, opened at 5153 U.S. 98 N., Lakeland. ► Four Florida Polytechnic University bachelor’s degrees, computer engineering, computer science, electrical engineering and mechanical engineering, have been … Read more
►Grillsmith is opening at 6240 S. Tamiami Trail in Sarasota, approximately two blocks north of Stickney Point Road. (Pictured above) ► Cardel Homes opened its newest Florida community, Worthington, in Sarasota off Palmer Boulevard, a gated community and holds 156 homesites with island or wetland view options. ►A Washington, D.C.-based development firm plans to acquire … Read more
►The second location of St. Petersburg Collegiate High School, at St. Petersburg College’s Tarpon Springs campus opened and will serve more than 150 students in the inaugural class. (pictured above) ► Big Storm Brewing in Clearwater established a deal with Ohio Eagle Distributing to sell the products in the Cincinnati area. ► Madico, a Pinellas … Read more
►Berkadia arranged $43.13 million in acquisition financing for Mezzo at Tampa Palms (pictured above), a 340-unit garden style property in Tampa. ►Office Evolution, a coworking franchise, will open a second office on Harbour Island in downtown Tampa. ►Nadine Baez was named vice president of research and commercialization for SynDaver’s global government business unit in Tampa. … Read more
Crystal Morris is CEO of Gator Cases, in Tampa, a global leader in plastic music equipment cases and other types of cases. When her father died, almost five years ago, she struggled with not knowing if she could run the company on her own. Not one to walk away from a challenge, she has grown … Read more
The Karol Hotel is scheduled to open at 2675 Ulmerton Road in Clearwater, the first Tribute Portfolio hotel in Pinellas County. The boutique hotel has 123 guest rooms and suites, a lobby bar and restaurant, a rooftop bar, some 7,340 square feet of event space, including a ballroom and executive conference rooms. Managed and marketed … Read more
