Jo-Lynn Brown 
The annual tradition of the Buccaneers Day of Service with technology leader and corporate partner Jabil continued this year at the Boys & Girls Clubs of the Suncoast in Pinellas Park. Buccaneers players and staff members helped revive the club and build an all-new Jabil Innovation Room while refurbishing the existing computer lab. The Innovation Room will include a smart board, computers and workspaces to help assist students with their schoolwork.
►Paradise Advertising & Marketing in St. Petersburg added Kahwa Coffee Roasting Co. to its client portfolio. ► The Feil Organization in New York City purchased the Transamerica building at 570 Carillon Parkway in St. Petersburg for $36.8 million. ► St. Petersburg based advertising and marketing firm Bayshore Marketing Group added Resource Property Management in Seminole … Read more
►Construction crews topped off the Virage luxury condominium tower on Bayshore Boulevard in Tampa, which is expected to open early next year. ►Matthew F. Hall, an associate with Tampa’s Hill Ward Henderson, has been elected to serve a one-year term on the Ybor City Chamber of Commerce 2019-20 board of directors. ►BlueGrace Logistics, a shipping … Read more
Gordan Murray’s Supercar Gordon Murray Automotive, sister business of vehicle design and engineering company Gordon Murray Design, announced details of its first vehicle—the T.50 supercar. Conceived as the successor to the Murray-devised McLaren F1, the T.50 will be the lightest, most driver-focused supercar available, the company promises. Development of the T.50 is at an advanced … Read more
The development team behind the Virage Bayshore tower in Tampa revealed plans for a new, 34-story luxury condominium tower called Arris Tampa, in downtown Tampa. It will feature a ground-floor restaurant, a rooftop residents’ club with an amenity deck and outdoor pool. Eighty residences will span 1,110 to 3,700 square feet and will be priced … Read more
West Palm Beach-based Verdex Construction has begun construction on The Pointe on Westshore, a luxury apartment community in Tampa, being developed by Westshore Pointe, a venture between Jupiter-based Index Investment Group and minority local partner Richard Coley. This marks Verdex’s first project beyond Florida’s east coast. The Pointe on Westshore, at 4950 W. Prescott St., … Read more
Physician Ravi Chari was named president of HCA Healthcare’s West Florida division in May 2018. Chari had been in the HCA system since 2008, when he joined as chief medical officer of Centennial Medical Center in Nashville. Before his work at HCA Healthcare, Chari was professor of surgery and chief of the liver surgery and … Read more
A luxury estate at 6633 Gulf of Mexico Drive, known locally as “Ohana,” has sold for $11.4 million. Designed by architect Guy Peterson, it’s the highest sale ever reported on the northern end of Longboat Key and the highest luxury sale since October 2014 across the Sarasota, Manatee and Charlotte counties, according to MLS records. … Read more
Sea Salt held a special summer dining event, pairing chef-inspired seafood dishes and wine for each two courses. Jackie Eash, sommelier and beverage director at Sea Salt, chose four wines for the dinner, each selected to pair well with the menu created by Chef Kenny Tufo. Some of the items were created for the dining … Read more
Putting together a business plan, working on an idea, then seeing it all fail is certainly not easy to deal with, but it’s way more common than you may think. It is estimated that, in the United States, eight of 10 businesses end up failing, according to recent research from the Small Business Administration’s Office … Read more
