Jo-Lynn Brown 
Ruth Eckerd Hall has a new partnership with Dunedin-based restaurant Corvo Bianco, which will begin offering food for purchase at the venue. The one-year agreement includes service at the John Geigle Grand Lobby bar and the England Family Music Garden, ahead of performances. The partnership will launch during the concert featuring Geoff Tate, founding member … Read more
Work has begun on Waterways Apartments and Marina, a 39-acre waterfront development, in north St. Pete, set to bring over 470 rental units to Gandy Boulevard. Miami-based Key International is behind the project, which includes 324 apartments and 53 townhomes, along 3,000 feet of water frontage. Plans also feature an 8,000-square-foot waterfront restaurant, a marina, … Read more
⊲ Tampa Bay Pickleball Academy has been approved to open an indoor facility in a warehouse off Gateway Boulevard, in West Lakeland. ⊲ Wheelchairs 4 Kids, in partnership with Integrity Home Improvement and People’s Church, has provided a 13-year-old, who has Spinal Muscular Atrophy, with a life-changing wheelchair-accessible shower, transforming his daily care and quality … Read more
Address: 3602 Guisando De Avila, Tampa Specs: 6 bedrooms | 7 full bathrooms, 2 partial bathrooms | 9,810 square feet List price: $5,490,000 A Mediterranean-style estate, in Tampa’s Avila Golf and Country Club, was listed for $5.49 million, making it the largest home, and lot, currently on the market in the exclusive, gated community. The … Read more
The Will’s Way Foundation of Tampa Bay presented an evening of elegance and philanthropy at the Wings, Wheels, & Hearts Gala. Set against the backdrop of Sheltair Tampa, the event featured Tampa cuisine, craft cocktails and local brews.
Building businesses, and careers, can be a lot like spring gardening. It’s thrilling when the flowers bloom, but there’s a lot of waiting and work to get there. Sometimes a rabbit gets ahold of what you’ve planted, or your spacing may have been off. It’s the little things, right? It can be a terribly slow … Read more
For more than a decade, Jim Shimberg was known as one of Tampa Bay’s most influential developers, playing a key role in shaping the city’s skyline through transformative projects like Water Street Tampa. But in the past year, Shimberg has embarked on a new chapter—one that brings together his extensive real estate expertise, legal acumen … Read more
Precision Build has acquired Tampa Steel Erecting Company, a longtime Tampa-based steel fabricator known for its work on major infrastructure and architectural projects, including the geodesic dome at Epcot’s Spaceship Earth. Tampa Steel Erecting Company, founded in 1945 and owned by the Clark family since its inception, will now be wholly owned by Precision Build. … Read more
Tampa Bay Business and Wealth held its March CEO Connect with Chon Nguyen, a serial entrepreneur based in Tampa, with several active ventures. Npserspective and Republic Bank sponsored the event. JC Newman Cigar Co, in Ybor City, hosted the event. Photos by Tacy Briggs-Troncoso
The Tampa Bay Times has unveiled its annual list of the Top 100 Workplaces for 2025, recognizing companies that excel in fostering positive work environments, based on employee feedback. The evaluation, conducted in partnership with Energage, surveyed employees on various aspects such as pay, benefits, leadership and overall job satisfaction. The top five workplaces in … Read more
