COVER UPDATE: Vick Tipnes to host Tampa business conference with celebrity speaker lineup

Health care entrepreneur Vick Tipnes is launching his first-ever Rise Conference, an event he created for business leaders, and entrepreneurs, who want to grow and scale their businesses. The event

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BTI Partners sells Westshore Marina District’s Town Center

Fort Lauderdale-based BTI Partners has sold Marina Landings, the 70,000-square-foot retail town center of Westshore Marina District, in Tampa. The property sold for $13 million. The buyer was Transcentum. Tenants

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iShared Transportation names chief sales officer

iShared Transportation, a Patriot Capital portfolio company, has named Kyle Ingraham as its chief sales officer. Ingraham joins iShared with nearly a decade of leadership experience across sales and operations

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BayCare opens new hospital in Wesley Chapel

BayCare Health System has opened its newest hospital, in Wesley Chapel, at 4501 Bruce B. Downs Blvd. The 86-bed, 318,000-square-foot hospital will provide comprehensive medical services and health care resources

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Tampa Bay Business Women Awards 2023: Jennifer Garbowicz

Jennifer Garbowicz is senior vice president, private client adviser at Bank of American Private Bank. Garbowicz serves on a variety of nonprofit organization boards including the Homeless Empowerment Program, the

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Tampa Bay Business Women Awards 2023: Shannon Lucas

Shannon Lucas has worked in the insurance industry for more than 20 years with Florida Farm Bureau, Tower Hill Insurance Group, Homewise Insurance, UPC Insurance, Heritage Insurance and now Slide

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Tampa Bay Business Women Awards 2023: Rita Lowman

Rita Lowman has served the banking industry for 45 years. Most recently, she served as president of Pilot Bank, which was acquired in December 2021. Lowman was named chair of

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Tampa Bay Business Women Awards 2023: Cristina Hale

Cristina Hale is tax office managing partner for Tampa and Orlando at BDO USA. Hale jumped into the tax and accounting profession at one of the largest global professional services

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Tampa Bay Business Women Awards 2023: Beth Cahill

Beth Cahill worked on Wall Street with Chemical Bank/Manufacturers Hanover/New York Life to start her career, entering investment banking with Alliance Capital and then Communications Equity Associates. She left CEA,

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How to do the Valspar Championship in style

It’s almost Valspar Championship week once again, in Tampa Bay.  The PGA TOUR Valspar Championship will be held March 14 to 19. Each year, the tournament brings a week of

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Construction begins on Gas Work project in Ybor City

Tampa Mayor Jane Castor joined developer Darryl Shaw, the founder and chief executive officer of KETTLER, Bob Kettler, and other community leaders and elected officials to mark the official groundbreaking

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Sarasota Performing Arts Center task force narrows down architect shortlist to six

The Sarasota Performing Arts Center Foundation, formerly known as the Van Wezel Foundation, and the City of Sarasota announced that the Architect Selection Task Force selected six semi-finalists, out of

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