Sarasota’s BSWANKY lands NY Fashion Week debut

Gretchen Bauer with Christian Cowan and guests at New York Fashion Week Fall/Winter 2026 runway show

A Sarasota luxury design house stepped onto one of fashion’s most visible stages this month. BSWANKY Atelier & Design Gallery created custom handbags for Christian Cowan’s Fall/Winter 2026 runway show at New York Fashion Week, placing the Sarasota-based brand alongside a designer known for dressing Lady Gaga, Jennifer Lopez, Cardi B and other global entertainers. … Read more

$59M Bernie McCabe Courthouse opens for 2nd District Court of Appeal

Interior ceremonial courtroom at the $59 million Bernie McCabe Courthouse, home of Florida’s Second District Court of Appeal in St. Petersburg.

New St. Petersburg courthouse becomes permanent home for Second DCA.

Greenlane plans 2–3 new Tampa Bay stores each year

Greenlane drive-thru restaurant exterior with green panel facade and roadside sign under a bright blue sky.

Erica Spector Wishnow came up with Greenlane during long car rides in Covid, when she spent hours driving her children and faced the same frustration at nearly every drive-thru window. Her kids wanted burgers and fries, and she wanted something filling that aligned with her vegetarian diet and left her satisfied. “I wasn’t just going … Read more

Tampa-based XTEND to go public in $1.5B merger

Tampa Mayor Jane Castor shakes hands with XTEND CEO Aviv Shapira at a Tampa headquarters announcement event

XTEND’s Tampa headquarters anchors a planned $1.5B Nasdaq merger with JFB.