Downtown Tampa Road Closure to Last Two Years Starting Oct. 20

Aerial view of the Lee Roy Selmon Expressway curving past downtown Tampa high-rise buildings, where a $362 million expansion is underway.

Drivers heading south on Tampa Street toward the Tampa Convention Center will have to take a different route starting Oct. 20, when the intersection at East Brorein Street closes for roughly two years to make room for the $362 million Lee Roy Selmon Expressway expansion. Beginning at 8 p.m., construction crews will close South Tampa … Read more

As Tampa Bay Founders Retire, Private Equity Moves In

HVAC business owner meets with private equity investors as Tampa Bay founders consider succession and selling their companies.

For years, Tim Coop watched Tampa Bay entrepreneurs build companies, borrow money from his bank and run their operating accounts through it. Then private-equity firms began buying them at an increased pace, repaying the loans at closing and taking the banking relationships along with the businesses. “I can remember five years ago discussing the high … Read more