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The DeMarcay, a luxury residential condominium project by GK Real Estate, in downtown Sarasota, has begun removal of two on-site structures after receiving its demolition permit from the city. In 2019, the company began the process of preparing the historic facades of the DeMarcay Hotel and Roth Cigar Factory for preservation and will continue the … Read more
Primary education facilities are at face value, a place to teach children but according to the team at Zyscovich, they can be much more. Primary schools are economic drivers, community definers and a breeding ground for innovation and stimulation, or at least they should be. Perhaps not widely known in the Tampa region, yet, Zyscovich … Read more
PSCU’s CEO and President, Charles “Chuck” Fagan, was a boomerang employee. He left PSCU in 2012 and returned in 2015, with employees cheering when they heard the news, according to Brian Kosoy, vice president of corporate communications for PSCU. “He’s a very humble guy and big on promoting a family culture,” he says. When Fagan … Read more
Allen Brinkman leads the bank’s operations and commercial banking team in the greater Tampa market and reports to Austen Carroll, executive vice president, chief lending officer. The 94-year old, Florida-based bank entered the market last year through the acquisitions of Gulfshore Bank and Northstar Bank. Brinkman previously worked as managing director of Atlantic Merchant Capital … Read more
As one of a team of architects responsible for the new St. Petersburg Pier, Ken Cowart has his favorite elements. There’s the tilted lawn, for starters; a grassy knoll stretching upward from the splash pad, it’s perfect for gaining a high vantage point and rolling down afterward (if you’re a kid, that is). Then there … Read more
In June 2004, the Tampa Bay Sports Commission named Rob Higgins its executive director. Higgins’ primary responsibility is to promote the development of community sports in the Tampa Bay area, as well as leading the Sports Commission, as the principal organization that bids on and hosts sports and entertainment events in Tampa Bay and Hillsborough … Read more
Two Roads Development has announced plans to include a luxury hotel component to Riverwalk Place in Tampa. Two Roads selected the international architecture firm Arquitectonica to design a substantially updated, 37-story tower facing the Hillsborough River, with 230 luxury hotel-branded residences, each with views of Tampa Bay. The new 5-star hotel will comprise the ground … Read more
Specs: 5 bedrooms, 4.5 bathrooms | 5,539 square feet Price: $3,499,000 DETAILS: This waterfront home, in a prime community of South Tampa, is custom-built and epitomizes luxury, coastal living with a deep-water canal with dock and lift. This home includes a bonus room that can be used as a game room, a custom wine cellar … Read more
As a pilot, Will Smith glances down thousands of feet and sees the big picture: people small as ants, neighborhoods arranged in tidy grids. The world has an order from this height, a predictable pattern. Not long ago, he’d arranged life that way too—building a family and a solid career. He was, in his words, … Read more
Physician Edmondo Robinson is responsible for expanding Moffitt’s ecosystem from within, and outside of health care, to deliver on consumer-oriented, real-world solutions for clinical practice, research and administrative processes essential to support growth and competitive advantages. Before joining Moffitt, Robinson was the chief transformation officer and senior vice president of consumerism at ChristianaCare, one of … Read more
