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The St. Petersburg Museum of History plans to renovate and build an 8,000-square-foot addition. The expansion will include an exhibition gallery, showcasing city and state history, a visitor’s center and a rooftop terrace overlooking the waterfront. The project will be completed in three phases. The first floor of the expansion will have a welcome center, … Read more
Details: One of South Tampa’s early residential gems, designed by architect Bayard Clayton Bonfoey, is on the market. Bonfoey and his partner, Leo Elliot, are known for creating many of Tampa’s early landmarks. Together, the team designed the Tampa YMCA in 1909, Centro Asturiano in 1914 and Tampa City Hall in 1915. Their Spanish-influenced design … Read more
Cleveland Construction is the general contractor for a new multi-phased assisted living and memory care community in Clearwater. The first phase is a two-story, 65,000-square-foot, secure assisted living and memory care community with 84 units and 95 beds. The second phase on the eight-acre site will include a three-story, 105,000-square-foot, 132-bed assisted living community connected … Read more
Brian A. Ford Jr. joined the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 2006 and in his role, oversees all aspects of the organization’s day-to-day business operations and community involvement. He works directly with team ownership to ensure that Buccaneers fans, season pass members and corporate sponsors receive a first- in-class experience. Under Ford’s leadership, the Buccaneers have … Read more
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Tampa is leading up to an Oct. 3 grand opening of its expanded and renovated spaces. The $700 million expansion includes a 14-story hotel tower with 562 rooms and suites, three pools and gaming space. The casino complex already has completed expansions to its poker room, mezzanine-level casino/“Rock Walk” … Read more
Growing up in Puerto Rico, Grisselle Centeno remembers loving to play math games with her family. As an undergraduate at the University of Puerto Rico, she channeled that love of math and engineering into an industrial engineering degree. A passion for teaching adults led her to relocate to Florida and earn a Ph.D. in industrial … Read more
Tampa native Barbara Emener Karasek came full circle in her career when she and her husband, Tony, acquired Paradise Advertising in early 2018 from founder Cedar Hames. Earlier in her career, she interned under Hames when he was running the St. Petersburg office of the Earl Palmer Browne advertising agency. “It gives me such chill … Read more
The Inc. 5000 rankings for 2019 have been released and plenty of America’s most successful companies can be found right here in the Tampa Bay Area. You can view the entire list here. Here are the companies to earn the honor: The Welfont Companies Tampa Rank: 31 Revenue: $20.4 million Number of Times Ranked: … Read more
The development team behind the Virage Bayshore tower in Tampa revealed plans for a new, 34-story luxury condominium tower called Arris Tampa, in downtown Tampa. It will feature a ground-floor restaurant, a rooftop residents’ club with an amenity deck and outdoor pool. Eighty residences will span 1,110 to 3,700 square feet and will be priced … Read more
West Palm Beach-based Verdex Construction has begun construction on The Pointe on Westshore, a luxury apartment community in Tampa, being developed by Westshore Pointe, a venture between Jupiter-based Index Investment Group and minority local partner Richard Coley. This marks Verdex’s first project beyond Florida’s east coast. The Pointe on Westshore, at 4950 W. Prescott St., … Read more
