Mansions on the Market: Beach Park Estate

Details: The grandeur of this Beach Park estate combines superior craftsmanship that reflects sophisticated architectural details. Timeless in appearance, this 2009 gated residence is situated on nearly three-fourths of an acre. The entrance to the foyer, which has onyx floors and a bronze staircase, opens to the formal, two-story living room, dining room and mahogany-walled … Read more

Great Places and Spaces: St. Petersburg Museum of History

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

Mansions on the Market: Bonfoey House

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

Great Places and Spaces: Aravilla

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

20 Questions With … Brian Ford

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

Leading Women in STEM

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

Two tickets to Paradise

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