Bay Stage Live acquires AVSS

Bay Stage Live, a live-event production and audio/visual company, has acquired AVSS (Audio Visual Support Services), both based in Tampa. The acquisition comes as new owners Danielle Justo Sherwin and Nicole Justo Idziak purchased the family-owned business from their parents, Brian and Yvonne Justo, in 2022, making them the third-generation owners since the company’s inception

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Tampa Bay veteran-owned business donates more than $100,000 in medical bags to local organizations (PHOTOS)

Luminary Global, a St. Petersburg-based, veteran-owned company has donated more than $100,000 in StatPacks medical bags, since the start of 2023. Since the beginning of the year, Luminary has donated 246 medical bags, which are designed to be stocked with life-saving items for advanced life support or basic life support situations. The bag is also

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BTI Partners sells Westshore Marina District’s Town Center

Fort Lauderdale-based BTI Partners has sold Marina Landings, the 70,000-square-foot retail town center of Westshore Marina District, in Tampa. The property sold for $13 million. The buyer was Transcentum. Tenants of Marina Landings include Cru Cellars, Sand Surf Co., Duckweed Urban Grocery, Crave Spa, Salon Color Bar, DRNK coffee + tea and QWENCH juice bar,

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How to do the Valspar Championship in style

It’s almost Valspar Championship week once again, in Tampa Bay.  The PGA TOUR Valspar Championship will be held March 14 to 19. Each year, the tournament brings a week of events to life at Innisbrook Resort, in Palm Harbor. And this year, the tournament has some new VIP experiences. “There will be opportunities available from

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Construction begins on Gas Work project in Ybor City

Tampa Mayor Jane Castor joined developer Darryl Shaw, the founder and chief executive officer of KETTLER, Bob Kettler, and other community leaders and elected officials to mark the official groundbreaking of Gas Worx, a 50-acre development, in Ybor City. A joint venture between Shaw and KETTLER, Gas Worx is located between the Ybor Historic District

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Lisa Holland is piloting Sheltair through the highs and lows

Lisa Holland is intentional in how she describes her role at Sheltair, as chief executive officer and president, yes. But it’s still her parents’ business, not hers.  “It’s very much a family business. I work for a salary, just like everyone else there,” she says. This is the way Holland speaks about many things. Frank,

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Bern’s Steak House launches new reservation policy with philanthropic twist

Bern’s Steak House has launched a new reservation process that will require credit cards to secure bookings. No-show reservations, and reservation cancellations made within 24 hours or less of the booking, will be subject to a $25 per person charge but 100 percent of the proceeds of those charges will benefit Feeding Tampa Bay, according

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USF students bring JustBaked kiosks to Tampa Bay area businesses

Tampa-based entrepreneur David Chessler sponsored a project at the University of South Florida Muma College of Business which gave students the opportunity to get real world entrepreneurial experience. This USF entrepreneurial competition had 60 entries out of which Team 11 division’s project, JustBaked Hot Food, made the final three. Team 11 included four USF students

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Scenes from CEO Connect with Rick Brandt (PHOTOS)

Tampa Bay Business and Wealth held its February CEO Connect with Rick Brandt, chief executive officer of Brandt, in Tampa. Presenting sponsors included INB, Forvis and Kuducom. Bridgette Bello, CEO and publisher of TBBW, interviewed Brandt in front of a sold-out live audience at Zoo Tampa at Lowry Park. You can read Brandt’s cover story

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Ellison Construction announces executive appointments

Ellison Construction, formerly EWI Construction, a construction management firm, in Tampa, has promoted Cory Ellison as president and added Brady Harris as the company’s new executive vice president and partner of the firm. Ellison has been with Ellison Construction since its inception, in 2007. He started as a project manager and, most recently, was chief

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Kahwa Coffee and St. Pete Arts Alliance announces latest coffee can art

The St. Petersburg Arts Alliance, along with its community partner Kahwa Coffee, revealed the second collaboration in a series that supports the building of the St. Petersburg Arts Endowment, through the sale of art-wrapped coffee canisters at every Kahwa for preorder online and in store available in all Kahwa locations. The latest artist is Glenyse

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Global logistics hub to develop facility at Port Tampa Bay

Tradepoint Atlantic, a global multimodal logistics hub and industrial center, has approved a lease agreement with Tradepoint Tampa for 35 acres of land to build a trans-load warehouse distribution facility, at Port Tampa Bay. Under the terms of a 40-year lease agreement, Tradepoint Tampa will design, construct and operate an approximately 500,000-square-foot facility for the

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