Holiday scams are surging. Here’s how to stay safe this season

A smartphone screen displaying a phishing warning with a fishing hook above an SMS alert icon, symbolizing text-message scam attempts.

The holiday season is here. It’s a time for celebrations, gift giving and year-end deadlines. While you’re juggling office events and covering for colleagues on long vacations, fraudsters are busy too. This is the moment they hope you’re tired, distracted or moving too fast to notice something is off. A holiday scam scenario: when caution … Read more

A closer look at Sarasota’s new St. Regis Longboat Key

Aerial view of the St. Regis Longboat Key pools and lagoon with the Gulf of Mexico in the background.

The St. Regis Longboat Key brings a new level of coastal luxury to Sarasota with refined design, quiet service and an 18-acre Gulf-front setting.

How a 2nd-gen entrepreneur revived his family’s Tampa liquor stores

Trey Lawson

Trey Lawson returned to Tampa to rebrand his family stores, grow Liquor Depot and build a community movement around bourbon and the $20 buzz.

Whole Foods will anchor Sarasota Square as 96-acre redevelopment accelerates

Rendering of the Sarasota Square redevelopment featuring a new Whole Foods Market, surrounding storefronts and outdoor pedestrian areas, with multifamily residential buildings in the background.

Whole Foods leads the first wave of tenants joining Torburn Partners’ major redevelopment of Sarasota Square.

Tropicana Field roof finished early as Rays chase new stadium

Aerial image of Tropicana Field under bright blue skies with St. Petersburg neighborhoods in the background.

St. Pete finished the Trop roof early and is moving into the next phase of repairs while the Rays explore a new stadium site.

Melting Pot CEO JC Crawford pushes bold menu and expansion strategy

Cheese fondue and a spread of fresh vegetables and dipping items at Melting Pot

Melting Pot CEO JC Crawford is reinventing how the Tampa-born brand delivers the perfect night out.

Tampa brokerage sparks bidding war for $5.2M Georgia hotel

Sleep Inn and Suites Valdosta, a recently renovated 71 room hotel sold for $5.2 million.

A Tampa brokerage closed a 5.2 million Georgia hotel sale after more than 120 buyers sparked a competitive bidding war.