One Liners

►Lakeland’s Brew Hub signed a deal with Carnival Cruise Lines to produce cans and kegs of the cruise line’s three signature beers, a toasted amber ale, a West Coast IPA and a citrusy wheat beer. ►Publix senior vice president, general counsel and secretary John Attaway will retire May 31. ►Florida Poly President Randy K. Avent

►Developer and investment firm Pollack Shores Real Estate Group plans to develop a 224-unit apartment community in Largo named The Rosery. ► RCS Pinellas has been recognized as the 2019 Biggest Community Impact organization at the Tampa Bay Beaches Chamber of Commerce’s annual Celebration Awards. ► Kirk Ray Smith was named president and CEO of

►Liberty Group appointed Stacy Royalty as general manager and Kimberly Merilus-Arrigo as director of sales for the Hampton by Hilton and Home2 Suites by Hilton, a dual-branded hotel in downtown Tampa. ►Moss Construction promoted Toby Manulak to vice president in the firm’s Tampa office. ► Michelle Bauer, chief operating officer of the Tampa Hillsborough Economic

►J.E. Charlotte Construction Corp., a Venice-based commercial construction company, was awarded the contract to spearhead the exterior renovation of a new 2,200-square-foot outdoor dining area for the Bird Key Yacht Club, a private yacht club in Sarasota. ►The Charles & Margery Barancik Foundation announced the election of Tervis Tumbler Co. CFO Hosana Fieber to a

►Legoland Florida opened its latest attraction The LEGO Movie World in Winter Haven. ►Jerry Haag, president and CEO of Florida Baptist Children’s Home and One More Child, was elected as the vice chair of the Florida Faith-Based and Community-Based Advisory Council, a council that is appointed by the governor and state senate. ►The Lakeland Fire

►Miami-based Coral Rock Development Group and Arena Capital Holdings acquired Prospect Towers, a senior-living high-rise in downtown Clearwater, for $13.5 million. ►Berkadia, a joint venture of Berkshire Hathaway and Jefferies Financial Group, arranged the $50.1 million sale and $37.22 million financing of Estates at Countryside, a 320-unit multifamily asset in Clearwater. ►Marcus & Millichap (NYSE:

►ServisFirst Bank, a subsidiary of ServisFirst Bancshares (NASDAQ: SFBS), earned an exclusive national endorsement by American Bankers Association as the new agent credit card program for ABA. ►Franklin Street, a full-service commercial real estate firm, relocated its headquarters to the Austin Center at 1311 Westshore Blvd., Tampa. ►CareerSource Suncoast has added Cassandra Decker as community

►Shorecrest Preparatory School received an anonymous $2 million gift for its Transform campaign, which is the largest in the school’s history. ►The Greater St. Petersburg Area Economic Development Corporation partnered with CareerEdge to develop a website, stpeteworkforce.com, to list workforce-related resources available to employers in the greater St. Petersburg area. ►Bankers Insurance Group, a St.

►Goodwill Manasota won the “Market Leadership by Share of Used Goods” award for having the highest market penetration of its donor market, and the “Market Leadership by Donations” award for capitalizing on the highest proportion of its available used goods market during the Goodwill Industries International summer conference in Austin, Texas. ►The Sarasota YMCA Roberta

►Tampa General Hospital made the 2018 list of 100 Hospitals and Health Systems with Great Heart Programs, published by Becker’s Hospital Review, a national health care publication. ►Franklin Street completed sale of The Avenue Apartments in Temple Terrace for $23.3 million. ►The Tampa Downtown Partnership named Lynda Remund president and CEO. ►Franklin Street negotiated a

►Craig Scafidi, a commercial advisor with Coldwell Banker Commercial, represented Amigo’s Tortilla Bar as they signed a lease to open their first St. Petersburg location in a 2,000-square-foot commercial building at 681 Central Avenue. (Photo above) ►Dean Akers joined the board of directors for the Tampa Bay Innovation Center in St. Petersburg. ►Clearwater-based Master Restoration

►Transwestern Development, in partnership with a private real estate fund advised by Crow Holdings Capital-Real Estate, acquired 183.5 acres that will be developed as a speculative 1 million-square-foot industrial facility at 6200 State Road 33 N. in Lakeland. (Rendering above) ►Coldwell Banker Commercial Saunders Real Estate in Lakeland reported the sale of 3 Creeks Crossing