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A Parisian-inspired fashion show at Sundial Plaza will spotlight luxury, community and giving back this Mother’s Day weekend.

⊲ Fifth Third Bank celebrated the opening of the new Sunlake location, at 18710 State Road 54, in Lutz, with a ribbon-cutting event featuring regional leadership, a tour of the “Next Gen” financial center and local business participation. ⊲ Coastal Ridge has broken ground on Stillwell Pasco Station, a 277-unit Build-to-Rent community, in Pasco County,

⊲ Basis Industrial created a new fund to acquire a $72 million multi-tenant industrial portfolio in Tampa, adding 472,512 square feet, across 18 buildings, to its expanding 4.2 million-square-foot portfolio. ⊲ The Alvarado Experience, a lifestyle and fashion brand founded in Tampa by Marcía Alvarado, has been officially certified as an LGBT Business Enterprise by

⊲ Tampa Bay Pickleball Academy has been approved to open an indoor facility in a warehouse off Gateway Boulevard, in West Lakeland. ⊲ Wheelchairs 4 Kids, in partnership with Integrity Home Improvement and People’s Church, has provided a 13-year-old, who has Spinal Muscular Atrophy, with a life-changing wheelchair-accessible shower, transforming his daily care and quality

⊲ LEGOLAND Florida Resort is gearing up for 2025 with exciting updates including the reopening of its renovated Water Park, in February, featuring refreshed attractions like the Joker Soaker and Twin Chasers, alongside new experiences like the SEA LIFE Florida aquarium debuting in spring, revamped LEGO-themed hotel rooms, seasonal events, and ongoing family fun with

⊲ Energy Insurance Mutual Limited, a leading provider of insurance and risk financing services for the energy sector, is relocating to a 16,224-square-foot office, in the 18-story Midtown East tower, at Midtown Tampa. (Pictured above) ⊲Lithium Battery Company is opening a 65,000-square-foot manufacturing facility, at 5201 S. Westshore Blvd., in South Tampa, bringing 50 high-tech jobs,

⊲ Neal Communities launched pre-sales at Palm Grove, a new Lakewood Ranch community of 900 homes, townhomes and paired villas, in east Manatee County, near Lake Manatee State Park, with prices starting in the low $300,000s. ⊲Neal Communities, a homebuilder in Lakewood Ranch, donated $25,000 in November and December to support community events and youth

⊲ Voila-Merci French Bakery and Bistro opened in a 2,680-square-foot space, at 19525 Gulf Blvd., Indian Shores, with a menu of authentic French pastries, cakes, croissants and more.  ⊲Intrepid Powerboats, in Largo, has named Terry McNew as its new president, the company announced Tuesday. ⊲Raymond James, the St. Petersburg-based financial services firm, has launched its

⊲ Raising Cane’s opened at 25952 FL-56 in front of Tampa Premium Outlets, in Lutz.  ⊲Moffitt Cancer Center, through its subsidiary Speros FL, a 775-acre global innovation life sciences campus, has announced a strategic collaboration with Cryoport, a global sciences supply chain services company, to bring CRYOGENE’s biorepository services for secure biological specimen storage to

⊲ The Crosswinds Shopping Center, at 2030 66th Street North, St. Petersburg, fully leased with anchor tenants including Marshalls, Michaels, Bealls and Havertys, was sold by Michigan-based Cambridge Investors to Georgia-based Crim & Associates and Wallace Properties for $20.5 million.  ⊲ Three parcels of land in Clearwater’s Airport Industrial Park—4400, 4600 and 4800 140th Avenue

⊲ Publix is set to build a 52,425-square-foot grocery store and liquor store, along with 8,400 square feet of adjacent retail space, on 10.02 acres in the Traditions Phase 1 subdivision south of Winter Haven, featuring a drive-thru pharmacy, two out parcels along Thompson Nursery Road and development led by Orlando-based Windercrest Development Group, which

⊲ Valley Bank associates, including Senior Executive Vice President of Commercial Banking Joe Chillura, Chief People Officer Yvonne Surowiec and Chief Executive Officer Ira Robbins, volunteered with Metropolitan Ministries and Feeding Tampa Bay to support hurricane recovery efforts in the Tampa Bay area, donating $80,000 to local nonprofits and providing essential resources to affected communities.