One Liners

► Chef Chris Ponte’s modern Italian restaurant Olivia will open, at 225 First Ave. N., St. Petersburg, on the ground floor of the Ascent apartment and hotel tower. (Pictured above) ►

► Purify: An Urban Sweat Lodge, founded and first opened on South Pineapple Avenue in Sarasota in 2018 by Samantha Albano, opened a location in Little Falls, New Jersey. ►

► Middleburg Communities, a developer based in Virginia, is building Mosby Avalon Park, a 338-unit apartment complex, in Wesley Chapel, near State Road 54.  ► The Pasco Economic Development Council

► The city of Tampa will use funds from a $5.35 million grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation to upgrade the Ashley Drive interchange in the city’s downtown district. 

► Aldi opened a new store, at 4532 S. Florida Ave., in Lakeland.  ► Publix Super Markets, based in Lakeland, has committed to giving an additional $4 million in grants

► Cane & Barrel, a rooftop bar and cocktail lounge, opened at the 172-key AC Hotel by Marriott at 110 Second St. N. ► Hold-Thyssen, a full-service commercial real estate

► Lake Michigan Credit Union was a finalist in the 2023 Tampa Bay Alliance of Merger & Acquisition Advisers’ Deal of the Year Award for its merger with Pilot Bank.

► Premier Community Healthcare is building two comprehensive health centers, in Pasco County, with a proposed 23,000 square foot clinic, in New Port Richey, that will have a pharmacy and

► Perry’s Porch, a café concept created by Seed & Feed Hospitality Group, is planned for 335 2nd Avenue NE, adjacent to the St. Petersburg Museum of History on the

► Lakeland Regional Health plans to build a new, free-standing emergency department at 6150 S. Florida Ave. (Pictured above) ► The Polk County Board of County Commissioners approved a $2.3

► Whitaker Lofts, at 1400 N. Tamiami Trail, Sarasota, a commercial property that will house a complex of high-end apartments and retail space, has sold for $1.7 million. (Pictured above)

► Moffitt Cancer Center, a Tampa-based cancer research center, unveiled Speros FL as the name of its planned 775-acre global innovation center in Pasco County. ► The San Antonio Lumber