Pinellas

► Sorrento Sweets, a bakery and coffee shop that specializes in classic Italian desserts, is opening at 667 Central Avenue, St. Petersburg. (Pictured above) ► OriginClear completed its move out of California, co-locating corporate headquarters with its manufacturing division near Dallas, and setting up administrative facilities at 13575 58th St. N., Clearwater. ► Achieva Credit

►Mutts and Martinis, St. Peterburg’s first dog waterpark and full-liquor bar, is planned for 2900 Central Ave. (Pictured above) ► Bonnie Smith was named chief information officer at Tech Data, based in Clearwater, succeeding John Tonnison, who is retiring after nearly two decades with the tech distributor. ► Cabot Properties bought property at 12210 62nd

► Thomas D. Sims, a partner in the St. Petersburg office of Johnson Pope Bokor Ruppel & Burns, was named to the board of directors for The James Museum. (pictured above) ►The Pinellas County Foundation announced that $2.6 million in CARES funding will be allocated to nine Pinellas County nonprofit organizations to add to, or

► Evolve & Co., an advertising agency in St. Petersburg, was commissioned to rebrand Blue Head Ranch, 31,000 acres of South Florida rangeland in what was known in pioneer times as “The 90 Mile Prairie.” (Pictured above) ►The American Heart Association awarded $2,000 to Plato Academy, in Largo, for the replacement of physical education equipment.

► St. Petersburg College completed the Joseph H. Lang Sr. Student Success Center, at the St. Petersburg/Gibbs Campus, at 6605 Fifth Ave. N. (Pictured above) ►The owner of Budget Blinds of central Tampa, Tarpon Springs and Dunedin, Rob Emmerson along with his business partner and wife, Annemarie, donated $25,000 to Camelot Community Care’s Independent Living

► Ponte Vedra Inn & Club, a AAA Five-Diamond oceanfront resort in northeast Florida, engaged St. Petersburg-based Paradise Advertising and Marketing to publicize and promote its renovation project to global media outlets as the resort nears its centennial anniversary in 2028. ► Irina Nashtatik was named chief financial officer at Nicholas Financial, a consumer finance

►Benefactors and retired businesswomen, Kate Tiedemann and Ellen Cotton donated $1 million to the University of South Florida Foundation to create the Tiedemann-Cotton Endowed Professorship in Finance position at USF’s St. Petersburg campus. ►Rich Hume, CEO of Tech Data Corp., joined the board of directors of The AllState Corp. (NYSE: ALL). ►Bassano Cheesecake opened at

►Belleair Road Car Wash opened near U.S. Highway 19, on Belleair Road in Clearwater, behind Dick Morris Buick GMC. ►Hoots, a fast-casual restaurant chain affiliated with the Hooters brand, opened its first Florida location at 204 First Ave. N., St. Petersburg. ►SRS Real Estate Partners’ National Net Lease Group completed the $5.59 million sale of

►Grand Central Brewhouse, a microbrewery and beer garden under construction on Central Avenue in St. Petersburg, signed restaurant tenant LaLa Karaoke Box. ►The Pinellas Arts Community Relief Fund has been established and will be distributed through the Pinellas Community Foundation, where grants will provide urgent financial support for local artists, arts organizations and creative businesses

►Berkadia arranged the sale of Dunedin Commons, a 280-unit garden-style apartment community located in Dunedin, to Westdale Asset Management, in Dallas, for $62.5 million. (Pictured above)  ►USF St. Petersburg received a $10 million grant from the Florida Department of Education that will be used to help school districts address a variety of mental health-related issues.

St. Pete’s hidden glass art treasures come to life inside First United Methodist Church, home to rare Tiffany style stained glass windows.

►Cushman & Wakefield arranged the sale of Promenade at Carillon, a 334-unit multifamily asset in St. Petersburg’s Gateway district. (Pictured above) ► The Brian Bill Foundation, a St. Petersburg-based nonprofit organization that provides therapeutic support to active and retired U.S. Special Operations members, added four new members to its board of trustees, including Medal of