Kahwa Coffee, a coffee roaster based in St. Petersburg, opened its newest location on Fourth Street, in St. Petersburg. To celebrate the grand opening, Kahwa Coffee will be offering complimentary beverages to all guests throughout the day. Additionally, attendees will have the chance to enter a raffle to win Free Coffee for a year. The … Read more
A new Clearwater business has launched that will provide catastrophic event membership service to homeowners, and second/vacation homeowners, in Florida with properties at risk from storm damage, in 2024. Daybreak Response provides personalized disaster recovery services to high-value property owners. Daybreak leverages HOMEE’s national servicing footprint in Florida, which connects professional contractors to the property, … Read more
A new high-end, private club called The Elliott is being planned for downtown Tampa. The member-only club will be located at 500 E. Kennedy Blvd, in a building designed in 1921 by M. Leo Elliott, a well-known Tampa architect who designed Tampa landmarks like Tampa City Hall, The Italian Club and the Cuban Club. “We’re … Read more
PSCU/Co-op Solutions, a payments credit union service organization (and an integrated financial technology solutions provider, has rebranded as Velera. As of January, PSCU and Co-op began operating as one company, which is based in St. Petersburg and led by Charles E. “Chuck” Fagan, who was previously president and chief executive officer of PSCU. “As we … Read more
Roemanu, a holding company focused on originating and investing in business purpose mortgage loans across the United States and the United Kingdom, and its subsidiary Toorak Capital Partners, opened its new joint headquarters at Water Street Tampa’s Thousand & One office tower. Merchants Mortgage & Trust Corporation, also a subsidiary of Roemanu, will continue to … Read more
Pyper, a St. Petersburg-based integrated marketing agency, has promoted Lindsay Petty Wattam to partner. She will continue her role as vice president, as well as her daily duties overseeing the agency’s strategy and client relationships. Petty Wattam joined the agency, in 2016, after working in-house for the University of South Florida, where she built a … Read more
Suncoast Credit Union, in Tampa, has named Ben Lemoine as chief financial officer and senior vice president. Lemoine has more than 18 years of experience in the credit union industry. In his new role, he will lead all aspects of Suncoast’s financial strategy, oversee the credit union’s finance, accounting and information technology functions and manage … Read more
Office Pride Commercial Cleaning Services has appointed Doug Phillip as its chief executive officer. Phillip, who now assumes the day-to-day leadership of the company, has more than 30 years’ experience in national and global franchise business. Prior to joining Office Pride, Phillip was the president of Budget Blinds and executive vice president of Home Franchise … Read more
Atlas Professional Services, a Tampa-based information technology support services company, has added Tony Martinez as chief executive officer. Former CEO Greg Zolkos will remain involved at Atlas as founder and chairman. Zolkos founded Atlas in 2006. Under his leadership as founder, president and CEO the past 18 years, the managed service provider has grown to … Read more
Tampa City Council has approved the construction of a new 70,000-square-foot YMCA, along with a 6-acre mixed use development in Tampa Heights. Now, Ellison Development is sharing the first look of what the project will look like once complete. Located within the Tampa Heights Historic District, the new YMCA will nearly double the space of … Read more
