Tampa Bay Business News, Companies, Real Estate & Economic Development
► Sparrow, an upscale rooftop bar, is being planned for the Moxy Hotel by Marriott, at 1234 Central Ave., in downtown St. Petersburg. (Pictured above) ► Coca-Cola Beverages Florida opened its new sales and distribution center, at 9300 16th St. N., in St. Petersburg. ► Harte Hanks, a global customer experience company based in San … Read more
► 3 Daughters Brewing, in St. Petersburg, released a line of vodka-and-soda-canned cocktails, in three flavors, including grapefruit, pineapple and mango. (Pictured above) ► Avison Young’s Florida Capital Markets Group completed the $22.5 million sale of the 134,362-square-foot, 13-acre retail property, at 21800 U.S. Highway 19 N, in Clearwater, to an affiliate of the Philadelphia … Read more
► Little’s, a drive-through restaurant serving sliders, tenders, fries and malted milkshakes, plans to open at 4th Street North and 87th Avenue, in St. Petersburg. (Rendering above) ► St. Petersburg’s Sunken Gardens is opening a history center in the original 1940 entrance and gift shop, a building that, until recently, held the garden’s tropical birds … Read more
► Construction has begun for an apartment building at Echelon City Center, a master-planned development, in the Carillon business park of St. Pete. ► Cushman & Wakefield, a commercial real estate services firm, arranged the sale of Bay Vista Gardens I and II, a single-story flex five-building office portfolio, in Clearwater, for $18 million. ► … Read more
► Torchy’s Tacos, an Austin-based fast-casual restaurant, plans to open at 2314 Tyrone Blvd. N. in St. Petersburg, in the space previously occupied by Pollo Tropical. (Pictured above) ► Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital, in St. Petersburg, has named Sherron Rogers as chief financial officer. ► The city of St. Petersburg announced two leadership position … Read more
► TradeWinds Island Resorts, on St. Pete Beach, plans to expand its resort, adding roughly 850,000 square feet of new resort space by 2029. (Pictured above) ► Noble Family Wealth, in Clearwater, has added Raj Dholakia to its team as a senior family wealth associate. ► The city of St. Petersburg named James Corbett its … Read more
► Trez Capital, a private real estate lender, funded a $19.05 million construction loan for a boutique luxury condominium project at 400 150th Ave., in Madeira Beach. (Rendering above) ► AC Hotel Clearwater Beach, a Marriott property, opened at 395 Coronado Drive, Clearwater Beach. ► The Clearwater Free Clinic named Holly Moon as the director … Read more
► TradeWinds Island Resorts – the Island Grand and RumFish Beach Resort – added 141 rooms to its portfolio, along with a new zip line on the beach and a new Mexican restaurant at the Island Grand called Bermudas Beachside Cantina. (Pictured above) ► Pyper, a branding and advertising agency, in St. Petersburg, is celebrating … Read more
► The University of South Florida St. Petersburg is planning to build the Center of Excellence Environmental & Oceanographic Sciences, a research center to be located at the College of Marine Science, at 830 First St. S. (Rendering above) ► Tesla Motors proposed an expansive sales, service and delivery center in at 4601 34th St. … Read more
► TeBella Tea Co. opened in the Edge District of downtown St. Petersburg at 1445 Central Ave. (Pictured above) ► Stoneweg U.S., a St. Petersburg-based real estate investment firm specializing in multifamily acquisitions and developments, promoted Pamela Williams to director of asset management. ► PostcardMania, a Clearwater-based, business-focused marketing company, named Jackie Payson Wirsing as … Read more