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► Mangosteen, a tropical Asian-inspired restaurant, opened at 656 Central Ave., in St. Petersburg. (rendering above) ► Stoneweg U.S., based in St. Petersburg, announced the sale of Tuscan Reserve Apartments,

► CTO17 Sarasota sold an 18,120-square-foot retail property, at 1900 Fruitville Road, in downtown Sarasota, for $4.65 million to an undisclosed buyer. (pictured above) ► The University of South Florida

Climate First Bank opened its doors at 5301 Central Ave., St. Petersburg. Ken LaRoe, CEO of Climate First Bank, and St. Petersburg Mayor Rick Kriseman were in attendance.  [image_slider_no_space on_click=”prettyphoto”

► Clive Daniel Home, which sells home furnishings and provides custom residential, and commercial, interior design services, broke ground on its Sarasota showroom, located at 3055 Fruitville Commons Blvd., Sarasota.

► Sarasota-based LifeStar Living closed on a 5.25-acre property at 4595 34th Street South for $9 million and will build a The Manhattan, an active senior living community. (Pictured above)

Angel Gonzalez is the Hillsborough market president for SouthState Bank. He has been with CenterState, now SouthState, since 2007, when he began his career as a management trainee. He was

► Vernon Ellinger was honored at a Tampa Bay Lightning game as the latest Lightning Community Hero. (Pictured above)  ► Bank OZK (Nasdaq: OZK) launched its professional practice group with

By Susan Mauer, Tampa Bay Market President for Axiom Bank A year ago, phones in Axiom Bank’s commercial lending department started ringing off the hook – and they haven’t stopped.

► Sarasota Architectural Foundation and Center for Architecture Sarasota will merge as a single entity to be called Architecture Sarasota and will be led by Anne-Marie Russell as executive director.

► The National Institute for Automotive Service Excellence awarded Polk County’s Fleet Management Division with its highest honor, the ASE Blue Seal of Excellence. ► The Miller Planetarium, the final

► Buddy Brew Coffee opened a new café, at Armature Works, 1910 N. Ola Ave., in the Heights Public Market. ► The University of South Florida board of trustees voted

Rita Lowman, president of Pilot Bank, received the 2021 Dottie Berger MacKinnon Woman of Influence Award by the Tampa Bay Chamber. The Woman of Influence Award recognizes a woman whose