Real estate, development and business across Tampa Bay
Former University of South Florida President Judy Genshaft received the Outstanding Floridian Award from the Florida Council of 100. This is the first year the Outstanding Floridian Award has been given by the Council of 100, a nonpartisan organization of business leaders that exists to promote the economic growth of Florida. The Council of 100 … Read more
►Joint replacement specialist and orthopedic surgeon Alan Valadie with Coastal Orthopedics in Bradenton was honored with Blake Medical Center’s 2020 Doctor of the Year award. (Pictured above). ► Allegiant Airlines added Boston’s Logan International Airport to its list of destinations served from Sarasota-Bradenton International Airport. ► Suncoast Credit Union awarded Children First a $10,000 grant … Read more
►The Terrace Hotel, in downtown Lakeland at 329 E. Main St., was purchased for $7.25 million by a group of five local investors that include former city commissioner Edie Yates, her husband, David Henderson, as well as their two sons and John Grieger. (Pictured above) ►The Watson Clinic Foundation’s Arts in Medicine program was presented … Read more
► 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. … Read more
Primary education facilities are at face value, a place to teach children but according to the team at Zyscovich, they can be much more. Primary schools are economic drivers, community definers and a breeding ground for innovation and stimulation, or at least they should be. Perhaps not widely known in the Tampa region, yet, Zyscovich … Read more
► Moss Construction, in Tampa, was awarded a $14 million contract to renovate Northwest Elementary School in Hudson. ► ReliaQuest, a Tampa-based cybersecurity firm, entered into a partnership with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers that includes its designation as the team’s official cybersecurity partner ►Bank of America is partnering with Feeding Tampa Bay, Metropolitan Ministries, Beth El Farmworker Ministry, St. Pete … Read more
Business leaders are ready to return to work. As we adapt to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s guidelines, and welcome back employees and customers, the place childcare holds in our economy should be top of mind. COVID-19 has brought into clear focus how important childcare and early learning are to the business community. … Read more
►Tampa-based SoFresh, an emerging, fresh casual restaurant that serves nutritious, made-to-order healthy meals, expanded its franchise business and is scheduled to open three new Florida locations this year, the first being at Westshore Town Center (next to Starbucks). (Pictured above) ► Wrench Group, a national home repair and maintenance services company headquartered in Marietta, Georgia, … Read more
► 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 … Read more
►Solar Power World recognized the efforts of solar contractors across the United States in its 2020 Top Solar Contractors list, where Sarasota solar installer Brilliant Harvest earned a rank of 352, among companies from across the country, and 34th in Florida. ►Drinkware manufacturer Tervis, based in North Venice, launched wide-mouth water bottles which are now … Read more
