Tampa Bay Business News and Top Stories

It’s often an afterthought. You turn on the faucet and water comes out, a seemingly endless supply of it. Clean and ready for showering, drinking or cooking.  It keeps your grass looking lush during the dry months and rinses away the layers of pollen when everything blooms and covers our cars in that green hue.

Heidi Butler’s childhood dream of becoming the cruise director for the Love Boat played out in real life when she and her husband, Michael Butler opened The Helm: Provisions & Coastal Fare on February 22, 2022. The original meaning of helm is associated with the equipment used for steering a ship or boat. Now taking

Endeavor Group Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: EDR), a global sports and entertainment company and parent company to IMG Academy, in Bradenton, has entered into a definitive agreement to sell IMG Academy, a sports education institution, to BPEA EQT, part of the leading global private equity group, EQT, in partnership with Nord Anglia Education. The all-cash deal

The Galati family relocated from Westchester, New York, to Hollywood, Florida, in the late 1960s.  The matriarch of the Galati family, Anna Maria, was pregnant with the youngest of her five children. Michael Galati, the patriarch of the family, didn’t want to raise his children in New York and had always loved being near the

St. Croix Capital Companies, an Austin-based commercial real estate firm, has entered the Tampa market with the acquisition of 303 N. Rome Avenue, in Tampa’s North Hyde Park. The 6508-square-foot building, acquired in December, is home to three tenants including Rome & Fig Global Bistro, Bottlesmith and Synergistiq Wellness. “Location, tenant quality and remaining term

After more than a year under construction, the Tampa Bay area’s largest Subaru retailer, and Subaru service center, Subaru of Wesley Chapel, is open for business. By inventory availability, more than 250 new Subaru vehicles in its first full allocation, and service center capacity, more than 30 service bays, Subaru of Wesley Chapel is the

When you hear the name Anthony Sullivan, there’s probably a very specific image that comes to mind: The OxiClean guy.   In business as one of television’s most known pitchmen, if not the most known, Sullivan, or “Sully” as many refer to him, has a long, laundry list of commercials on his resume, but that

Habitat for Humanity of Pinellas and West Pasco Counties hosted a volunteer build day, exclusively for the finalists of the 2023 Tampa Bay Business and Wealth Magazine’s Women awards. Finalists worked alongside future homeowner Cheetara Louch on her build site, in St. Petersburg. Habitat Pinellas and West Pasco is the 2023 TBBW Awards nonprofit partner.

Molly James has been named as the new chief executive officer of the Metropolitan Ministries Foundation, a separate 501c3 of Metropolitan Ministries. James was selected by the Metropolitan Ministries Foundation Board of Directors, succeeding Reverend Morris E. Hintzman who served as the Foundation’s president for the last several years, prior to his retirement, according to

Midtown Tampa has added four new tenants to its multi-use property. The new additions include Brilliant Earth, a jewelry retailer, Tipsy Salonbar, a salon offering manicures and pedicures along with other salon services, Core Reform, a fitness studio, and Ballard Designs, a furniture retailer. In addition, Sunda, an Asian dining offering, plans to open in

Let’s talk about the ghost town that turned into a cosmopolitan, mini-Manhattan, mecca now known as Water Street Tampa. Jeff Vinik, owner of Tampa Bay Lighting, and Cascade Investments, headed by Bill Gates, are the driving forces behind Strategic Property Partners and the vision for this metropolis.  Early in the planning phase, Next Level Brands