This is an ongoing story. Tampa Bay Business and Wealth will provide updates as new information becomes available. Rosen Hotels & Resorts activated its Florida Resident Distress Rates ahead of Tropical Storm Idalia, which is projected to become a hurricane before it hits land in Florida. Distress rates are as follows: $69/night (not including taxes) … Read more
The Cordova Inn, at 253 2nd Ave. N., in downtown St. Petersburg, celebrated its groundbreaking. The new construction will be five stories tall and sits next to the original hotel. It will bring the Cordova Inn’s total rooms to 97, when complete. There are also plans for a restaurant on the first floor and a … Read more
► Clearwater Marine Aquarium broke ground for its Manatee Rehabilitation Center which will allow CMA to accept manatees in need of restorative care. (Pictured above) ► The Pickleball Club, a Sarasota-based company that develops and operates private membership-based high-amenity indoor pickleball facilities throughout Florida, plans to open a pickleball club in Pinellas Park. ► Sam and … Read more
Grand Hyatt Tampa Bay has released unseen photos of its two, new 14th-floor event spaces offering panoramic views of Tampa Bay. The main event space, Skylark, encompasses 3,400 square feet of indoor space, including 1,800 square feet of pre-function space. It also has a 1,400-square-foot outdoor rooftop terrace with bay and city views. Its sister … Read more
A new AC Hotel by Marriott—St. Petersburg Downtown has opened, at 110 Second St. N. The eight-story hotel has 172 guest rooms, a 2,500-square-foot lobby, 1,800 square feet of meeting, and event, space, a fitness center and an outdoor pool. Cane & Barrel, the hotel’s signature rooftop terrace bar, is located on the eighth floor … Read more
► Cane & Barrel, a rooftop bar and cocktail lounge, opened at the 172-key AC Hotel by Marriott at 110 Second St. N. ► Hold-Thyssen, a full-service commercial real estate firm with offices in Clearwater and Winter Park, completed the $3.8 million sale of 4.8 acres on Seminole Boulevard, at the intersection of 21st Avenue … Read more
Tommy Del Zoppo, one of the founders of New Hotel Collection, has assumed the role of chief executive officer of the company, which is currently working on a major expansion of the historic Cordova Inn, in downtown St. Petersburg. Del Zoppo, who previously served as chief investment officer for New Hotel Collection, succeeds Alex Hodges … Read more
Tommy Del Zoppo, a Manhattan New Yorker, previously spent 30 years working on Wall Street. His wife was an Emmy-Award-winning producer who had worked for MTV, eventually taking a job with Home Shopping Network, which brought the couple down to St. Petersburg. “If you would have told me this is where I’d be sitting at … Read more
► Rosewood Residences Lido Key, Rosewood Hotels and Resorts’ first exclusively residential offering, released a rendering that reveals its exterior design. (Rendering above) ► Sixwatch, a cybersecurity and IT services firm, acquired Sarasota Support, a boutique technology support organization. ► Willis Smith Construction in Sarasota promoted F. John LaCivita from executive vice president to president … Read more
The Cordova Inn will begin demolition on the adjacent Stanton Apartments and Stanton Hotel in the coming weeks, which will make way for an additional 63 rooms at the boutique hotel in downtown St. Petersburg. Once complete the hotel will have 95 rooms and will total 53,700 square feet. The expanded hotel, which was designed … Read more
