Real Estate

The dictionary definition of a father is as follows: one who loves, supports, guides, encourages and inspires his child or children. Sam Ellison, patriarch of the Ellison family, checks all

► The Sarasota City Commission approved a partnership agreement with the Van Wezel Foundation for the planning, financing, design and construction of the new Sarasota Performing Arts Center to be

► 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

Described as “urban living with an edge,” VELA, at 424 8th Street S., St. Petersburg, is expected to be complete by summer of 2023. Pricing of residences is from upper

► The Polk Museum of Art at Florida Southern College announced a $6 million, 10,000-square-foot expansion that will triple the gallery space and add classrooms and art labs. ► Denise

► 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

List price: $3.2 million Address: 7520 213th St. E., Bradenton Specs: 7 bedrooms | 6 bathrooms | 6,541 square feet Details: This secluded, 12.67-acre property is in the Foxwood subdivision

► Buddy Brew Coffee won a distribution agreement with Jacksonville-based Southeastern Grocers, the parent company of Winn-Dixie, Fresco y Mas and others, which will carry Bolt, Buddy Brew’s organic, ready-to-drink,

►Forward Hospitality Group, based in Cleveland, is planning to open John Boy, a 1970s-themed nightclub at 16 Second St. N., St. Petersburg, in the space that Ringside Cafe previously occupied.

Verdex Construction was awarded two major, multifamily projects in Sarasota by developer Eastwind Development—the Crossings at Palm Aire Apartments and Lakewood Ranch Senior, both designed by Forum Architecture and Interior

► Gov. Ron DeSantis awarded a $10.4 million grant to the city of Sarasota and the Bay Park Conservancy to be used by the conservancy for infrastructure and coastal resiliency

► Current Rocky Point, a special-purpose entity affiliated with Tampa-based Caspers Co., has purchased The Current hotel, an Autograph Collection property by Marriott, at 2545 N. Rocky Point Dr., Tampa,