Hotel ORA is approaching a new pricing phase

Luxury hotel suite rendering at Hotel ORA with floor-to-ceiling windows overlooking downtown Tampa at dusk.

Hotel ORA is nearing a pricing inflection point as financing milestones shift leverage from sales velocity to long-term control in downtown Tampa.

Seagate Space takes rocket launches offshore

Mobile offshore launch platform carrying a rocket at sea during a conceptual launch scenario

Seagate Space is rethinking how and where rockets launch as offshore platforms move into focus.

Hillsborough College board unanimously backs Rays talks

Conceptual rendering of Hillsborough College’s Dale Mabry campus showing a proposed mixed-use development as stadium negotiations begin

Hillsborough College trustees voted unanimously to begin formal Rays stadium negotiations.

Buddy Brew Coffee to open 10 cafés inside Sprouts stores

Buddy Brew Coffee storefront with black awnings during retail expansion into grocery stores

Buddy Brew Coffee plans 10 in-store cafés inside Sprouts locations across Tampa Bay.

Bavaro’s opens central kitchen on North Nebraska

Exterior of Bavaro’s new central kitchen on North Nebraska Avenue used for bread, pasta and catering production.

Bavaro’s opened a central kitchen on North Nebraska to shift catering and production out of its restaurants.

ConnectWise acquires AI firm to automate IT service work

ConnectWise logo with text reading “ConnectWise AI Acquisition”

ConnectWise acquires an AI automation company to help IT providers scale service delivery.

Gasparilla: How Tampa invented its defining tradition

Historic illustration of the Gasparilla invasion ship sailing through downtown Tampa as crowds line the riverbanks and bridges.

How Gasparilla evolved from a staged pirate invasion into one of Tampa’s most durable civic traditions.