Health care giant renews commitment to region

TAMPA — WellCare Health Plans Inc., the largest publicly traded company in Tampa, has committed to keeping its headquarters in the city through 2030.

WellCare — which employs some 7,000 people nationwide, 4,500 of whom work in Tampa — renewed the leases of its 71-acre, 380,000-square-foot corporate campus at 8725 Henderson Road and three satellite offices, also in Tampa.

“We're incredibly fortunate to have our corporate headquarters in Tampa,” states WellCare CEO Kenneth Burdick in a press release. “The Tampa Bay area is a business-friendly environment. It's a place where people from all over the country want to live, work and play and has helped us as we continue to grow as a company and recruit and retain top talent.”