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  • Brian Hartz
  • December 13, 2022
European electric vehicle maker opens showroom in Tampa

Polestar’s retail location will offer an augmented reality driving experience.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • Louis Llovio
  • December 12, 2022
City to consider updated plan for $40M hotel; lawsuit to proceed if rejected again

A Tampa developer is going before City Council on Dec. 15 with a revised plan aimed at appeasing council members swayed by residents.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • December 12, 2022
City waives permit fees for storm damage

The fees will be waived in Sarasota through Jan. 1.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • December 12, 2022
New Water Street Tampa restaurant launches hiring process

The Pearl, part of Cameron Mitchell Restaurants’ portfolio, is looking for line cooks, bartenders, servers and other hourly positions.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • December 12, 2022
Pickleball clubs coming to six additional sites as part of $180M expansion

The Pickleball Club and its real estate partner, Harry E. Robbins Associates Inc., now have 15 facilities in the works.

  • News
    By
  • Louis Llovio
  • December 10, 2022
Tampa boosts funding for affordable housing by $20M

The city’s CRA is adding the money to fund initiatives addressing critical housing issues.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • December 10, 2022
Manatee County approves new leadership

The county named a new deputy county administrator and approved the promotion of the interim CFO.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Louis Llovio
  • December 9, 2022
Tampa Electric to build and move to new HQ building

TECO will move from its downtown headquarters in 2025 when a new 17-story tower in the Midtown Tampa development is complete.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • December 9, 2022
Clearwater homebuilding franchisor welcomes new CEO

C.R. Herro has succeeded Jim Rosewater at AR Homes by Arthur Rutenberg.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Alex Walsh
  • December 9, 2022
Former NY Stock Exchange CEO's wealth management firm opens first Florida office

Transcend Capital Advisors, which recently opened in Naples, has other offices in New Jersey and Michigan.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Mark Gordon
  • December 9, 2022
Restaurant company, behind 5-star fun motto, nearly doubles locations in less than a year

Fun-loving restaurant owner John Horne takes a "why not now" approach to growth.

  • Strategies
    By
  • Amanda Postma
  • December 9, 2022
Chicken sandwich-making sisters go from porch to nearly $1 million business

With a counterintuitive approach — what business plan? — two sisters find fast success by sticking to one key nugget: give customers what they want, with good service.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Louis Llovio
  • December 8, 2022
Grand jury indicts group for embezzling hundreds of thousands in aid for students

The co-conspirators are facing prison time for stealing student identities to gain access to accounts.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • December 8, 2022
Bradenton nonprofit names new executive director

Karen Corbin has been with the organization for three years.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Louis Llovio
  • December 8, 2022
Mortgage rates fall for fourth straight week

Freddie Mac says the news is not good but a sign of “lackluster economic growth.”

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