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  • February 16, 2022
County approves $25M in federal funds for $80M bridge project

Construction on the Big Carlos Pass Bridge is expected to begin this fiscal year.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Brian Hartz
  • February 15, 2022
Star investor headlines groundbreaking for new innovation center

ARK Investment Management's Cathie Wood and local officials broke ground for the new ARK Innovation Center project in St. Petersburg.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • February 15, 2022
Hotel gets $25 million boost it needs to go skyward

Construction is expected to wrap up in 24 months.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Louis Llovio
  • February 15, 2022
Construction to begin on $27 million office complex in Pasco County

Developers of 120,000-square-foot office complex getting Penny for Pasco funds to build on spec.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Louis Llovio
  • February 15, 2022
Philadelphia investor pays $39 million for Tampa bottling facility

EQT Equity expands footprint in region a month after buying two local facilities from laundry service

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • February 15, 2022
Hospital to pay $5.5M to settle improper Medicaid payments case

Case, for which hospital officials attribute to difference of interpretation of Medicaid rules, dates back to 2014 and 2015.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • February 15, 2022
Atlanta law firm adds two partners to Tampa team

Four attorneys — two partners, an associate and an of counsel member — have joined the Tampa office of Hall Booth Smith, an Atlanta-based law firm.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Louis Llovio
  • February 14, 2022
Failure to report $1 million in income from marijuana business could land man in federal prison

Man pleads guilty to not reporting income from business and using money to buy luxury cars.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • February 14, 2022
Law firm appoints new senior counsel

William “Dirk” Pastorick moved with his family from the Philadelphia area to Sarasota in 2020.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Brian Hartz
  • February 14, 2022
Pulitzer Prize winner joins Tampa Bay area bank’s leadership team

Sheryl WuDunn, a former New York Times reporter, has been named to St. Petersburg-based First Home Bank’s board of directors.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • February 12, 2022
Rapidly rising auto insurance rates put long-term pressure on drivers

Driver education firm predicts which states will be the most and least expensive for auto ownership.

  • News
    By
  • Louis Llovio
  • February 11, 2022
Six new tenants, including restaurant, coming to Naples design hub

The Collective will add a half-dozen tenants by end of the year.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • February 11, 2022
Business accelerator welcomes applications for next cohort

Tampa Bay Innovation Center in St. Petersburg welcomes applications for next cohort as it prepares to break ground on new facility.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • February 11, 2022
Build-for-rent community to bring 274 homes to area

The community is a multifamily housing concept focused on homebuyers facing unaffordable options.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • February 10, 2022
National top 100 law firm names new partner at local office

David Slenn worked at Akerman nine years ago.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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