Industries

By Louis Llovio
December 14, 2022

Legislature passes property insurance reforms to address hobbled system

Florida’s Legislature approved measures to cut down on lawsuits and shore up Citizen Property Insurance Corp.

Insurance

By Business Observer Staff
December 14, 2022

Hertz lands new top marketing executive from a GE brand

Wayne Davis has more than 20 years of marketing, sales and business development experience.

Charlotte–Lee–Collier

By 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

By 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

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 Steven Benna
December 12, 2022

Transactions: Dec. 5 to Dec. 12

Hillsborough County office deal for $90.78 million leads this week's transactions.

Transactions

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 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 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 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.”

News

By Brian Hartz
December 8, 2022

Cru Cellars ready to launch next phase of growth

After a decade-plus of hard work, Tampa wine aficionados Torrey and Jen Bingham are transforming their burgeoning bottle-shop business into a full-fledged hospitality company.