Tampa Bay–Lakeland

Louis Llovio
March 30, 2022

Construction of 622,000-square-foot St. Pete industrial park to begin this summer

Leasing opens for new 75-acre Gateway Logistics Center set to open early 2023.

Tampa Bay-Lakeland

Business Observer Staff
March 30, 2022

Former Tampa tech firm leader joins Dallas company as CEO

Tony DiBenedetto, who led Tribridge for 19 years, succeeds Brandon Miles as head of Appspace.

Tampa Bay-Lakeland

Louis Llovio
March 29, 2022

Financial tech firm opens first out-of-state office in Tampa

Minneapolis-based Branch has opened office in Ybor City, cites area's sales talent and potential as what attracted it.

Tampa Bay-Lakeland

Business Observer Staff
March 29, 2022

State education board to consider university’s choice for next president

Rhea law is the University of South Florida Board of Trustees' pick to be the university's next president. She's held the job on an interim basis since August 2021.

Tampa Bay-Lakeland

Louis Llovio
March 28, 2022

President of drug company indicted for accepting more than $450,000 in bribes from supplier

Feds allege Thomas Mollick of Tampa told supplier it had to pay kickback to do business.

Tampa Bay-Lakeland

Business Observer Staff
March 28, 2022

Vocational training nonprofit receives $3M federal grant

AmSkills, a vocational training nonprofit, has received a $3 million federal grant that will help it complete a workforce training innovation center in Pasco County, Florida.

Tampa Bay-Lakeland

Business Observer Staff
March 25, 2022

Tourism agency expands leadership team with two executive hires

Eric Davis and Aislinn Stone have joined Visit Tampa Bay, the destination marketing organization for Tampa and Hillsborough County, as vice president of finance and director of partner development, respectively.

Tampa Bay-Lakeland

Business Observer Staff
March 24, 2022

Law firm’s fast-growing lobbying arm names new chief of staff

Gino Casanova, a former legislative aide in Tallahassee, has joined lobbying firm Shumaker Advisors Florida as chief of staff.

Tampa Bay-Lakeland

Business Observer Staff
March 23, 2022

Local Habitat for Humanity chapters receive portion of massive donation

Habitat for Humanity of Hillsborough County and Pinellas County, Florida, have received multimillion-dollar gifts from MacKenzie Scott, ex-wife of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, to tackle the affordable housing crisis.