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Tampa Bay–Lakeland

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  • December 18, 2025
Tampa Museum of Art director to retire

Michael Tomor, 63, announced his retirement Thursday and plans to spend more time visiting family throughout the country.

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  • December 18, 2025
4-acre entertainment district to be built in downtown Tampa

The developer behind Water Street Tampa is bringing a live music venue with retail and a hotel to a lot across from Benchmark International Arena.

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  • December 18, 2025
Rays CEO talks childhood baseball, fan experiences and new ballparks

Ken Babby, who recently took over as one of the owners of the Tampa Bay Rays, says baseball is a game that creates bonds and wants those memories made at Tropicana Field and a new ballpark.

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$35M community center opens in east Tampa

Fair Oaks Community Center is the largest center of its kind in Tampa.

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  • December 16, 2025
Report: Tampa No. 2 retail real estate market nationwide

Only Charlotte, North Carolina, was better than Tampa when it came to the performance of its retail real estate.

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  • December 16, 2025
See the Tropicana Field renovations from the inside

Work on repairing the ballpark is ongoing with the goal of being ready for the home opener in April.

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  • December 15, 2025
3 Polk County residents charged in $2M COVID fraud case

The three are among a dozen people, mostly from Central Florida, accused by the Department of Justice of filing false COVID relief applications with the Small Business Administration.

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  • December 15, 2025
Pinellas artwork manufacturer completes $13.5M facility expansion

Wendover Art Group expanded its Largo facility to nearly 200,000 square feet with help from Pinellas County's Employment Sites Program.

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  • December 14, 2025
Luxury tower tops half-billion dollars in sales

In the week's top commercial real estate news, owners invest $2 million Sarasota County gym, a Dallas investor buys St. Pete properties, and a mover moves into new space in Manatee.

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  • December 13, 2025
Report: Small business optimism up, but worries percolate

An increase in business owners expecting more sales was the biggest factor in the increased Optimism Index.

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  • December 12, 2025
Moez Limayem confirmed as USF’s new president

USF’s former business dean will make a base salary of $1.25 million as the ninth president of the university.

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  • December 11, 2025
Tampa eye care nonprofit to break ground on $16M Ybor City project

The Lions World Vision Institute will break ground Friday on its new Vision Health Center adjacent to its Ybor City headquarters.

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  • December 11, 2025
Trio of USF professors receive national recognition for innovation

Provost Prasant Mohapatra and professors Christian Bréchot and Chandrakant Patel were selected for the honor.

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  • December 11, 2025
44-year-old St. Pete office building sells for nearly $9 million

Local investor bought the Tyrone Tower building in a busy commercial district in the city.

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  • December 10, 2025
Tampa youth program shutters, 144 employees laid off

The offender rehabilitation program, which was run by Tennessee based Wayne Halfway House, was located at the Tampa Bay Girls Academy on Columbus Avenue.

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