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Tampa Bay–Lakeland

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  • January 21, 2022
Developer, on the strength of 230% growth, adds to executive team

Tampa, Florida-based Franklin Development Corp. has hired a chief development officer and chief construction officer as it enjoys big growth driven by Florida's construction boom.

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  • Louis Llovio
  • January 21, 2022
Sister City plan wave of the future, says Rays' owner as he asks: What happens now?

As baseball officials in Tampa and Montreal ponder the future, they say their rejected sister-city plan was groundbreaking — and will someday be the norm in pro sports.

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  • January 20, 2022
Rays' plans for split season foiled, future in limbo

With the Sister City plan dead, the team is taking a hard look at its future.

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  • January 20, 2022
Amid record growth, insurer expands executive team

Amid record growth, Clearwater, Florida-based AmeriLife Group LLC has expanded its executive team.

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  • January 20, 2022
Accountant pleads guilty to murder-for-hire plot involving dark web and Bitcoin

Tampa accountant was charged with trying to hire someone to kill the wife of an ex-boyfriend

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  • January 19, 2022
Wyoming registered agent conglomerate acquires Tampa shopping center for $8M

The 29,600-square-foot center on Bearss Avenue is three miles from USF and is 92% full

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  • January 19, 2022
Arizona restaurant chain set to expand in area, hire 130 people

Arizona restaurant chain True Food Kitchen is set to expand to Tampa, Florida.

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  • January 18, 2022
Area resident gets federal prison for $800K COVID-19 relief fraud

Louis Thornton III applied for federal relief funds in the names of defunct companies

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  • January 18, 2022
University launches business administration doctoral program

Applications are being accepted for the new University of Tampa PhD program in business administration, set to debut in the fall 2022 semester.

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  • January 17, 2022
Water treatment firm brings on new president

Andrea d’Agostini has been named president and chief strategic officer at Clearwater, Florida-based OriginClear.

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  • January 14, 2022
Prominent law firm names slate of new partners

Tampa, Florida-based law firm Hill Ward Henderson has elevated eight attorneys to shareholder status.

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  • January 13, 2022
Insurance firm postpones subsidiary’s IPO

Tampa, Florida-based TypTap Insurance Group has delayed its IPO, saying market pricing ‘does not accurately reflect’ firm’s value.

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  • January 12, 2022
Locally based cybersecurity leader opens first location in India

ReliaQuest, a fast-growing cybersecurity “unicorn” headquartered in Tampa, Florida, recently has opened a new office in Pune, India.

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  • January 11, 2022
Company with California ties buys $275 million-asset area bank

Majority share of Florida Bancshares and First National Bank of Pasco acquired by newly formed company with California address.

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  • January 10, 2022
Woman faces decades in prison for defrauding bank for nearly $600K in PPP funds

52-year-old woman pleads guilty to falsifying loan papers and inventing fake businesses to cash in on COVID relief

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