Tampa Bay Times Buyer paid $145.75 million for Grand Hyatt Tampa Bay and Bayport Plazatampabay.com - By Susan Taylor Martin TAMPA — A South Florida firm paid $145.75 million for the Grand Hyatt Tampa Bay and the Bayport Plaza office park, according to the deed filed in …
Tampa Bay Times Stock prices of Tampa Bay’s largest companies unsettled by U.S.-China trade wartampabay.com - By Graham Brink The fallout from the trade feud with China is spilling onto several area companies. The world’s two largest economic powers have traded tariffs and …
Tampa Bay Times Pasco County vegan restaurant opened by couple who wants to teach a lifestyletampabay.com - By Paige Fry TRINITY — Michele Fasnacht said she walked with a cane, felt numbness in her hands and was legally blind. That was until she cut out dairy …
Tampa Bay Times Dade City’s Wild Things owner arrested on fraud chargestampabay.com - By Tracey McManus DADE CITY — Dade City’s Wild Things owner Kathy Stearns is facing three criminal charges related to her alleged misuse of the zoo’s funds. The …
Tampa Bay Times More construction impacts at St. Pete-Clearwater International Airporttampabay.com - By Richard Danielson CLEARWATER — A new phase of construction for renovations at St. Pete-Clearwater International Airport plus ongoing roadwork on the state’s $580 …
Tampa Bay Times Tampa Bay has lower foreclosure rate than several other Florida citiestampabay.com - By Susan Taylor Martin Tampa Bay’s foreclosure rate ranked 23rd among major metro areas in July. According to the real estate data firm ATTOM Data Solutions, the bay area …
Tampa Bay Times Florida gas prices expected to remain low heading into Labor Day weekendtampabay.com - By Malena Carollo Labor Day weekend is just a precious few days away, and according to AAA, the Auto Club Group, the Sunshine State is headed toward its lowest gas …
Tampa Bay Times The 444-room Grand Hyatt Tampa is soldtampabay.com - By Susan Taylor Martin TAMPA - The 444-room Grand Hyatt Tampa Bay and 266,000-square-foot Bayport Plaza, both in the Rocky Point area near Tampa International Airport, have …
Tampa Bay Times Trump order on China will hurt us, small businesses saytampabay.com - By JOYCE M. ROSENBERG NEW YORK — Although President Donald Trump has told U.S. companies to stop dealing with China, small business owners say complying would hurt, even …
Tampa Bay Times Dear Penny: Should I Invest My $10K Savings or Use It to Pay Off Debt?tampabay.com I have $8,400 left on my student loans and $21,000 on a vehicle loan. I'm 30 years old, single, do not own a home and have $52,000 in my 401(k). I …
Tampa Bay Times Target teams up with Disney to open shopstampabay.com - By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO NEW YORK — Target is hoping to bring the magic of such characters as Mickey Mouse and Elsa to its own customers by opening permanent Disney shops at …
Tampa Bay Times Belleair commissioner voted for golf course improvements, sold a house to the course's owner the next day for $1.65 milliontampabay.com - Susan Taylor Martin BELLEAIR - In this small town with many wealthy families, the Doyles are among the wealthiest and best known.There's a Doyle Park and a Doyle Family …
Tampa Bay Times Pasco County sports tourism plan: Soft start, then play hardtampabay.com - By C.T. Bowen NEW PORT RICHEY — The manager for the Wiregrass Ranch Sports Complex has previewed his playbook: No false starts, an opening pace that might be …
Tampa Bay Times Blind Tiger Cafe is taking over a former Starbucks at WestShore Plazatampabay.com - By Sara DiNatale TAMPA — Blind Tiger Cafe is set to open its fifth local coffee shop, and for the second time in recent months it will take over a former …
Tampa Bay Times REI coming to Tampa brings back fond memoriestampabay.com - By Graham Brink I first visited an REI store in the early 1990s. A tree limb had fallen on my tent the day before snapping two poles and slashing the fabric like …
Tampa Bay Times Tech company Pipedrive opens second U.S. office in St. Petersburgtampabay.com - By Richard Danielson ST. PETERSBURG — Customer relationship management tech company Pipedrive said Friday it has opened its second office in the United States in downtown …
Tampa Bay Times You can see the Sunshine Skyway from St. Pete’s newest apartment tower. Some rents are sky-high, too.tampabay.com - By Susan Taylor Martin ST. PETERSBURG - Since mid-July, 22 apartments at ICON Central have been occupied and another 24 are slated for move-ins by the end of August. Many …
Tampa Bay Times Climate change turns Arctic into strategic, economic hotspottampabay.com - By DAVID RISING and SETH BORENSTEIN TASIILAQ, Greenland — From a helicopter, Greenland’s brilliant white ice and dark mountains make the desolation seem to go on forever. And the few …
Tampa Bay Times Global stocks higher ahead of U.S. Fed chairman’s speechtampabay.com - By JOE McDONALD BEIJING — Global stock markets rose Friday ahead of a closely watched speech by the U.S. Federal Reserve chairman at a gathering of global central …
Tampa Bay Times A recession can’t start with unemployment so low? Yes it can.tampabay.com - By Graham Brink Low unemployment is generally seen as a positive thing, a solid indication that most of the people who want to work can find a job. But no matter how …
Tampa Bay Times Four managers leave leadership team at Port Tampa Baytampabay.com - By Richard Danielson TAMPA — In three months this spring, Port Tampa Bay saw four members of its leadership team resign: two vice presidents (operations and finance) and …
Tampa Bay Times She, he or they: Tampa Bay bars train to better serve LGBTQ customerstampabay.com - By Sara DiNatale ST. PETERSBURG — Cole Foust stood in front of a sleepy group of servers and bartenders, starting off the day’s class with a simple assertion during …
Tampa Bay Times Tarpon Springs denies permit for story facilitytampabay.com - By JEFF ROSENFIELD TARPON SPRINGS — When representatives of a storage facility on Pinellas Avenue sought a conditional use permit approval from the City Commission in …
Tampa Bay Times Roughly 1,000 Frontier customers without phone, internet because of outagetampabay.com TAMPA — About 1,000 Frontier Communications customers are without phone, internet and video service in Tampa after a contractor accidentally severed …
Tampa Bay Times She once was 'Miss Florida' and a 'weather girl' - now a new Tampa Bay hotel is named after hertampabay.com - By Susan Taylor Martin Karol Bullard jokes that her husband, Fred, a veteran developer, had run out of names by the time it came to find one for his latest project. The …
Tampa Bay Times REI Co-op headed to Midtown Tampatampabay.com - By Richard Danielson TAMPA — Specialty outdoor retailer REI Co-op will open its first store the west coast of Florida at the $550 million Midtown Tampa project, …
Tampa Bay Times Shootings raise level of alarm at small businessestampabay.com - By JOYCE M. ROSENBERG NEW YORK — At a four-hour meeting last month, Michelle Abdow’s staffers got to experience some of the sights, sounds and even smells they could …
Tampa Bay Times Bayfront Health system leader departs after 18 months on the jobtampabay.com - By Justine Griffin ST. PETERSBURG — The regional leader of the Bayfront Health network of seven hospitals is leaving. Joseph Mullany told the Tampa Bay Times that he …
Tampa Bay Times Tampa Bay has the lowest cost of living of Florida metrostampabay.com - By Malena Carollo Tampa Bay boasts the lowest cost of living of both Florida metros and major national metro areas, according to the Tampa Hillsborough Economic …
