EDITION Tampa, the boutique hotel topped with luxury condos in Water Street Tampa, has officially broken ground. Strategic Property Partners, the developer of Water Street, said Wednesday that the 27-story EDITION — which includes 172 guest rooms and 37 condos — is under construction across the street from Amalie Arena, at the northwest corner of Channelside Drive and Water Street. It is slated to open in spring 2021. The condos — the first hotel-branded condos in Tampa and the third…

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The founder of KnowBe4 Inc. has purchased a sprawling waterfront estate in Belleair that's been on and off the market since 2010. Stu Sjouwerman confirmed that he paid $7.9 million for the property, a 12,935-square-foot home with 171 feet of water frontage. The seller, Laser Spine Institute founder Dr. James St. Louis, paid $10.25 million for the home in 2008, according to Pinellas County property records. It was first listed for sale in 2010, priced at more than $14 million. St. Louis left Laser…

The mortgage-interest deduction, a beloved tax break bound tightly to the American dream of homeownership, once seemed politically invincible.