By Matthew Fenton No trends or predictions here – just 10 core principles that, taken together, will make you a more successful brand leader in 2015 and beyond. I will bring my brand vision to life every day. And if I don’t have a brand vision — one that clearly defines what we stand for, […]
By Caroline McMillan Portillo Editor’s note: Bizwomen reporter Caroline McMillan Portillo is participating in — and reporting on — Boss School, a 10-week online course designed to teach busy, aspiring female entrepreneurs what they need to know to start and grow a business. (For more background, click here .) If you’ve ever taken the “Awareness […]
By Ashley Gurbal Kritzer An Atlanta developer is planning to build 275 new apartments in Tampa’s North Hyde Park. Pollack Shores Real Estate Group is moving forward with the second phase of NoHo Flats, said Anthony Everett, Central Florida director for Pollack Shores, with plans to break ground in April or May. The yet-unnamed community […]
By Ashley Gurbal Kritzer Deals in downtown Tampa made for some splashy headlines in 2014, but this year, expect to also see some action just outside the urban core. Ybor City and Seminole Heights are both well-positioned to see revitalization movements of their own, and there’s a good chance we’ll look back at 2015 as […]
By Alexis Muellner St. Petersburg Pier I was amazed when voters rejected the Lens after hundreds of hours of public input. Now that we have a spate of new designs and a new process, we’ll be watching closely by early April when the city council is slated to approve the final ranking, and then in […]
By Mary Johnson Yeah, we know: Resolutions are great in theory but seldom pan out the way we’d planned. We resolve to wake up early, exercise more, spend more time with family and forgo our favorite sinful foods in favor of healthier options. Kale, anyone? But we can’t help but make them — because every […]
A victim of a sexual assault in an apartment complex near the University of South Florida is suing the apartment’s owners for providing inadequate security. The woman was a 19-year-old freshman at USF in September 2013 when Charlie Bates terrorized the apartment complex and surrounding area committing four acts of sexual battery against women and […]
By Salem Solomon Residents of North Boulevard Homes, a public housing complex in Tampa, have received notices alerting them to expect to move as early as next year. The complex will be torn down to make way for a redevelopment project that the Tampa Housing Authority calls the creation of the “West River” area, the […]
By Ashley Gurbal Kritzer It was a defining year for downtown Tampa and the neighborhoods that ring the urban core. Tampa’s city center is seeing the very beginnings of urban vibrancy, and the real estate deals that transpired this year set an exciting stage for 2015. Here are the deals that have the biggest potential […]
By Jo-Lynn Brown Jeff Vinik, Bubba the Love Sponge, and Publix are some of the subjects included in the top 20 most read stories on the Tampa Bay Business Journal site in 2014. Here, in ranking order, are the 20 most popular stories of 2014: 1. Jeff Vinik’s plans for downtown Tampa 2. It Works! […]