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From left to right: The BayWalk shopping plaza's movie theater in 2009, The Sundial sculpture and a rendering of the renovations coming to the Sundial this year.
New look for Sundial? How the St. Pete plaza changed over the years
The downtown corridor has grown around the struggling shopping center, but it once was what helped bring life to the city.
New owners of the Sundial in St. Pete announce plans to upgrade
Renderings of an improved Sundial shopping Center, courtesy of Behar and Peteranecz.
The shopping and dining center in downtown St. Petersburg is getting multimillion-dollar upgrades this spring
Here’s what the Fed interest rate hike means for you
Traders on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange watch Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell's news conference after the Federal Reserve interest rate announcement in New York, Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2023.
The rate increase will likely make it even costlier to borrow for homes, autos and other purchases.
Kirstie Alley’s Clearwater home listed for sale
The former home of "Cheers" actress Kirstie Alley was listed for sale. Alley died in December.
The late actress purchased the home from singer Lisa Marie Presley in 2000.

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  1. Tampa’s Encore development and Faedo’s restaurant in a legal dust-up
    Earlier today• Business
    Michelle Faedo’s Tampeño Cuisine when it was open in Tampa's Encore development downtown. Times (2019)
  2. Microwave ovens aren’t causing colon cancer, despite social media claims
    Earlier today• Health
    In this April 8, 2008, file photo, salesman Hank Pham puts the price on a General Electric microwave oven in the appliances section of Howard's Appliance and Big-Screen Superstore in San Gabriel, Calif.
  3. If the Tampa Bay Rays stay in St. Petersburg, who will pay for a new ballpark?
    Earlier today• St. Petersburg
    St. Petersburg Mayor Ken Welch, left, talks with Hines senior managing director Michael Harrison and Tampa Bay Rays President Brian Auld after Mayor Welch gave his 2023 State of the City on the steps of City Hall on Monday, Jan. 30, 2023 in St. Petersburg. Mayor Welch gave his highlights of what he accomplished in his first year as mayor and announced his decision to go with the Hines/Rays plan for the Historic Gas Plant District redevelopment project.
  5. Florida lawmakers to hold special session to consider state-run board for Disney tax district
    Yesterday• Politics
    The headquarters of Walt Disney World's Reedy Creek Improvement District in Lake Buena Vista, Wednesday, January 25, 2023.
  6. Dear Penny: My dad spends up to $30k/month. Could I be liable for his debt?
    Yesterday• Business
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  7. Court records detail kidnappings, robberies at Hard Rock and Tampa apartments
    Yesterday• Crime
    Dandre McNeil is facing multiple charges in connection with two kidnappings and an attempted kidnapping in Hillsborough County this month.
  8. New look for Sundial? How the St. Pete plaza changed over the years
    Feb. 2• Business
    From left to right: The BayWalk shopping plaza's movie theater in 2009, The Sundial sculpture and a rendering of the renovations coming to the Sundial this year.
  9. DeSantis says he will call special session on Disney’s Reedy Creek, other issues
    Feb. 2• Politics
    The Reedy Creek Improvement District Administration Building in Lake Buena Vista is seen in 2022.
  10. Here’s what the Fed interest rate hike means for you
    Feb. 2• Business
    Traders on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange watch Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell's news conference after the Federal Reserve interest rate announcement in New York, Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2023.
  11. Jim Gaffigan talks about his Tampa TV special, Disney with kids
    Feb. 2• Life & Culture
    Comedian Jim Gaffigan will brin "The Dark Pale Tour" to Tampa's Straz Center Feb. 9-11 for four shows that will be filmed for his next TV special. Photo courtesy Straz Center for the Performing Arts.
  12. New owners of the Sundial in St. Pete announce plans to upgrade
    Feb. 2• Business
    Renderings of an improved Sundial shopping Center, courtesy of Behar and Peteranecz.
  13. Could you have secret life insurance money waiting to be claimed?
    Feb. 2• Business
    Life insurance companies aren’t automatically notified when someone dies.
  14. Torchy’s Tacos opens in St. Petersburg
    Feb. 1• Life & Culture
    Texas-based taco chain Torchy's Tacos opened Wednesday in St. Petersburg.
  15. Tampa startup Slide buys 91,400 homeowners policies from UPC Insurance
    Feb. 1• Business
    Homes in the Palmetto Palms Mobile Home Park in Fort Myers showed significant damage sustained during Hurricane Ian on Sep 29.
  16. Tampa’s Glazer Children’s Museum unboxes giant dinosaur skull for upcoming exhibit
    Feb. 1• Life & Culture
    Fossil restorers Elia Smaniotto, of Trieste, Italy, left, and Tomas Stark, of Sezana, Slovenia, remove the skull of Big John from a crate on Wednesday at the Glazer Children's Museum in Tampa. The complete triceratops skeleton will be the center of an exhibit opening Memorial Day weekend.
  17. Hillsborough bans retail sales of rabbits
    Feb. 1• Hillsborough
    The Hillsborough County Commission on Wednesday banned retail sales of rabbits. Shown are two animals at the SPCA Tampa Bay in Largo in November 2021.
  18. How ditching your gas stove and going electric could save you $840
    Feb. 1• Business
    State and national agencies are advising — and in some cases giving tax incentives — for consumers to save energy by switching from gas appliances to electric.
  19. DeSantis proposes nearly $115 billion state budget, a record
    Feb. 1• Politics
    Gov. Ron DeSantis has released his proposed budget for the upcoming fiscal year.
  20. Anclote apartment developer ready for construction, but city says hold on
    Feb. 1• Pinellas
    Outlined in red, the 74-acre site of the proposed Anclote Harbor apartment complex touches the Anclote River to the north and U.S. 19 to the west. The project's Texas-based developer is pressing the city of Tarpon Springs for permits to begin construction, having won a court battle with a citizens group.
  21. Largo apartment complex sells for $76.7 million
    Feb. 1• Business
    The Boulevard, a 260-unit apartment complex at 2098 Seminole Blvd. in Largo, sold Jan. 20 to the Connor Group, an Ohio real estate investment firm, for $76.7 million.
  22. E-bike boom: Rad Power Bikes selects St. Petersburg for first southern U.S. store
    Feb. 1• Transportation
    Rad Power Bikes' new Warehouse Arts District store, at 2400 5th Ave. S, just off the Pinellas Trail.
  23. Tampa’s Wine Exchange is leaving Hyde Park Village after more than 30 years
    Feb. 1• Business
    Wine bottles sit on racks at the Wine Exchange Bistro & Wine Bar in Hyde Park Village.
  24. Hillsborough to sue over $2.4 million CareerSource debt
    Jan. 31• Business
    Hillsborough County plans to sue an insurance carrier to try to recoup $2.48 million it fronted CareerSource Tampa Bay to repay the U.S. Department of Labor over misspending identified in a federal audit.
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