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St. Petersburg Mayor Ken Welch, left, talks with Hines senior managing director Michael Harrison and Tampa Bay Rays president Brian Auld after Welch's 2023 State of the City address on the steps of City Hall on Jan. 30. Welch selected Hines and the Rays to co-develop the city's 86-acre Tropicana Field site. Hines is a longtime partner of the Rays that had pitched a vision of the Trop site as far back as 2008.
The Texas real estate development firm, a longtime Rays partner, has a global portfolio but approaches each project locally.
Lady Fines’ owner said she’s seen a group of women who struggle to put on clothes. So, she created a collection to fits their needs.
What started as a flirty Florida eatery turned into a worldwide company that fueled a breastaurant brawl, launched an airline and marched on Washington.
Developers say Dunedin Mix is built around a central courtyard and inspired by the cobblestone alleyways of Paris and New Orleans.

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  1. Homes gutted by hurricanes Ian and Nicole in 2022 stand untouched one year later, Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2023, in Wilbur-By-the-Sea, just north of Toronita Avenue Beach Park. The southern Volusia coastline was heavily impacted by the storm that caused nearly a half-billion dollars in damage to oceanfront properties.
  2. St. Petersburg Mayor Ken Welch, left, talks with Hines senior managing director Michael Harrison and Tampa Bay Rays president Brian Auld after Welch's 2023 State of the City address on the steps of City Hall on Jan. 30. Welch selected Hines and the Rays to co-develop the city's 86-acre Tropicana Field site. Hines is a longtime partner of the Rays that had pitched a vision of the Trop site as far back as 2008.
  3. Models walks the runway during Tampa Bay Fashion Week wearing Lady Natasha Fines line of clothing for women with disabilities, “Lady Fines” on Friday, Sept. 29, 2023 in Tampa.
  4. Since opening the first location in Clearwater 40 years ago, Hooters has enjoyed a wild ride.
  5. Busch Gardens announced a new ride is coming next spring called “Phoenix Rising” that will take riders on a soaring journey above the park’s Serengeti Plain.
  6. . You can change your Medicare Supplement Plan F anytime during the year. Medicare’s AEP is the time to change only your Medicare Advantage plan or Medicare Part D Prescription Drug plan.
  7. Tampa was home to more than 200 cigar factories in the 1920s, churning out millions of cigars and shipping them worldwide. J.C. Newman Cigar Company is the sole survivor today at its Ybor City factory at 2701 N 16th St.
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  8. A row of grapes is seen inside the quasi greenhouse at the Oregon State University's vineyard near Alpine, Ore., on Friday, Sept. 8, 2023. The U.S. West Coast produces over 90% of America's wine, but it's also prone to wildfires, a combustible combination that spelled disaster in 2020 and one that scientists, including at Oregon State, are scrambling to neutralize. (AP Photo/Andrew Selsky)
  9. Luggage Service Inc. owner Robert “Bob” King, right, poses with son Eric at the Tampa store. The family-run business has been around more than a century.
  10. Lauren Nickerson uses sugar pearls to finish her cake during Baked in the Burg's cake-decorating class on Thursday, July 20, 2023, at Toast the Hostess in St. Petersburg.
  11. Avi Brosh is owner of Palisociety, a California-based company that is opening the Palihouse hotel in Tampa's Hyde Park Village.
  12. Gen. Eric Smith, assistant commandant of the Marine Corps, swears in Lance Cpl. Samantha Harris, center, and others, as they reenlist at the U.S. Marine Corps Memorial on Feb. 23 in Arlington, Va.
  13. Artists rendering of the DoubleBranch, a development which will break ground on its first phase next week. It is planned as nearly 1,000 acres of mixed use projects at Interstate 75 and State Road 52 in Pasco County.
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  15. Submit a company name at tampabay.com/nominate. You can call as well at 727-498-5578. The deadline is Nov. 3.
  16. A rendering of the office building that Grow Financial Federal Credit Union is set to move its headquarters into at the Gas Worx development in 2026.
  17. “(The building is) in a great location,” said Dylan Desai of the family-operated My Hospitality Hotels, which purchased the factory for $1.4 million and is spending another $12 million on the project. “And it’s survived more than 100 years for a reason.”
  18. This week, Sam Preston, director of project management for North Star Place Branding, gave Zephyrhills leaders a new look at what their community, with its big “Z” signature, could do to attract more attention.
  19. Hofbrauhaus, the now-closed German beer hall in downtown St. Petersburg, will become a GolfSuites City Club, an indoor golf simulator lounge, bar and restaurant. Plans are to open in mid-2024
  20. A punk vampire at Universal Studios' Halloween Horror Nights in 2018 is the kind of roving scare actor that draws thousands of Halloween fans to the Orlando theme park every fall.
  21. Which Medicare option is right for you depends on your health and financial situation. You may be someone who has a history of serious health issues requiring expensive brand name prescription drugs or who goes to the doctor once a year for a physical and takes inexpensive generics.
  22. A for sale sign sits in front of a house on Sunday, June 12, 2022 in Pinellas Park.
  23. The Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, on Thursday, April 22, 2021, at 5223 Orient Road, in Tampa.
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