Moffitt Cancer Center plans massive expansion – Tampa Bay Business Journal

​Moffitt Cancer Center is planning to fix its growing pains with an $800 million expansion plan.

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Tampa’s Moffitt Cancer Center is set for an expansion, years overdue.  When Moffitt launched 30 years ago it employed just 400 people. Today that number has grown to more than 5,400, and they serve 56,000 patients.

 

Construction for the first phase of the expansion is expected to begin next year with a clinical support building. The new building, expected to be complete sometime in mid-2018, will free up space in Moffitt’s existing footprint and make room for 10 to 20 additional beds.

One of Tampa’s original cigar factories could soon be a boutique hotel

TAMPA — They’ve been turned into offices, schools, restaurants and luxury apartments. And now one of Tampa’s original cigar factories could soon be a boutique hotel.

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The former Balbin Bros. Cigar Factory at 1202 N. Howard Ave. was purchased for $1.4 million this week by a partnership between a Tampa hotelier and a Louisiana-based hospitality company. Though still in the early stages, plans call for a hotel with about 70 rooms that likely will be part of a major chain but with a name reflecting its local heritage, partner Mike Desai of My Hospitality Hotels said Friday.

 

The area is undergoing a significant amount of change with the Fort Hesterly Armory being converted to the Bryan Glazer Family JCC Community Center and a proposed apartment project adjacent to the site.  If all of these projects are successful, it would be great for the neighborhood which has been run down for years.

Port Tampa Bay approves lease to help waterfront tiki bar – Tampa Bay Business Journal

A restaurant with an accompanying tiki bar is planning to build a floating dock with 12 boat slips to be used by patrons.

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A new waterfront restaurant and tiki bar is headed for the South Gandy area of Tampa.  Screamin’ Willy’s is planning to build a 1,289-square-foot floating dock with 12 transient boat slips to be used by patrons of the restaurant at no charge.  The restaurant, located at 5411 W. Tyson Avenue and should be a welcome addition as there are a real lack of waterfront dining options in the Tampa area relative to the amount of shoreline.

 

New Indie Market Comes to the Rosemary District

The Rosemary District Indie Market celebrates Sarasota’s artists and small businesses.

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The Rosemary District in downtown Sarasota continues to show why it is the most dynamic and fastest growing district in the area with the arrive of a monthly market.

 

Every third Saturday of the month, a group of artists, farmers, bakers, craftspeople and entertainers  will gather at 701 Cohen Way for the Rosemary District Indie Market.