Metropolitan Area Rankings
Source: www.kauffman.org
Tampa Bay has moved up 5 spots to number 28 on the Kauffman Index of Main Street Entrepreneurship 2016 rankings.
Florida wants to feel peachy || Business Observer | Tampa Bay, Bradenton, Sarasota, Fort Myers, Naples
Florida dropped one spot in Site Selection magazine’s 2016 best business climate ranking over 2015, from No. 10 to No. 11.
Source: www.businessobserverfl.com
Florida may have dropped a spot to number 11 on Site Selection Magazine’s 2016 Best Business Climate Ranking, but it is still one of the top states for business in the U.S.
St. Petersburg becoming a new museum mecca – Tampa Bay Business Journal
The city’s reputation as an arts destination is growing as the number of museums in the downtown area increases.
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Downtown St. Petersburg is fast becoming a museum mecca for lovers of fine art, with the upcoming addition of the Museum of the American Arts and Crafts Movement (MAACM). A $70 million construction contract was recently signed that will allow the building of MAACM. Art collector, Rudy Ciccarello of the American Craftsman Museum recently signed the contract with Gilbane Construction. Designed by Ciccarello and award-winning architect Alberto Alfonso, the museum will serve as a repository for Ciccarello’s world-class collection.
Next up for Seminole Heights in Tampa? Craft rum distillery, wine bar
Two friends tackle the renovation of an older building to transform the space into a mixed use development in Tampa’s Seminole Heights neighborhood.
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Seminole Heights in Tampa continues to show why it is one of the coolest developing neighborhoods in the Tampa Bay area.
A longtime automotive repair shop is giving way to a new wine bar and a craft rum distillery, another step in North Florida Avenue’s transformation from automotive-related businesses to trendy eateries and watering holes.
The Wine Bar Seminole Heights and the Twisted Sun Rum Distillery plans to open next spring at 6428-6430 N. Florida Avenue.
The wine bar, owned and operated by Wes Miller, will be the first tenant of a new two-story building on the southern end of the property where Merino’s Deli used to reside.
Hospital plans $4M cancer center || Business Observer | Tampa Bay, Bradenton, Sarasota, Fort Myers, Naples
The Sarasota Memorial Hospital facility will offer a variety of care options for cancer patients.
Source: www.businessobserverfl.com
Sarasota Memorial Hospital will spend up to $4 million to design a new facility, which will offer a variety of care options for cancer patients. Sarasota Memorial is currently building a 44-bed rehabilitation facility on its campus. The new 74,000-square-foot pavilion will accommodate the growing demand for rehabilitation spaces. The expansion of the hospital will add additional high paying jobs to the downtown Sarasota region while providing more and better services for the residents of the region.