Tampa's downtown, with its high-rise towers and growing residential base, is an attractive market for Toojays Gourmet Deli, which is testing a new branding concept by moving into ground floor space at the Sun Trust Financial Centre on Jackson Street. The deli will serve breakfast and lunch Monday-Friday and test a new contemporary look designed by Andy Share & Associates.
Vertical gardens. Recycled paper products. Shades on windows. LED lighting. Downtown Tampa businesses get rewarded for finding solutions that work for them to become more sustainable.
Movie exhibitors are looking for a competitive edge to entice adult audiences, especially the millenilial generation, to their theaters. AMC officials plan to add AMC West Shore 20 to its list of theaters selling beer, wine and mixed drinks. The theater is located at WestShore Plaza in an area booming with new apartments, shops and restaurants.
AT&T caters to the mobile lifestyle at its new Store of the Future which is open at 1812 Westshore Blvd., in The Container Store shopping center. Customers can try out the latest mobile gadgets and phones in a store that seeks to make a brick-and-mortar retail shopping experience all about having fun.
Serial restaurant owner opens next venture in Tampa.
Contemporary art gallery, CASS, arrives on South MacDill Avenue on May 31 with art exhibits from Los Angeles artist Michael Turchin and Tampa artist Chris Valle. Owners Cassie and Jake Greatens see a new vibe taking hold on South MacDill that is similar to the creative, funky energy of Central Avenue in St. Petersburg.
NoHo Flats, an upscale apartment complex in North Hyde Park, is expanding the boundaries of Tampa's urban core to include development projects built north of Kennedy Boulevard.
Two Fold Bicyle Shop in St. Petersburg will cater to bicycle enthusiasts who want the zip and convenience of bicycles that can be folded to the size of carry-on luggage or tucked into a back pack.
New businesses, including vintage clothing shop Frolic Exchange, are starting to populate a stretch of North Florida Avenue, south of an area that already has seen retail including Cappy's Pizza, Independent, Cleanse Apothecary and The Refinery.
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