Florida Governor Rick Scott has proudly announced the addition of 84 new jobs at Tampa Tank and Florida Structural Steel in the Port Redwing area. The announcement was made as the governor and his entourage surveyed the 25-acre site with Tampa Tank CEO David Hale on Tuesday.
People who own condominiums in Tampa Bay’s Signature Place have been hit with an $8.7 million special assessment fee. As the tallest but also newest condo tower in the city, the assessment is meant to repair serious and urgent defects in construction that puts both residents and pedestrians in danger.
Two 75-story towers have been proposed for Port Tampa Bay’s plan for the Channel District area. A rendering of the $1.5 billion project was released last week. The proposed towers are slim to avoid blocking other buildings’ views of the port. Each tower was designed with six units per floor, totaling 450 units. The units will average about 1,450 square feet each.
For the first time in over five decades, the United States flag was flown over the newly opened US Embassy in Cuba. For the Obama administration’s new policy of engagement with Cuba, many people view this as a symbolic gesture of victory.
When it really counts, the people of Tampa Bay come together for a good cause. This has been evident over the past three years with an impressive turnout for the annual Fall Stampede presented by Chick-Fil-A hat benefits the Children’s Cancer Center. This year, event organizers expect an even larger gathering.
When Nexus 5X and Nexus 6P still hold in Android 6.0 operating system, Android One gets 6.0.1 version. Since it is a mid-end device, it is actually sold by local companies in the developing market. As some device still waiting for Marshmallow (6.0), Google planning to unlock Android 6.0.1 update. The leakster @LlabTooFeR posted an image of H220 model (Android One) that carries 6.0.1 version. Currently, this latest version available for all Android One devices.
Residents of Tampa Bay and those considering moving there will be happy to know that more than 70 of the nation’s fastest growing companies are located around the city. According to the Inc. rankings for 2015, 73 of the 5,000 fastest-growing companies in the United States call Tampa Bay home.
Tampa Bay Lighting owner and downtown Tampa developer officially gets the Channelside District redevelopment plan underway with the closure of Channelside Drive starting at South Jefferson Street so the City of Tampa can install some infrastructure in August. The roadway is expected to be closed to traffic for about eight weeks.
NASA on Friday placed its first mission order to SpaceX for the form to ferry crews to the International Space Station. The order comes as great news to SpaceX as their rockets are still grounded after the June failure.
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers officially started the 2016 pre-season Friday with players reporting to One Buc Place. Could fantasy football be far behind? 500 fans gathered for what was billed as the world’s largest fantasy football draft party at Raymond James on Sunday with Buccaneers players past and present in attendance.
