Business Headlines
Read the latest news about business and economic development in Pinellas.
February 2026 Headlines
- 7 in region make Forbes’ Best Large Employers list
- Landry/French Construction opens St. Petersburg office
- Eight-story Marriott hotel to break ground next month in Madeira Beach
- Outside BBQ opens on St. Pete Beach
- Valentine’s flowers create blossoming business partnership
- Dynasty Financial boosts recruitment ahead of HQ relocation
- Maine construction firm to open first Southeast office in downtown St. Pete
- Localtopia celebrates St. Pete businesses
- Speros by Moffitt sets up shop at spARK Labs in regional expansion push
- Tampa Bay hospitals consider robots for patient transport
- New wine lounge Velvet Coupe to open in the EDGE District this spring
- Lucky Cup Coffee is now brewing inside the Galaxy Hotel in downtown St. Pete
- Mastry’s taps USF partnership for new St. Pete Pilsner
- Global affairs conference explores the final frontier of space
- Largo plans redevelopment of 14-acre municipal campus following City Hall relocation
- Buddy Brew Opening Shops in Pinellas
- Tampa Bay ranks among best metros for STEM
- Big Frog grows to 75 stores, plans 10 more in 2026
- Tampa Bay Wave selects 15 startups for cybersecurity accelerator cohort
- Whataburger has an opening date for first Tampa Bay location
- Meet Barra-Barra, a new Basque-style pintxo bar in St. Petersburg
- BlackRock, Charles Schwab back latest funding round for St. Pete’s Dynasty Financial
- Madeira Beach looks to public input in planning redevelopment of prime waterfront site
- ‘Validation’: Moffitt Cancer Center plants flag in St. Pete
- SPC to launch free SMART Tech training classes
- State of Science spotlights health, oceans and AI
- The iconic 87-year-old Seahorse Restaurant reopens in Pass-a-Grille after year-long closure
- Inno roundup: CodeBoxx’s latest partnership with $1B+ valued California adtech company
- St. Pete launches Legacy Business Program
- Velocity IQ and SPC Pave the Way to Good Jobs
- TBBW names 2026 Women Who Win finalists
- SPC’s Online Bachelor’s Programs Named Best in Tampa Bay by U.S. News & World Report
- Oldsmar yachting giant MarineMax receives $1.1B takeover offer from hedge fund
- California hedge fund makes $1.1B offer to buy MarineMax
- This St. Pete bakery just opened a new location in Dunedin
- Details emerge from anticipated Trop site proposal
- Paloma House opens in St. Pete
- St. Petersburg gets nine bids for Tropicana Field redevelopment
- St. Petersburg received 9 proposals for Tropicana Field. Here’s what we know
- Inside the nine proposals vying to redevelop the 86-acre Historic Gas Plant District in downtown St. Pete
- St. Petersburg Gas Plant RFP draws nine proposals
- Real estate giants Related Group and Kettler join race for Tropicana Field
- Kettler joins Cathie Wood-backed proposal for Tropicana Field
- 2026 BusinessWoman of the Year honorees revealed
- Dads’ Kitchen & Co., a classic-style diner, to replace 2D Cafe in the Grand Central District
- Autonomous robot company opening St. Pete office
- SOCap program at University of South Florida bridges cybersecurity job experience gap for graduates
- John Barkett envisions a connected St. Pete
- Eastern European soul food restaurant comes to Largo
