M&J Wilkow Ltd. hopes to tear out 10 movie theaters at Centro Ybor and convert that space into loft-style offices. The work hasn't started yet, and M&J Wilkow is still trying to decide how much it can afford to do. But, already the company is showing its future office space to potential tenants. ...more

December 23, 2008

The James A. Haley Veterans' Hospital has a people and parking problem: too many people and not enough parking. ...more

November 22, 2008

The James A. Haley Veterans' Hospital has a people and parking problem: too many people and not enough parking. The nation's busiest VA hospital averages 6,000 outpatient visits a day and is on pace to serve 1 million visitors this year. It has just 2,600 parking spaces, nearly a third of those at a nearby shopping mall. But hospital officials say they have a plan, and relief is on the way. Veterans should see significant change by next year. ...more

November 21, 2008

Clumsy Legalese Like many of my fellow Floridians, I went to the polls this week armed with my completed sample ballot and spent just a few minutes casting my vote in the booth. But I had spent a considerable amount of time beforehand trying to decipher the legalese used in the proposed constitutional amendments. I finally gave up and waited for the Trib to translate them for me. That's unacceptable! ...more

November 8, 2008

12:59 p.m.: Roberta Banks, wearing a gold satin floor-length dress and a black wig held in place with a scarf, greeted voters with a sign that read "Help Me Get Married" at precincts 562 and 566 at the University Area Community Center Complex. ...more

November 4, 2008

6:35 a.m.:It's a half-hour before the polls open, and the line outside of Precinct 701 at the Palmetto Club in Fishhawk Ranch stretches more than a block. ...more

November 4, 2008

A sports bar and grill on Nebraska Avenue could be serving beer and wings in time for the Super Bowl. ...more

October 15, 2008

Going to the Trop for the first postseason game in Rays history? A word of advice from St. Petersburg officials: Plan to arrive early if you are driving ...more

October 1, 2008

Cue Chriss Angel and David Blaine: In what might be described as supermarket sleight-of-hand, Publix plans to move an entire grocery store from one side of Brandon Boulevard to the other, overnight - sort of. ...more

October 1, 2008

A 1,400-square-foot addition has been approved for NU-HOPE Elder Care Services' building on Main Avenue in Lake Placid. ...more

September 22, 2008