TOWN 'N COUNTRY - A fire on June 29 burned a portion of the Best Western Inn & Suites under construction, but that didn't knock down owner Mike Patel; the hotel will be ready by December. ...more

October 24, 2007

The Walt Disney Co. plans to build a family resort in Hawaii, but it won't be an island Disney World. ...more

October 21, 2007

A group seeking to redevelop the Fort Homer Hesterly Armory has financing for the project and doesn't expect 'anything to be derailed,' its leader told West Tampa business boosters. ...more

October 17, 2007

Developers of a hotel and restaurant on the Carey Cattle Co. land at the southeast corner of Interstate 75 and State Road 60 have agreed to contribute $488,336 to extend Gornto Lake Road, a project intended to create another north-south corridor through Brandon to ease traffic tie-ups on other arteries. ...more

October 15, 2007

A Tampa-based dental management company with locations throughout the Southeast wants to turn a former cigar factory into its corporate headquarters. ...more

October 10, 2007

A former apartment building in Hyde Park has been converted to a 24-room hotel featuring flat-screen televisions, kitchenettes and free Wi-Fi. ...more

October 8, 2007

The dream of a developer to construct a hotel in downtown Dunedin moved a lot closer to becoming a reality at Thursday night's City Commission meeting. ...more

October 6, 2007

BELLEAIR - Residents received their first look Wednesday night at ambitious plans to restore the once-threatened Belleview Biltmore Resort and Spa to its former grandeur, a $100 million project aimed at preserving the 110-year-old landmark and its Victorian charm. The restoration plan, presented to more than 100 people at a Belleair Town Commission meeting, calls for replacing the pagodalike entrance a former Biltmore owner added in the 1990s and relocating the spa. Also proposed were new ballrooms and banquet facilities, several more restaurants and retail shops. ...more

September 19, 2007

Development along Gibsonton Drive is booming, with three new hotels proposed or approved in areas near Interstate 75. ...more

September 19, 2007

Development along Gibsonton Drive is booming, with three new hotels proposed or approved in areas near Interstate 75. ...more

September 15, 2007