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CenterState Banks Inc. wants a bigger urban footprint. The Davenport-based bank holding company - " one of the largest Florida-based banks with $3.9 billion in total assets - " has 68 branches statewide, including offices in Brandon, Plant City, Riverview and Valrico.

Channelside Bay Plaza has all but consumed Franklin Street CEO Andrew Wright's thoughts for the last month.

Westfield Citrus Park Mall has signed five new tenants, among them the region's fourth H&M store and a Vietnamese restaurant.

A Tampa woman has been sentenced to 15 months in federal prison for conspiracy to commit marriage fraud.

The investment from an unnamed group began with a tranche of $25,000 but could grow to the full amount as needed to support iMD's core business, according to a statement.

Fire crews are currently battling a house fire in the 1300 block of East North Bay street.

The Plasencia Group issued its "Cracked Crystal Ball" report Thursday at the annual Trends & Forecasting Forum presented by the Hillsborough County Hotel & Motel Association.

Mayor Bob Buckhorn took his proposed 2015 budget to City Council yesterday. There are no personnel layoffs in that budget, but it does include 138.9 million in capital improvements.

Hotel developer Lou Plasencia flies all over the nation from Tampa International Airport.

Tampa police are looking for the woman who stole a dog Wednesday in the area of Gandy Boulevard and Dale Mabry Highway.

"I mean in 2007, we were recouping about $166 million dollars in property taxes.

Where you see live music often informs the experience every bit as much as what you're seeing and hearing.

For the first time since Bob Buckhorn was elected Mayor in 2011, the proposed budget he submitted today for fiscal year 2015 does not dip into financial reserves, and in fact includes a modest surplus of $1.3 million.

In Forbes' annual ranking of the Best Places for Businesses and Careers, Tampa Bay lies in the upper-middle of the pack at No.

Bay area teen talks about attack by Israeli police Teen who was caught on tape being attacked by Israeli police talks for first time since return.

Dallas Bull The boot-scooting honky tonk is Tampa Bay's one-stop shop for country music, founded more than three decades ago but only in its current 34,000-square-foot digs since 2006.

Hyde Park Café The house music capital of Central Florida has been operating under the radar at Hyde Park Café for nearly two decades, bringing in the biggest national and international names in house and techno to play with local and regional beat-mixers amid its Velociti room's haze of fog and pulsing lights.

Café Hey The bands and artists that play Café Hey's shows are analogous to the fresh and funky food and drink they serve - good for you, tasty, creatively executed and out-of-the ordinary.

Brass Mug Things go in cycles, and the North Tampa venue that helped the city earn the title of Death Metal Capital of the World in the early '90s is once again on the rise.

Fall Out Boy, above, Paramore and New Politics perform together Saturday at the MidFlorida Credit Union Amphitheatre in Tampa.