Some bright spots punctuated the gallows humor running through a convention of shopping center executives today: A few pizza restaurants, dental practices and discount retailers are expanding aggressively in the Tampa Bay area. Those with plans to grow took the spotlight during the gathering of shopping center owners, retail real estate brokers and retailers at the Grand Hyatt Tampa Bay in Rocky Point. The sponsor was the International Council of Shopping Centers. ...more

February 3, 2009

Hoping to boost his son's real estate development career, Outback Steakhouse co-founder Chris Sullivan hired an Odessa builder to mentor his son and help make his first major development project a success. ...more

January 14, 2009

Outback Steakhouse co-founder Chris Sullivan and his son are suing a builder they said defrauded them as part of a real estate development project. ...more

January 13, 2009

Ridgewood jumped to an 11-0 lead and spent the rest of the game trying to hold on in a 72-67 win against Bloomingdale in the final of the Berkeley Prep Outback Steakhouse Invitational on Saturday. ...more

December 21, 2008

Prior to Friday night's Outback Steakhouse Invitational semifinal against visiting Ridgewood, Berkeley Prep coach Bobby Reinhart made a prediction as to the game's key. For the Bucs, it would prove haunting. ...more

December 20, 2008

Land O' Lakes simply couldn't keep up with the Rams' sharp-shooting, high-powered offense that romped, 91-60, on Wednesday night. ...more

December 17, 2008

The King boys basketball team has forfeited its first four games of the season for use of an ineligible player, Athletic Director Frank Oliver confirmed. ...more

December 16, 2008

The security game plan for Super Bowl XLIII involves screening the backgrounds of more than 30,000 vendors and volunteers and restricting flights around Raymond James Stadium, officials said Wednesday, when about 70 representatives from local, state and federal agencies met to prepare for the National Football League championship game on Feb. 1. ...more

December 11, 2008

TAMPA A man who stole scores of laptop computers across the country, then sold them on eBay, was sentenced to 10 years in prison today. U.S. District Judge James Moody imposed the maximum statutory sentence on Eric Brandon Almly, 34, exceeding federal sentencing guidelines by two years. ...more

December 10, 2008

When Ben Novello first stepped into Anthony's Coal Fired Pizza, he got the same rush he felt upon entering his first Outback Steakhouse years earlier. ...more

December 9, 2008