ReliaQuest invests $1.5M in AI and Cybersecurity at USF

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Entrance sign for the University of South Florida's Tampa campus, where ReliaQuest is investing $1.5 million to expand artificial intelligence and cybersecurity research and workforce training.

ReliaQuest is investing $1.5 million in the University of South Florida to expand artificial intelligence and cybersecurity research while enlarging a workforce development program that has supplied the Tampa cybersecurity company with talent since 2018. The investment will establish the first endowed professorship in USF’s College of Artificial Intelligence, Cybersecurity and Computing and add an … Read more

Tampa sees one of nation’s biggest gains in rental affordability

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Canopy at West River affordable housing building along Main Street in Tampa

The Tampa rental market is starting to give renters a little more room. The share of rental listings affordable to a median-income household in the Tampa metro area rose to 61.4% in May, up from 51.6% a year earlier, according to a Zillow analysis released Thursday. That was one of the largest gains among major … Read more

USF elects former student body president as board chair

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Mike Griffin and Will Weatherford at a University of South Florida Board of Trustees meeting following Griffin's election as chairman.

The University of South Florida Board of Trustees elected Mike Griffin as chairman Wednesday, placing the Tampa real-estate executive and longtime trustee in the board’s top leadership position. Griffin, vice chairman and co-head of the Florida region for Savills, will serve a two-year term. He had served as acting chair since April, when former Florida … Read more

Tampa entrepreneurs back film on Musk’s Tesla years

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Two Tampa entrepreneurs are serving as executive producers of ELON, a feature film focused on the years when Tesla struggled to survive and Elon Musk was still trying to convince investors, employees and customers that the electric-vehicle company had a future. Nick Friedman, co-founder of College HUNKS Hauling Junk, and Punit Shah, chief executive of … Read more

Nearly 209,000 square feet becomes available in East Tampa

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Industrial warehouse building in East Tampa's Link Logistics portfolio at 1212 N. 50th St.

Nearly 209,000 square feet of industrial space has become available in East Tampa across a six-building warehouse portfolio owned by Link Logistics. The portfolio at 1212 N. 50th St. totals about 955,000 square feet and includes buildings ranging from 75,000 square feet to 245,000 square feet. Approximately 208,750 square feet is available now or expected … Read more