Chris Sullivan: Becoming the face of Outback Steakhouse

Tampa businessman Chris Sullivan, a co-founder and former CEO of Outback Steakhouse, has no plans of slowing down on growing the culinary scene through his global brands.

"I've never seen a more competitive time in the local economy," Sullivan said during a moderated fireside chat at the Florida Israel-Business Accelerator’s Tuesday hospitality conference, inside the Bryan Glazer JCC in Tampa.

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City favors adding housing density in neighborhoods

As residents approached the podium inside the council's chambers Thursday, sharing opposing perspectives on a zoning amendment that would allow quadruplexes on certain lots, changing the makeup of single-family neighborhoods, the St. Petersburg City Council ultimately decided to move forward with a second hearing.

The language in the first reading of the city-initiated Neighborhood Traditional Mixed Residential (NTM-1) zoning application calls for an increase in the building density, allowing up to four units on nearly 3,000 parcels across the city. The zoning would also present an opportunity to build more affordable housing - a dire need officials are addressing.

Arts Alive! podcast: Owen Robertson, LAB Theater

Owen Robertson is today’s guest on the Arts Alive! podcast. The founder and executive producer of LAB Theater Project, a 50-seat black box theater in a converted Ybor City storefront,

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