Lealman Tesla center sells in $26M deal

The newly-opened 102,410-square-foot Tesla Motors center in Lealman has a new owner.

Developer Rob Truett, a principal at the Delay Beach-based Truett Realty Group, was behind the project to transform the former Kane’s Furniture liquidation building in Lealman into a state-of-the-art delivery and repair center for Tesla. Truett sold the center in a $26.25 million deal to Maryland-based Priority 1 Automotive Group.

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Local professor helps U.N. create ‘milestone’ water plan

Dr. Heather O’Leary, a University of South Florida St. Petersburg anthropology professor, recently shared her expertise at the first United Nations conference on water in 46 years.

It concluded with the Water Action Agenda's adoption, a "milestone" strategy that received nearly 700 commitments and $300 billion in pledges. U.N. officials called their first water-related symposium in a generation a “watershed moment” to mobilize members and stakeholders to create policies and set goals for sustainable development.