Bernadette BerdychowskiLocal Business Reporter
Dzień dobry! I’m a Clearwater native, born and raised by Polish immigrants. Yes, I’m that girl eating pierogi on the beach. You caught me. I left the Tampa Bay area for a few years to study at a college in the heart of New York’s Financial District. Now I’m back home reporting on the businesses, entrepreneurs and all of us who are consumers of goods and services. I also write our newsletter “Business by the Bay” which breaks down the area’s fast-changing economy and its trends. Reach out if you have any tips, ideas or even if you need someone to rant about Eurovision or art.
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![Prices of Tampa Bay homes went up 34.8% in the year ending in March, the S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller Index reported Tuesday. It’s the highest reported yearly gains of the 20 U.S. cities the index tracks.](data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 562 316"/%3E "Prices of Tampa Bay homes went up 34.8% in the year ending in March, the S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller Index reported Tuesday. It’s the highest reported yearly gains of the 20 U.S. cities the index tracks.")
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tbt/4BPA24QYENELZCS6XCMKBLFZAQ.JPG "Prices of Tampa Bay homes went up 34.8% in the year ending in March, the S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller Index reported Tuesday. It’s the highest reported yearly gains of the 20 U.S. cities the index tracks.")
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tbt/C5SPYJW67FABJBVYM6MEUBAFPA.png "A staff worker hand rolls and fills pierogi at a house in St. Petersburg on March 2, 2022. Pierogi Bar is a Ukrainian cottage kitchen that will soon open its own restaurant on Central Avenue.")
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tbt/EZ6Y6ZP5DJGTPFLV2N4LWKVRWQ.JPEG "Cats & Caffeine is set to open in South Tampa later in July 2022.")
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tbt/SSW4JPLDAFA5NILKCPHF3R7DZI.jpg "A Walmart associate will wear a camera on their vest when delivering groceries to a customer's home.")
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tbt/WKNOPC32JVHAVB3QD37U4RCSFE.jpeg "A cheeseburger at California chain Fatburger, which is coming to the Tampa area.")
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tbt/A5Z3PMKJEVELLLYXOZHIYDEQDA.jpeg "Ardene opened at the Westfield Brandon mall in 2022.")
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tbt/DEK4YYTNDZDQFGKIBPV72MR5LE.JPG "A look at Grand Central at Kennedy, 1120 E Kennedy Blvd., on Oct. 26, 2021 in Tampa.")
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tbt/BADJWQE5ABA43IGNX5OG7ZDYMU.jpg "Robin Hartill")
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tbt/FVEMJ37QVFFEXFIW3MZDYVQUXM.JPG "Aerial photo of Downtown Tampa overlooking the Tampa Riverwalk and Hillsborough River is pictured on Wednesday, April 13, 2022 in Tampa.")
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tbt/GBEVWI7UAZCPVNSZSRTGFYOB5M.jpg "The price for a regular gallon of gasoline is posted at a Sunoco gas station located at the corner of 16th Street N and Central Avenue on Monday, June 6, 2022 in St. Petersburg. AAA is predicting that the price for a regular gallon of gasoline in Florida could hit $5 this summer.")
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tbt/ZGNOVYN5A5FE3PDK6ZKELCUYCA.jpg "A rendering of Airside D (on the right) at Tampa International Airport. It's set to be finished in Fall 2027.")
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tbt/U4R4ESDVARBJNP5XZFAZIFMP4M.jpg "People at Westshore Marina District's Summer Night Exchange, a fresh market on the first Wednesday of summer months.")
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tbt/OGN4HEECFRFTXPEPOQ4PGEFRPY.jpg "A Finnair Airbus A350 lands at Tampa International Airport Tuesday, May 31, 2022. Tampa International is celebrating its first regularly scheduled A350 service operated by Finnair traveling between Frankfurt and Tampa.")
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tbt/6MWIKIS2FRFMDMYHWZ265N3AAU.JPG "Krate at the Grove, a Wesley Chapel shopping park made of shipping containers, will celebrate a grand opening June 4.")
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tbt/U5R7EATQ65FBLLVKFONLJ5A3HA.jpg "A drone delivery hub at a Walmart in Farmington, Arkansas. The program is expanding to six states, including Florida, the retailer announced.")
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tbt/KWFJTZOCERDKRBL4BGR4GYMLPA.jpg "Airbnb superhost Frank Albert poses for a portrait in the rental that he and his friends designed to commemorate the \"Friends\" sitcom.")
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tbt/GNM5AWEW2FCBLFB53BOL2I7G4I.jpg "A for sale sign is seen in front of a home along 6th Avenue North in the Kenwood area Friday, Feb. 21, 2020 of St. Petersburg.")
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tbt/VRVMKRGBPBAUFHUFGJ6GY6GP6A.jpeg "Sephora at Kohl's opened in Lutz and Lakeland on Friday May 13, 2022.")
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tbt/G4GTYPHLQ5E3FI6SZWZEDCCNRI.jpg "An affordable housing complex is set to be built on a former lumber yard in St. Petersburg.")
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tbt/BH6PNRSEDJAZTBZOPEFY3R6VEI.jpg "Los aviones de Frontier Airlines en la pista del Aeropuerto Internacional de Tampa el lunes 4 de abril de 2022. La aerolínea de bajo presupuesto está lanzando tres nuevas rutas internacionales desde el Aeropuerto Internacional de Tampa a Punta Cana y Santo Domingo en la República Dominicana y Montego Bay en Jamaica")
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tbt/44NEI2HXVFG3TLIZFUVM2SHGSA.jpg "A traveler checks out the departures monitors at Tampa International Airport. Airlines have canceled over 3500 flights over the weekend due to weather and staffing issues, Monday, April 4, 2022 in Tampa.")
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tbt/UWKRNJOJRVDHTFLGET4HDGG324.JPG "Una panorámica de Tampa se ve desde Bayshore Boulevard, la ruta principal del Publix Gasparilla Distance Classic el sábado 26 de febrero de 2022.")
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tbt/KP76QAPXTNBZ5LBXAKZRGLUUDU.JPG "The skyline of downtown Tampa is seen from Bayshore Boulevard. Tampa Bay rents are at a 17 percent premium, meaning that average prices should be closer to $1,732 a month based on the area’s long-term trends but they’re currently closer to $2,029.")
