Florida’s Stanley Cup Payday
The 2016 Stanley Cup Playoffs mean big dollars. Nyquist wins the Florida Derby. The Hurricanes and Eagles score…
Broward County’s Robust Condo Market
Don’t lo now, but Hallandale Beach Mayor Joy F. Cooper has designs on making her city another Miami…
Miami Open: Economic Ace
What began in the 1960s as a dream by a few top players for an international tennis tournament…
Orlando’s Tourism Land Grab Ending
For the past 25 years, Robbie McEwan has been omnipresent in metro Orlando’s tourism-related commercial real estate market.…
Florida Drug Discovery’s Big Need
Kevin Nash, Ph.D., an assistant professor of molecular pharmacology and physiology at the University of South Florida’s Byrd…
Approved! UCF Downtown Campus
“If there is anything that I have learned in than 22 years, it is that our greatest danger…
Florida Drug Discovery Translates to Healthy ROI
The irony sticks out like a hypodermic needle. For all the science wrapped up in the Florida Translational…
Downtown Miami Development is Hot
1010 Brickell is rising in the heart of Miami’s financial district. Stand nearby and listen — you may…
Common Myths About Leadership
Companies spend than $14 billion annually on leadership development. Not coincidentally, organizations essentially rise and fall with leadership.…
Miami International Boat Show Hits the Water
The waves between South Beach and Virginia Key (near Key Biscayne) were threatening. For five decades, the Miami…
Gainesville’s Commercial Real Estate Boom
There were signs in 2014 that good news was on the horizon in Gainesville. Commercial real estate sales…
Groundbreaking: USF Health & Downtown Tampa
First, a confluence of circumstances appeared on the horizon. Forming one side, the University of South Florida Health’s…
Florida Researcher, a Real “Live Wire”
Jayan Thomas, Ph.D., first emerged on the radar of FORWARD Florida in 2013 as an assistant professor at…
Not Your Father’s Charity
Perhaps Ben Stroup said it best. Stroup, a writer, entrepreneur and business executive, commented: “[Wayne Elsey] has the…
World’s Largest Modeling, Simulation & Training Conference Concludes in Orlando
What do you get when 14,000 egates, exhibitors and visitors gather in one place to talk moing, simulation…
Fox News Films “The Property Man” in Florida
In July, “Bob Massi is The Property Man” debuted on the Fox News Channel (FNC), taking in-depth los…
Frost & Sullivan GIL 2015: Miami Gateway to Latin America
Frost & Sullivan has than 50 years of experience in partnering with Global 1000 companies, emerging businesses and…
Lightning Bolt for Tampa Bay Business
For the Tampa Bay Lightning, this isn’t quite Steven Stamkos (the leading scorer, pictured above) from Victor Hedman…
Florida Angel Funding Invests in Innovation
Florida’s angel funding environment received a boost earlier this week, when on Nov. 3 FAN Investors I GP,…
Manufacturing Gearing Up in Florida
Welcome to MFG Day 2015 — Oct. 2. MFG DAY, supported by a group of national industry sponsors…
What’s Up in Miami?
Miami is trying to grow up. And up and up. But as a new wave of high-rise development…
New Directions
In less than a year, Welton Cadwell has accomplished much in steering the Central Florida Expressway Authority on…
Urban Planning for Healthy Living
Public health is no longer solely the business of health professionals. Planners and engineers also play a vital…
Entrepreneur Outreach
Community partners rally to generate $1.5 million in matching funds to continue fostering a culture of innovation throughout…
Drones: Ready for Takeoff?
Nothing illustrates how fast drone technology is moving than the fact that .com officials already are complaining that…
Iron Man, UCF, and Alex Pring
Hollywood superstar Robert Downey Jr. has a new friend. It’s 7-year-old Alex Pring, a Central Florida resident, who is also making…
Village People
From retail revitalization to neighborhood nurturing and all the planning in between, VHB’s Jim Hall and Joe Kolb…
Touchdown, Orlando Citrus Bowl Stadium
There was pomp and circumstance, sheer elation, sighs of relief and chills. Well, maybe those were from the…
March Madness Is Back in Orlando
Get ready to cue up the bands … and the cash registers. March Madness is returning to downtown…
Technically Speaking
From buzzword to boom, the new EdTech industry is finding its way into classrooms near and far. Rob…
Stetson Baseball Wins Big
Stetson University began fielding a baseball team in 1895, but could there possibly have been a better week…
Lake Nona: Medical Magnet
Lake Nona has fought off an ailing economy, general skepticism and heated marketplace challenges to produce a medical…
Drug Discovery – Florida Translational Research Program
The Florida Translational Research Program at Sanford-Burnham unites statewide medical explorers in the quest for new remedies. Call…
Dr. Charles “Ed” Bailey; Life & Death in the Lab
Dr. Charles “Ed” Bailey’s career path intersected with his personal life. In a big way. A medical doctor…
Upcoming Real Estate Forum to Study Central Florida Trends
What’s happening in Central Florida now, and what will the region lo like in 10 years? An upcoming…
Upcoming Real Estate Forum to Study Central Florida Trends
What’s happening in Central Florida now, and what will the region lo like in 10 years? An upcoming…
The New Central Florida Expressway Authority
The new Central Florida Expressway Authority paves the way for greater regional and multimodal collaboration. Label this a comeback,…
Toll Road Expansion in Orlando
As the Super Region finds intermodal answers to transportation questions, highways are being overhauled too. A drive west…
Tampa’s Self Driving Cars
T-H-E-A and A-V-T spell Tampa Bay’s newest roadway direction: automated vehicle technology. The Tampa Hillsborough Expressway Authority (THEA)…
Greenlight Pinellas
A November vote puts Pinellas County at a crossroads in the quest to prepare for its transportation future.…
Best Hospitals in America
The top three hospitals in the state each from the Super Region? That’s what the 25th annual ranking…
Big Teamwork, Big Data in Cancer Fight
The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center and Tampa-based Moffitt Cancer Center have joined forces in the fight…
If the Shoe Fits | Funds2Orgs
The question is a fundamental one that pervades the world of nonprofit organizations: how to raise funds with…
Wanted: More Jobs, Qualified Workers
CareerSource Florida has undergone a rebranding and refined its role. The task: effectively identify needs, quickly fill positions and ultimately enhance…
F.Y.I. Central Florida Economic News
February 2014 economic news, notes and commentary from Central Florida Florida Hospital partners with YMCA Florida Hospital for…
F.Y.I. North Florida Economic News: February 2014
February 2014 economic news, notes and commentary from North Florida. Greater Prominence In Cancer Care The University of…
F.Y.I. West Florida Economic News: February 2014
February 2014 economic news, notes and commentary from West Florida. Paving the Way Lee Roy Selmon was a…
The sky is the limit
To infinity and beyond at NASA’s John F. Kennedy Space Center. The latest success story in KSC’s transformation…
Ahead of the Curve
The American Red Cross is spelling out “prepared” and “resilient” in bold letters across Florida. A three-year effort…
Crunch Time
The project was never a slam dunk. Urban renewal seldom is. However, in a back-and-forth contest that still…