
New teammates at Associated Financial
Former Miami Dolphins safety Shawn Wooden and retirement plan specialist Travis Ruane have joined Associated Financial Consultants & Investor Services, Fort Lauderdale.

New teammates at Associated Financial
Former Miami Dolphins safety Shawn Wooden and retirement plan specialist Travis Ruane have joined Associated Financial Consultants & Investor Services, Fort Lauderdale.

Flo Rida is in the house
Music star Flo Rida will be an equity partner with Victor G. Harvey Sr. on VG Vodka, which is building a distillery with a cigar bar, wine bar and restaurant on Sistrunk Boulevard. The vodka is already selling at retail locations and restaurants.

Sirocco Mediterranean by Tarek Younes and Level29 by actor William Levy, which has Nikkei cuisine, have opened at The Shops at Pembroke Gardens.

PulteGroup has acquired 20 acres on the southwest corner of Oakland Park Boulevard and NW 31st Avenue, Lauderdale Lakes, to build Cassia Estates
with 77 single-family homes and a gated entrance.

Truist Financial Corp.’s SunTrust Commercial Real Estate arranged a $47.9 million construction loan for Related Group’s 230-unit New River Yacht Club III project.

Morelia Gourmet Paletas, a gourmet Mexican ice-pop shop, has opened at 1919 Hollywood Blvd, Hollywood.

Bank branch opens
BankUnited has opened its new Fort Lauderdale Las Olas banking center, at 337 E. Las Olas Blvd.

Broward County officials held an event to kick off the $1 billion expansion of the county’s convention center from 600,000 square feet to 1.2 million square feet with a hotel.

Fort Lauderdale-based BTI Partners paid $15.75 million for the Young Circle Shopping Center on the east side of Hollywood’s Young Circle. It’s also under contract to acquire the neighboring Hollywood Bread Building and work with the city on mixed-use redevelopment.

Decimal Engineering, known for precision metal products, is celebrating the opening of a new 80,000-square-foot Coral Springs manufacturing plant after moving from Pompano Beach.

BDEX lands investment
BDEX, which bills itself as the largest data exchange platform in the United States, says it has an unspecified investment by RIT Venture Fund, which was developed by the Rochester Institute of Technology.

Cuba Libre Restaurant & Rum Bar, a Philadelphia-based restaurant group, is opening its first South Florida location at 800 E. Las Olas Blvd. with seating for 250.

CBRE negotiated the $40.37 million sale of a warehouse at 20351 Sheridan St. in Pembroke Pines to the parent company of Bang Energy Drinks.