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Virgin Trains USA starts work on tracks to Orlando

Virgin Trains USA, formerly Brightline, has started a $4 billion construction project on the tracks between West Palm Beach and Orlando International Airport. Virgin Trains said the first load of

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Up the River

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About those immigrants flooding into South Florida? Nevermind

Whether it was a trial balloon that popped or an administration that wasn’t coordinated, the latest word is there won’t be 500 immigrants a month arriving in South Florida. “@realDonaldTrump

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Washington Post: Business down sharply at Trump National Doral

Net operating income at Trump National in Doral fell 69 percent over two years ending in 2017, according to a Washington Post article. The article indicates that some consumers may

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Dear Rolling Loud Festival—please don’t come back

At what point is enough, enough? The headline in the Miami Herald said it all, “Deaths, shootings and arrests in Miami-Dade during Rolling Loud weekend” “Three shootings, one common thread,”

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Broward sees flurry of new office projects

OK, so, it is not a bona fide building boom, but it is a mounting wave washing over parts of Broward County’s new-inventory-starved office market. It is hitting when the

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Hiring Benchmarks What are your milestones for landing the right employees?

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Top office submarket nationally is in South Florida

Moving into hip downtowns is supposedly one of the biggest trends mentioned nationally for office space, but it also comes with some blowback. The biggest ones I hear are cost

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Major tool company relocates to Fort Lauderdale

The Greater Fort Lauderdale Alliance at its mid-year meeting announced specifics on some of the 1,038 new jobs the economic development partnership has helped foster during the first half of

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Photo Gallery: Royal Caribbean’s $250 million CocoCay is a new money maker

Royal Caribbean International’s CocoCay in the past was a great relaxing way to spend a day in the sun and enjoy a barbecue brought over from the ship. That’s changed

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State poised to raid housing fund again

Florida legislators have tentatively reached agreement on raiding more than $130 million available in the state affordable housing trust fund, according to the Florida Phoenix. The move means that South

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Gov. DeSantis coming to major economic development meeting

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis will headline the Greater Fort Lauderdale Alliance’s Mid-Year Meeting and Luncheon on May 8. DeSantis’ visit comes as the state marked a 3.5 percent unemployment rate—0.3

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