After being sold to Blue Roc Premier for $50 million, the 352-unit Victoria Landing Apartments on Lakeland Hills Boulevard have been rebranded as The Park at Palazzo. The 12-year-old complex’ location near I-4 and access to Tampa and Orlando generated strong interest, the listing agent told Multi-Housing News. Source: Multi-Housing News
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Morning Paper Lays Off Entertainment Reporter
A layoff claimed the job of The Ledger’s entertainment reporter, Paul Catala, Creative Loafing Tampa Bay reports. Catala confirmed it on Facebook. The article doesn’t address the fate of Time Out, the newspaper’s Thursday entertainment magazine that Catala wrote for. Readers will find out soon whether Time Out survived. Source: Creative Loafing Tampa Bay
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Draken Will Fly Supersonic Fighters From Linder
As Draken International acquires Mirage F1M jets under its latest federal contract for military adversary flight training, supersonic flights will start taking off from Lakeland Linder Airport this spring. The flights won’t break the sound barrier until they’re well over the Gulf of Mexico, Bay News 9 reports. For background, check this article from The Drive […]
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Consignment Shop Assists Domestic Violence Victims
Hidden Gem Consignment Boutique, 3139 N. Galloway Road, is showing off its expansion Saturday. The store, opened by a domestic violence survivor and her mom, makes clothing and other goods available for free to other survivors, as ABC Action News reports | View a previous WFTS story about store founder Jessica Criswell. Source: ABC Action News […]
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Entrepreneur Winners: Smurr, Nars, Petcoff, Young
Jennifer Smurr, the model-turned-baker who founded the uber-popular Born & Bread Bakehouse, was honored Tuesday night as David Lyons Entrepreneur of the Year at Catapult Lakeland‘s first Lakeland Entrepreneur Awards.
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Airport Getting $4.69 Million Economic Development Grant
The dollars from the Florida Job Growth Grant Fund will go toward constructing hangars as Lakeland Linder Airport seeks to expand cargo operations and maintenance, repair and overhaul capacity. The repair hangars could lead to 400 new jobs, airport officials say. Source: Tampa Bay Business Journal
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New Starbucks Won’t Change Southgate Entrance Locations
When we reported Saturday that a Starbucks is being built in the Southgate Shopping Center parking lot, a lot of people asked whether the entrance and exit locations at Southgate would change. The short answer: Not anytime soon. The shopping center entrances will remain on Oak Drive and Pablo Street, and Starbucks will not have […]
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TooJay’s Has Closed Its Lakeland Deli
Sunday was the last day open for the kosher-style restaurant at Oakbridge Shopping Center. The West Palm Beach-based company said Lakeland employees will be offered positions with its 27 other locations, all in Florida. Source: The Ledger
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Starbucks Planned for Southgate Parking Lot
Fencing placed in front of Lakeland’s favorite arch at Southgate Shopping Center marks the construction site of a new Starbucks coffee shop. The company plans to close the nearby store at Florida Avenue and Beacon Road. The construction zone next to Five Guys displaces roughly 100 parking spots. The building will occupy 2,515 square feet, […]
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New Food-Blending Company Continues Expanding
Compass Blending LLC, a food manufacturer that launched last year and hired 34 employees, plans to add 10 workers and move from a 3,100-square-foot building near Lakeland Linder Airport to a 10,000-square-foot facility, Tampa Business Journal reports. The article doesn’t mention the location of the new facility. LINKS: Compass Blending | Founder Angelia Fontes | News […]