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Terry RoenNovember 1, 2016

Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute has two weeks to return $77.6 million in taxpayer money it received as an incentive to build a Central Florida research center. However, the nonprofit research center has balked at the demand and claims they should not be required to repay the state. The Florida Department of Economic Opportunity […]

Scott PowersMay 5, 2016

The United States Professional Tennis Association and developers of Lake Nona have closed the deal that will bring the organization’s national headquarters to Orlando. Tavistock Development Co. and the UPTA jointly announced Thursday that the deal is complete, and the lease signed for the 15,000-member professional tennis association to set up shop at big Lake […]

Scott PowersMarch 9, 2016

U.S. Rep. John Mica announced Wednesday that his deal to transfer a closed U.S. Veterans Affairs nursing home to Florida has been completed, with his bill rocketing through both houses and getting President Barack Obama‘s signature in less than a month. The home, part of the old Baldwin Park VA medical services complex in Winter […]

Scott PowersFebruary 9, 2016

The 120-bed former U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs nursing home in Orlando’s Lake Baldwin neighborhood would be transferred to the state of Florida and reopened as a state facility for veterans under a bill that U.S. Rep. John Mica expects to get through the House of Representatives Tuesday. The facility is part of the old […]

Tag: Lake Nona

Florida DEO demands $77M back from Sanford Burnham

U.S. Professional Tennis Association closes deal to move to Orlando’s Lake Nona

John Mica gets feds to transfer VA nursing home to Florida in less than 30 days

John Mica’s bill would transfer closed federal VA nursing home to state