Florida Trend

01/28/2025

🌴 Starting a business in Florida? Florida Trend's Florida Small Business publication is your ultimate guide to making it happen!

💼 Step 1 helps you set expectations and prepare for this exciting journey. With focus, perseverance, and curiosity, you can turn your idea into a thriving venture.

✨ Learn more and take the first step: https://bit.ly/4hfCsmc

01/28/2025

💡 What do a church, a power company and a fertilizer maker have in common? They're among Florida's leading private landowners.
📍 Read more from Associate Editor Mike Vogel and see who made the top 10 list.

The last time Florida Trend completed an inventory of the state's top 10 landowners, Plum Creek Timber topped the list, with 590,000 acres. That was in 2011 — five years before the Seattle-based real estate investment trust merged with Weyerhaeuser to become the largest timberland owner in the nat...

01/28/2025

💪 Against all odds, John Sodeika turned his terminal diagnosis into a story of hope and resilience.
🙏 "I’m very blessed, and now I’m in no man’s land," he says. His doctors monitor him closely, and together, they hold onto hope.

John Sodeika was a healthy, active 51-year-old husband and father with two daughters in high school. He loved the outdoors and had just gotten promoted to his dream job at work. But then he started having stomach problems.

01/28/2025

⏳ Time is running out!
🏆 Is your company one of the 100 Best Companies to Work for in Florida?
🌟 This is your chance to earn a spotlight in our AUGUST 2025 issue!
🗓 Don’t wait—register NOW before the FEBRUARY 14, 2025 deadline at https://bestcompaniesfla.com/!

01/27/2025

🤝 Help us rebuild | A note from Florida Trend Publisher David Denor: https://bit.ly/42pOOng

📚 After a crane collapsed on our building during Hurricane Milton, most of our company’s historical treasures were lost, including our cherished magazine archives.

💌 If you have any older issues of FLORIDA TREND stored away and would be willing to donate them to us, please email us at [email protected].

🌟 Your support will help restore 65+ years of Florida’s history.

01/27/2025

📉 Are sales of older multifamily properties slowing down in Florida?
➡ Find out more in our Florida real estate roundup.

A weekly alert that contains in-depth news, information, insight and analysis on the most critical real estate related issues and topics facing Florida.

01/27/2025

🌟 Northeast Florida's 2025 economic outlook: Regional business leaders discuss the year ahead, sharing key trends, demographics, and stats.
⚕ "We continue to provide world-class outcomes by leveraging the strengths of our exceptional academic health system and translating research discoveries into the latest medical advance," says Stephen Motew, President/CEO, UF Health.

“Attracting and retaining the most talented team members is a top priority. We have recently made several enhancements to our recruitment systems and processes to improve our candidate experience and to reach a much broader, qualified audience. Just as important is our focus on retaining our highl...

01/24/2025

🌟 Central Florida's 2025 economic outlook: Regional business leaders discuss the year ahead, sharing key trends, demographics, and stats.
🏠 Brooke A. Myers, President of VelocityRED, reflects: “The motto in commercial real estate has been ‘Survive until ’25.’ It sounded crazy at first, but it’s proving to be true.”

“We've really been focused on a couple of things — either direct hires or other ways of getting people on quickly; and secondly, we've reached out to different universities and really tried to lean into developing that pipeline so that we can capture the students when they graduate and come into...

01/24/2025

🏆 Does your workplace stand out in Florida? Be recognized for fostering a culture your employees love!
🌟 Florida Trend’s Best Companies to Work For in Florida 2025 is your chance to shine—and time is running out!
⏳ The Feb. 14, 2025 deadline is fast-approaching, and your company could be featured in our August 2025 issue.
👉 Sign up now: https://bestcompaniesfla.com/

01/24/2025

💼 On this week's Business Beat: Florida's military installations deliver big for the Sunshine State, driving hundreds of billions in economic impact statewide.
💵 A new analysis from FloridaCommerce highlights their massive contributions to Florida's economy.

Florida Trend's headline-focused video news brief, hosted by digital content specialist Aimée Alexander.

01/24/2025

📈 Northwest Florida’s 2025 economic outlook: Growth is possible but limited by a shortage of skilled workers.
💼 Garrett Anderson of Anderson Construction says, "Growth is handcuffed due to the lack of an available and knowledgeable workforce. Growth is possible and will continue in the Panhandle, but challenges remain."

“The homebuilding workforce is in crisis mode in regard to the trades. There is lack of entry-level interest in construction coupled with an aging workforce.

01/23/2025

📣 Attention Florida employers: Want to showcase your exceptional workplace?
🏆 Join Florida Trend’s Best Companies to Work For in Florida 2025—a program that highlights what makes your company great while providing honest feedback from your team.
🌟 Stand out. 📊 Improve. 🏆 Celebrate.
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01/23/2025

Congratulations to Florida Trend's for the week of January 22, 2025! 🏆 https://bit.ly/4gX7r6h Shutts & Bowen LLP PromiseFund Nason Yeager Gerson Harris & Fumero, P.A. Rivero, Gordimer & Company, P.A.

Nason Yeager Gerson Harris & Fumero, P.A. welcomes James Silver as a partner in its Commercial Litigation Practice Group with an emphasis on business bankruptcy and creditors' rights. With over 40 years of experience, Silver is a leader in his field, known for handling complex litigation, including....

01/21/2025

🏥 To make recovery from head and neck cancer surgeries quicker, Baptist MD Anderson Cancer Center in Jacksonville has added a robotic surgical system to help remove head and neck cancers.

With a goal to make recovery from head and neck cancer surgeries quicker, Baptist MD Anderson Cancer Center in Jacksonville has added a single-port robotic surgical system to help remove head and neck cancers.

01/21/2025

🌟 Florida Trend Viewpoints: Insights from academic leader Dr. Georgia Lorenz, president of Seminole State College of Florida
➡ In a recent discussion, she detailed key areas of academic focus, emphasizing workforce development and innovative programs, while also outlining how integrated business partnerships strengthen student opportunities and the local economy.

Dr. Georgia Lorenz, of Seminole State College of Florida, describes her institution's service area and academic footprint

01/21/2025

Congratulations to Florida Trend's for the week of January 15, 2025! 🏆 https://bit.ly/4gX7r6h Fish & Wildlife Foundation of Florida GreenPointe Holdings, LLC Duke Energy Hotwire

Nason Yeager Gerson Harris & Fumero, P.A. welcomes James Silver as a partner in its Commercial Litigation Practice Group with an emphasis on business bankruptcy and creditors' rights. With over 40 years of experience, Silver is a leader in his field, known for handling complex litigation, including....