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The Butler Plaza redevelopment site located at 3730 SW Archer Road is now fully leased with the announcement of its fourth and final tenant, Alumni Hall. Scheduled to open this November, the store will offer collegiate apparel and merchandise for the Florida Gators. Alumni Hall is known for bringing the ultimate shopping experience to college...

On Monday, Oct. 28, immediately following Startup Weekend, 16 companies will vie for the title of “Top Gun” at the 3rd Annual GAIN Investor Pitch ShootOut! at the Harn Museum of Art at the University of Florida Cultural Plaza. The ShootOut begins at 2 p.m. with educational panels open to the public and led by...

The 2010 and 2011 winner of the Leading Women’s Enterprise at the Gainesville Area Chamber of Commerce’s Business of the Year Awards is back, but this time to lead the show.   Kristen Hadeed, founder of Gainesville-based Student Maid and a national professional speaker with an agency called CAMPUSPEAK, will host the 2013 Business of...

by April Frawley Birdwell Mothers-to-be in Africa are three times more likely than women in the United States to develop the high blood pressure disorder preeclampsia, and even more likely to die from it. Now, University of Florida researchers and a Gainesville-based engineering firm have received a $250,000 grant to develop an easily transportable tool...

By Sarah Carey Fourteen University of Florida veterinary students spent part of last summer analyzing financial reports, observing staff-client interactions in private veterinary hospitals and learning about practice management as part of a new externship aimed at sharpening students’ business skills. The externship, which unfolded in separate two-week rotations this summer, is the capstone of...

by The Gainesville Chamber of Commerce Employer University is a program to educate employers about recruitment best practices and how to recruit the right candidates. This program offers employers the opportunity to gain knowledge about how to successfully recruit at the University of Florida. Below is our list of webinars for the fall 2013 semester....

By Josh Steppling Construction has begun on new roads in Innovation Square with a goal of creating small, “walkable” blocks. This framework will facilitate interactions between individuals in the science and technology community. The new roads, SW Ninth Street and SW Third Avenue, contribute to Innovation Square’s master plan of establishing an animated live-play-work community...

Come December, Butler Plaza will be home to Gigi’s Cupcakes, a gourmet cupcake boutique, alongside the already announced BurgerFi and WhichWich. The store will be located in the redevelopment site currently under construction at 3524 SW Archer Road. Gigi’s Cupcakes offers more than 90 unique recipes, including flavors like “Hunka Chunka Banana Love”, a banana...

During the second weekend of October, Thornebrook Village will transform into a wonderland of art and entertainment during the 29th Annual Art Festival at Thornebrook. On Oct. 12 and 13, the Thornebrook shopping center will fill with dozens of tents where painters, woodcrafters, jewelry makers, photographers, quilters, glassblowers and entertainers of many stripes can sell...

The Sinclair Broadcast Group, out of Hunt Valley, Md., has purchased multiple broadcast stations in the Southeast for $90 million, including WGFL-TV, High Springs, and WYME-CA, Gainesville, owned by CP Media’s New Age Media; and WNBW-DT, Gainesville, which is licensed to MPS Media by New Age Media. All are under the Gainesville Television Network (GTN)...