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Alachua-based RTI Surgical, Inc. (Nasdaq:RTIX), a global surgical implant company, and Paradigm Spine, LLC, a leader in motion preservation and non-fusion spinal implant technology, have entered into a definitive agreement whereby RTI will acquire all outstanding equity interest of Paradigm Spine in a cash and stock transaction valued at up to $300 million, consisting of...

Celebration Pointe has broken ground on 86 highly-appointed, luxury urban townhomes. The VUE is a secluded, gated townhome community and the only for sale housing in the 160-acre, mixed-use Celebration Pointe development. “These uniquely designed luxury homes will have many community amenities and exceptional views of Gainesville’s largest nature preserve, combined with walkable access to...

StartupGNV’s second ‘Startup Weekend Gainesville’ event of the year, the eighth such event in recent history, was held from October 12 through 14. Startup Weekend brought together students, professionals, and inspired individuals looking to build a concept from scratch – In just 54 hours, small teams of participants and mentors pitched concepts, created prototypes, validated...

UF Health Shands is building a 174-room hotel to provide convenient, high-quality accommodations for visiting outpatients and relatives of hospitalized patients. Construction of the six-story, 124,000-square-foot UF Health Guest House at the former Rush Lake Motel site, 1410 SW 16th Ave., is under way and is expected to be completed in April 2020. It is...

Palmetto Moon, a leading Southern lifestyle retail store, has opened its newest store location at Celebration Pointe. The 6,500 square-foot store carries on-trend and affordable clothing, footwear, accessories, décor and gifts from a wide selection of Southern-inspired lifestyle brands, including Columbia, Southern Marsh, YETI, Simply Southern, Vineyard Vines, Southern Tide and more. Palmetto Moon also...

Cox Business has announced Aha Pure Foods as the winner of Get Started Gainesville. More than 40 local businesses applied to pitch at the event. Five businesses were selected as finalists and presented their ideas and business plans to a panel of experts and in front of a live audience. The finalists were Qu Parking,...

Twin sisters Jesi and Remi came wailing into the world on May 15 as conjoined twins locked at the abdomen, the outline of the girls’ wiggling bodies looking to their parents like the shape of a beautiful heart. Two months later, University of Florida Health surgeons separated the babies. What followed for parents Andre and...

United Way of North Central Florida is looking for toys, sponsors and volunteers for the second annual United for the Holidays toy drive. United for the Holidays is a holiday toy drive for children between 0 and 18 years old in Alachua County. Based off last year’s success, this year’s goal is to serve at...

Greater Gainesville is now home to Amazon’s growing logistics footprint with the launch of its latest delivery station in Florida. The 10,000 SF facility, located near the Gainesville Regional Airport, is expected to bring approximately 100 new full-time and part-time jobs, including seasonal roles, to the area as operations ramp up. “We are excited to...

Brammer Bio, a best-in-class viral vector contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO), has announced that a three-year, $200 million investment program is on track to establish over 30 suites for clinical and commercial viral vector supply for a broad pipeline of advanced gene therapies and gene-modified cell therapies. “Brammer’s vision is to enable innovators to...