Transportation and Infrastructure
Small business, commercial and construction lending drive strong growth for South Jersey banks
By: Yolanda Rivas2 min read February 2020 — The Southern New Jersey region is mainly driven by the healthcare, education and retail sectors, but small businesses remain key cogs in the region’s economic machinery. Their financial needs are among the busiest service...
Spotlight On: Diane H. Crews, President & CEO, Orlando Sanford International Airport
By: Yolanda Rivas 2 min read February 2020 — Since 1971, the Orlando Sanford International Airport (SFB) has been fulfilling its mission to bring convenient air travel to passengers and economic value to Central Florida. Today, SFB is one of the fastest-growing...
Fort Lauderdale Doing Wellness Well
By: Sara Warden 2 min read February 2020 — A study from the Macrothink Institute suggests that 8.7% of all payroll costs are tied to absenteeism, and when the bottom line is at stake, this makes business owners sit up and pay attention. This is perhaps the biggest...
Spotlight On: Dan Rajkowski, Chief Operating Officer, Charlotte Knights
By: Felipe Rivas 2 min read February 2020 — The Queen City is teeming with sports activity. It is host to NASCAR, the NBA and NFL, and closed the decade with a new MLS team. Not too far behind stand the Charlotte Knights, the region’s minor league baseball team. The...
Rock Hill crystallizes its future with new development and capital projects
By: Felipe Rivas 2 min read February 2020 — About an hour south of Charlotte, in South Carolina, a city is experiencing an evolution much like its counterpart in North Carolina. Located in York County, the city of Rock Hill is crystallizing its future by moving past...
Spotlight On: Beat Kahli, President and CEO, Avalon Park Group
By: Felipe Rivas 2 min read February 2020 — The Sunshine State has been a beacon of light for companies and families wishing to live, learn, work and play under the sun. Much of the population growth happening in Florida is concentrated in Central and South Florida....
Spotlight On: Alan Zuckerman, Managing Shareholder & COO, Flaster Greenberg PC
By: Max Crampton Thomas2 min read February 2020 — Flaster Greenberg’s South Jersey attorneys are bringing in new talent to hone and increase the services they offer their mostly business and high-net-worth clientele, which include everything from M&A to succession...
Tourists, Flight Availability Underpin MCO’s Record Growth
By: Sara Warden 2 min read February 2020 — Orlando’s tourism industry is going from strength to strength, generating $75.2 billion from 75 million people in 2018. The industry’s success at drawing in new customers benefits almost every other industry in the region,...
Commercial Real Estate to Remain Steady in 2020
By: Max Crampton-Thomas 2 min read February 2020 — If there were ever a time or place to consider investing in commercial real estate, now would be that time and the Tampa Bay region would be that place. 2019 proved to be another banner year for the real estate sector...
Spotlight On: Bill Cronin, President & CEO, Pasco EDC
By: Max Crampton-Thomas 2 min read February 2020 — Successful economic development is a product of consistent improvement of the current situation of a region and consideration of what the long-term future could hold for that same region. In Florida’s Pasco County,...