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►A team of Florida Polytechnic University faculty, staff and students, in a partnership with AdventHealth, is working to build critical personal protection equipment for clinicians treating patients amid the current COVID-19 pandemic. (pictured above) ► SVN Saunders Ralston Dantzler Real Estate, in Lakeland, brokered a total of $27.993 million in sales and leases of land

►Watson Clinic is now offering telemedicine, allowing patients to schedule their next doctor’s appointment and connect with a member of their medical team through video chat, or private messaging, using MyChart at Watson Clinic LLP Patient Portal. ► Parkway Property Investments was joined by another firm in acquiring the 730-acre tract bordering the Polk Parkway,

►The Heritage Plaza parking garage has opened to the public, providing 836 parking spaces, mostly reserved for use by the structure’s investors: the city of Lakeland, Lakeland Regional Health Systems, MidFlorida Credit Union and Aspyre Properties/BKP Five, but with 49 standard spaces and 10 spaces for disabled people to be available to members of the

►Housing Trust Group broke ground on the second phase of Twin Lakes Estates at 501 Hartsell Avenue in Lakeland, an affordable housing community for families and seniors that when complete will deliver a total of 318 one-,two- and three-bedroom affordable apartments for seniors and families in three phases. (Rendering above) ► Going 406 Baseball, an

►Amazon will occupy a 1.1 million-square-foot distribution center under development by Prologis on C. Fred Jones Boulevard, south of Interstate 4, near the State Road 559 interchange in Auburndale. ► Hospitality veteran John Loute was named general manager of SpringHill Suites by Marriott in Lakeland. ► Polk County Manager Bill Beasley appointed Chandra Frederick to

►Four of Florida Polytechnic University’s bachelor’s degrees have received accreditation by the Computing and Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET, the global accreditor of college and university programs in applied and natural science, computing, engineering and engineering technology.  ► The National Science Foundation awarded Florida Polytechnic University a $350,000 grant that enables the development of a

►Carvana, a virtual seller of used automobiles based in Tempe, Arizona , plans to construct a nearly $47 million facility in Haines City. ► Galaxy Bar Lakeland, a nostalgic dive-bar, opened at 5153 U.S. 98 N., Lakeland. ► Four Florida Polytechnic University bachelor’s degrees, computer engineering, computer science, electrical engineering and mechanical engineering, have been

►La Rocca Creative Cakes (pictured above), based in Richmond Hill, Ontario, launched in 1,265 supermarkets owned by Lakeland-based Publix. ►Lakeland-based Saunders Ralston Dantzler Real Estate brokered a deal for a newly constructed shopping center located in Brooksville, which sold for $3.71 million. ►Florida Surgery Consultants opened its second location in Polk County, at 604 Robin

►A 180-acre public park (rendering above) is being developed by private donors, including the Barnett family, which will cost $110 million and expected to open in 2021 in Lakeland. ►The newly built Polk County Fire Rescue station in Mulberry has been completed at 300 Kid Ellis Road. ►Tampa-based Catalyst Asset Management was chosen by the

►SVN Saunders Ralston Dantzler Realty recently listed and sold the building formerly housing Posto 9 in downtown Lakeland at 215 E. Main St. on Munn Park, and the building will be leased to another local restaurant, Nineteen61, a Golden Spoon Award winner in 2018. ►Molekule, a San Francisco air purification company with a research and

►Global outdoor clothing company L.L. Bean highlighted Take a Kid Fishing, a Polk County-based nonprofit, in a marketing video for its new campaign, “Welcome to the Catch,” which features founder Will Dunn and two teens he has mentored, his neighbor Camran DeLong and Tye Harriell. ►Robert Weech was named the interim fire chief for Polk

►Polk County Fire Rescue, in cooperation with the Polk County Sheriff’s Office, completed department-wide active-shooter training for emergency response personnel; the division supplied active-shooter safety equipment, including ballistics helmets, vests and specialty medical bags to all of its engines, ladder trucks and ambulances. ►Marcus & Millichap (NYSE: MMI), a commercial real estate investment services firm