FDOT won't pay SunPass vendor until all problems are resolved
The Florida Department of Transportation is suspending all payments to the vendor that provides centralized customer service systems for the state’s SunPass system. FDOT said it will withhold any...
View ArticleNew $60M spec business park follows 'industrial-as-the-new-retail' design...
The estimated $58.7 million-$62 million Distribution 429 project will feature architecture that's reflective of the other growth happening throughout Ocoee.
View ArticlePulse foundation wants ideas from public on design of permanent memorial and...
The onePULSE Foundation wants the public's ideas on the design of a permanent memorial and museum at the gay nightclub where 49 people were killed in a mass shooting two years ago. The organization...
View ArticleLynx seeks $1.6M more from Orange County for 2019
The funding would be over $46 million from the county.
View ArticleUniversal's Nintendo land will cross generations — and that's good for Orlando
Universal Orlando's ongoing site work could be early signs of this future theme park expansion.
View ArticleCentral Florida weather: Wednesday to see mix of sun, storms
Mixed sun and clouds will be on hand to start the day before another round of thunderstorms flares up.
View ArticleCrazy ’80s Pub Crawl returns to Orlando this weekend for its 13th year in a row
This is the 13th year in a row that the annual Crazy ’80s Pub Crawl has taken over the bars of downtown Orlando....
View ArticleDisney Roundup: Star Wars projects take shape, Overwatch League finals on ESPN
The Walt Disney Co. — parent to Orlando's Walt Disney World — has operations around the country. It also owns ABC Television, ESPN Inc., Pixar, Marvel Studios and Lucasfilm Ltd., and is in the process...
View ArticleDisney-area outlet shopping center launches luxury concierge service
Get ready to shop 'til you drop — like a celebrity, that is. Orlando Vineland Premium Outlets near Walt Disney World announced it is launching a high-end personalized experience through its new luxury...
View ArticleDaytona Beach cracking down on panhandling
Daytona Beach leaders are going after aggressive panhandlers.
View ArticleThe challenges behind creating Universal's new Cinematic Celebration show
Orlando Business Journal caught up with Michael Aiello, Universal Orlando's senior director of entertainment, on Universal Orlando Resort's newest attraction, Cinematic Celebration. The roughly...
View ArticleGlobal Mattress to place first mainland locations in Central Florida
A Puerto Rican mattress sales chain is making its first expansion into the continental U.S. through Central Florida. Global Mattress currently has three stores under construction in Kissimmee, Orlando...
View Article2 people found dead in Orlando apartment
Two people were found dead in an apartment near downtown Orlando early Wednesday morning, police said.
View ArticleThis Apopka neighborhood with a shuttered golf course is undergoing a $178M...
This developer spent about $3 million and two years hosting more than 140 twice-weekly open house meetings at the existing country club and visiting more than 50 residents as it sought approvals. Now,...
View ArticlePolice investigating death of 2-year-old in Orlando
Orlando Police are conducting a death investigation involving a 2-year-old child.
View ArticleBrown, Clark among Florida Public Service Commission finalists headed to Scott
The names of six finalists for two open positions on the Florida Public Service Commission were forwarded Tuesday to Gov. Rick Scott, with the list including two commissioners seeking reappointment to...
View ArticleFlorida State University president supports moving racist statue, scrubbing...
Florida State University will relocate a campus statue of a former slaveholder and will seek approval to remove the name of a pro-segregation Supreme Court justice from a law-school building,...
View ArticleI-4 Ultimate Project closes parts of State Road 408
Nighttime and early-morning motorists who take State Road 408 will have to deal with some closures due to the I-4 Ultimate Project, warned FDOT.
View ArticleHow Disney's ESPN Wide World Sports Complex is using technology to improve...
Disney's goal is to “never miss a story” at its ESPN Wide World Sports Complex. This new sports ball-tracking technology may help accomplish that.
View Article