Drive Shack’s Lake Nona flagship has closed as its parent company reports financial strain. The move leaves a large vacancy in Lake Nona’s entertainment district.

Cogent Bank has grown from roughly $130M to more than $2.4B in under a decade and is expanding its Jacksonville footprint as it eyes bigger commercial lending. That shift could change how local developers and businesses finance projects.

A Fort Pierce lawsuit alleges a can of SpaghettiOs contained live worms and left the plaintiff ill; the suit names Campbell's and Walmart and seeks damages.

Rifle Paper Co. will close its Maitland warehouse and eliminate 74 jobs, affecting fulfillment workers in the Winter Park area.

CenterWell opened an $83 million, 162,000‑sq‑ft mail‑order pharmacy hub in Orlando that can process up to 64,000 prescriptions a day and will add more than 165 jobs.

The Dallas Fed’s May survey shows Texas factory growth cooled to an average pace as input costs rose and orders softened, though firms still expect higher activity ahead.

UF Health has grouped two Central Florida freestanding emergency centers into a single, 25,405‑SF investment package marketed to institutional and private buyers. Listing materials pitch the assets as net‑leased, 100% occupied emergency and urgent care centers.

Acadian Contractors paid $6.9M for two Cocoa industrial properties and aims to hire about 100 workers to support aquatic and rocket‑recovery work on the Space Coast.

Hancock Whitney is buying One Florida Bank for $377.6M, folding six Orlando-area branches into its regional network and adding roughly $2.1B in assets.

A UF/IFAS study finds Florida’s forest industry produced nearly $29 billion in 2023 and supported about 103,000 jobs, even as hurricanes and mill closures threaten rural communities.

Uniqlo is taking a 9,900-square-foot space at Waterford Lakes Town Center, adding a third Orlando-area location in 2026.

Jeff Vahle, Walt Disney World’s president since 2020, announced he will retire and will remain on the job through late July.

Kratos is planning a roughly $67M expansion in Orlando that could add about 100 jobs; city staff will review a $150K job-creation incentive linked to the plan.