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| 4/16/2018

› Khan’s vision for downtown Jacksonville development faces knotty challenges
The Jaguars’ “State of the Franchise” on Thursday will double as a “State of Downtown” for team owner Shad Khan. The event will come one year after the Downtown Investment Authority picked Khan’s Iguana Investments Florida as the top choice to be master developer of Metropolitan Park and The Shipyards, two city-owned tracts of riverfront land across the street from the sports complex.

› AT&T's first new entertainment store in Florida has opened in Fort Lauderdale
AT&T on Friday opened what it has billed as an “entertainment store” in downtown Fort Lauderdale, with a new design that focuses on how consumers use their mobile phones.

› The head of the Miami-based home building giant Lennar is stepping down after 21 years
Stuart Miller, who served as CEO of Miami-based Lennar Corp., one of the largest home builder in the U.S., is stepping down from the post after 21 years. The announcement came after a vote by Lennar's board of directors on Thursday.

› Florida’s delegation presses for Kennedy Space Center launch support money for NASA’s next big rocket
Congressional letters signed by a large majority of Florida’s delegation are urging congressional leaders to support full funding not just for NASA’s next spacecraft and rocket but for critical upgrades at Kennedy Space Center to launch them.

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