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| 6/2/2021

› Women’s apparel store Evereve to open in former Winter Park Gap store
Women’s apparel retailer Evereve is slated to open its first Florida store in space that used to house the Gap on Park Avenue in Winter Park. Signs for Evereve were posted on the doors of the space at Park and Lyman Avenues. The new store is slated to open at the beginning of July, according to the retailer’s website. Another is expected to open in Naples in August.

› Relocations drive 'unbelievable' year for The Pineapple Corporation
Thanks to a surge in out-of-state buyers, custom luxury homebuilder The Pineapple Corporation’s The Vista at Twenty Mile in Nocatee has sold more houses so far in 2021 than it did all of last year. Pineapple Corporation President Spencer Calvert said interest in the community off of 20 Mile Road in Northeast Nocatee has been “unbelieveable” this year. “Right now a big push is from folks relocating from outside of our area,” Calvert said.

› New flying theater helps Dynamic Attractions launch co-venture effort
The future of Dynamic Attractions is up in the air, and that’s right where executives want it. The Orlando-based ride-manufacturing company has developed a reputation for its “flying theater” experiences, and it’s using that expertise to explore attraction ownership. Its first co-venture is SkyFly: Soar America, set to open at the Island in Pigeon Forge, an entertainment complex in eastern Tennessee in mid-June.

AllianceFlorida Amazon sortation center set for completion by year-end
Hillwood’s fourth-quarter report to the city says the project identified as Amazon.com received its foundation permit and construction should be completed by year-end 2021 at AllianceFlorida at Cecil Commerce Center. As the city’s master developer at the Westside business park, Dallas-based Hillwood is required to report quarterly activity.

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