COVER STORY

• The Carolina Connection
  Floridians are buying up homes in North Carolina -- and Florida builders are hot on their heels. But the Sunshine State's brand of development is creating tension in the hills.
  • Out of Florida
    Florida developers are busy on out-of-state projects, but they say that reflects on unique opportunities they've found rather than a judgment about Florida's future.
  • Map: The North Carolina Draw
    A large number of North Carolina's new residents are ex-Floridians.

FEATURE STORIES

• Eye for Innovation
  Phil Frost was in retirement mode -- then he read about a small Philadelphia company working on gene-silencing drug therapies for eye diseases.
• The Art of the Aisle
  A walk through Florida's grocery stores shows how the chains use design to sell to consumers who are demanding more of everything.
• Wright's Stuff
  Anne Kerr is trying to restore the biggest collection of Frank Lloyd Wright buildings in the world -- keeping them as working parts of a college and not museum pieces.
• World View
  Florida wealth managers are betting on overseas markets.
• Publix’s New Flavor
  With its push into Florida's Hispanic market, the Lakeland-based supermarket chain is cashing in on a lucrative niche.

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