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What you need to know about Florida today
› Jacksonville’s Museum of Science & History plans $80 million upgrade
MOSH President Maria Hane said the plan would boost the museum’s total space from 77,000 to 120,000 square feet, expand educational programming, reorient its public entry and inner focus toward the adjacent St. Johns River, incorporate an innovation component and add “new and emerging technology.”
› Orlando home building spiked last year to highest level in more than a decade
Orlando’s Hanover Family Builders sold 520 new homes in Central Florida last year — and might have closed on more if not for a lack of lots and skilled labor. The company is building from St. Cloud to Sorrento, often with properties targeting the most sought market of homes under $350,000.
› Floridians prefer curbside pickup to grocery delivery, survey shows
Floridians love to preorder and pick up their groceries — well, at least more than much of the rest of the country. According to a survey of 2,000 consumers compiled by Offers.com, Florida has one of the highest rates of use for pre-order and curbside pickup in the country.
› What the future might hold for Sarasota Square mall
It’s not just tenants and patrons who are talking about possibilities as — like many other traditional malls — the South Sarasota shopping center’s identity crisis deepens.
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