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What you need to know about Florida today
› NASA administrator Bill Nelson updated on developments at Redwire
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson toured the Redwire headquarters in Jacksonville on May 10 to see progress on new technology that will allow astronauts to manufacture and service equipment in space. Redwire is manufacturing robotics and 3D printers that will further NASA’s in-space servicing, assembly and manufacturing capabilities. It is part of a $74 million NASA-funded initiative.
› Tampa tech firm grows leadership team with hiring of COO
Blue.cloud, a Tampa tech startup that specializes in cloud solutions, has hired its first COO, Koray Ozcubukcu, amid rapid growth that has seen revenues rise at a rate of 185% from 2020 to 2021. According to a news release, Ozcubukcu comes to Blue.cloud from Slalom, where he served as managing director and worked with several Fortune 500 clients.
› October contract expected for a Miami International Airport hotel
The county has extended the second phase of a request for proposals to build a 4-star, 350-key hotel at Miami International Airport until May 25 at bidders’ request. “The county considered the requests reasonable,” an Aviation Department spokesperson emailed to the newspaper. The second phase is to be followed by the contract award, which is now anticipated in October, pending approval by the county commission. The date for the award prior to the extension was September.
› Why corporate site selector The Boyd Co. considers Lake Nona a top destination for 'new normal' HQs
With rumors of a potential Twitter relocation swirling as the backdrop, a corporate site selection firm has named Orlando’s Lake Nona region among its top 15 locations in the U.S. for relocations amid an evolving office landscape. That list is based on Boca Raton-based The Boyd Co. Inc.'s new national site selection study that focuses on the “new normal” for corporate headquarters destinations in a post-pandemic environment.
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