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What you need to know about Florida today
› Startup hub Tampa Bay Wave moving offices to new downtown Tampa tower
A linchpin of the Tampa Bay startup community is on the move. Tampa Bay Wave, the longtime technology incubator and accelerator known for its cohorts and training programs, is moving its downtown Tampa headquarters from a century-old building at 500 E Kennedy Boulevard to a gleaming new skyscraper across the street, in the WeWork building at 501 E Kennedy.
› 2 deaths in Florida linked to raw oysters from Louisiana
A restaurant customer in Fort Lauderdale has died of a bacterial infection after eating raw oysters. A Pensacola man died the same way this month. Both cases involved oysters from Louisiana. Gary Oreal, who manages the Rustic Inn, told the South Florida SunSentinel that the man who died had worked years ago at the restaurant famous for garlic crabs. “Over the course of 60 years, we have served a couple billion oysters, and we never had anyone get sick like this guy did,” Oreal said.
› JW Marriott with rooftop garden to anchor downtown Orlando convention center
It looks like downtown Orlando will be getting its luxury hotel and convention center, as promised by developers Albert Socol and Marlene Weiss, according to a report in GrowthSpotter. The husband-wife heads of Summa Development Group have filed updated renderings with the city naming JW Marriott as the anchor for their 33-story mixed-use tower at Church and Pine streets once slated to include a branch of the Orlando Museum of Art.
› $618 million resort project will have plenty to chow down on
One thing you won’t be able to complain about when the Sunseeker Resort Charlotte Harbor opens next year is that there aren’t enough places to eat. The resort, being built by Allegiant Travel Co., announced Aug. 16 details about the makeup of the 20 “first of its kind food-and beverage concepts” on the property and that it will employ a culinary staff of more than 600.
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