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› Citrus company names new top financial officer
Citrus producer Alico has hired a longtime Hertz executive as its new CFO. Fort Myers-based Alico appointed Perry Del Vecchio to the post, according to a statement. Del Vecchio will be responsible for all corporate finance, treasury and accounting functions of the company and will report directly to President and CEO John Kiernan. Del Vecchio was most recently a vice president and for Lexyl Travel Technologies in West Palm Beach.
› UNF, Johnson & Johnson Vision partner for research
The University of North Florida Department of Chemistry unveiled an addition and renovation to improve teaching and research spaces Sept. 9 and announced a partnership with Johnson & Johnson Vision in the investment of new equipment and support for undergraduate chemistry and biochemistry students. The addition and renovations include about 20,000 square feet of space comprising six new research labs, three new teaching labs, a computer lab, a classroom, student study areas and a locker room.
› OUC to sell big piece of commercial-industrial land near airport for $45 million
Orlando Utilities Commission is poised to sell a huge piece of real estate within a highly developed area of commercial and industrial activity just west of Orlando International Airport for $44.8 million. OUC calls its holding the “Jetport Property.” It was acquired as part of a financial settlement nearly 20 years ago from a high-profile but doomed effort to build an advanced, coal-fueled power plant in a partnership with Southern Co. The initiative failed as fears of climate change began to seriously alter the utility industry landscape.
› Tampa wastewater reuse project under fire again
For years, environmentalists and Tampa city officials have sparred over what to do with about 50 million gallons per day of highly treated wastewater currently being dumped into Tampa Bay. The city wants to divert the wastewater to replenish the Hillsborough River, help lower salinity levels in Sulphur Springs and, possibly, augment the city’s drinking supply.
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