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› Tropical Storm Julia expected to form Friday
Tropical Storm Julia is expected to spin into formation Friday morning as the National Hurricane Center braces for the season’s next tropical depression. At 11 a.m. the NHC released information on “Potential Tropical Cyclone 13″ which currently has maximum sustained winds of 35 mph and a forward motion of 15 mph. The potential depression is 150 miles east-southeast of Curacao.
› Flagstar Bank moving to Deerwood
Flagstar Bank is building-out offices at 8800 Baymeadows Way W. in Deerwood Center for its residential mortgage loan servicing center. Susan Bergesen, vice president of corporate communications and media relations for the Troy, Michigan-based company, said Sept. 26 that Flagstar previously leased two floors, totaling about 27,000 square feet of space, at 532 Riverside Ave. but used only one. She said the lease expired. That building is the Florida Blue structure.
› Prime destination for arts, dining set to expand in Gainesville
What happens when the whine of electric sanders and the smell of sawdust give way to screaming guitars and the wafting aroma of wood-fired pizza? Hoch Shitama is betting that it will translate into the sweet sound and smell of success. As part of an effort to convert Gainesville's old Baird Center compound — recently rebranded as South Main Station — Shitama will take his business, Akira Wood, and relocate it across the street to a yet-to-be-built facility on South Main Street.
› Hillsborough transportation sales tax debate heads to the courthouse
The road toward a transportation sales tax in Hillsborough County is detouring to a circuit courtroom. A decision on whether the ballot question on the proposed 1% sales tax for transportation continues to voting booths next month will fall to Hillsborough Circuit Court Judge Anne-Leigh Gaylord Moe. She is scheduled to hear arguments Monday in the case of Karen Jaroch vs. Hillsborough County over the planned referendum for a 1% sales tax for transportation.
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