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Want to buy everything in a Red Lobster? Here's how.
Red Lobster restaurant contents are up for grabs less than 24 hours after dozens of locations suddenly closed across the nation.<\p> New York-based TageX Brands announced it is holding the "largest restaurant equipment auction event ever" related to the closure of more than 50 locations of the Orlando-based seafood restaurant company. The auction started May 13 at 3 p.m. — which coincides with reports of the closures of many Central Florida restaurants and nationwide — and will continue through May 16, with auction closing times starting at 8 a.m.<\p>
Visit Jax to drop a new trail to incentivize hospitality business
Sometime in the next two weeks, Visit Jacksonville will release the details of its third Jacksonville adventure map: the Shrimp Trail. <\p> Almost a decade into the Ale Trail’s frothy footprint, Visit Jax is tripling down to drive revenue and bring more visitors to Jax businesses. <\p>
South Florida investor buys Riverside office building
A South Florida-based investor bought an office building in Riverside for $2.75 million.<\p> Marcus & Millichap announced Tuesday it brokered the sale of Riverside Park Place, a six-story, 46,682-square-foot office building between the Five Points and Brooklyn neighborhoods at 751 Oak St.<\p>
Growing share of real estate agents weigh leaving their brokerages
The Covid-19 pandemic and a recent wave of class-action lawsuits have pushed more real estate agents to consider leaving their brokerages.<\p> Those findings, from the latest annual Agent Priorities Report from Coldwell Banker Real Estate, found while 61% of agents surveyed plan on sticking with their company this year, that’s down from 75% in 2023.<\p>
Need your lawn mowed? There’s now an app for that in Jacksonville
At the end of March, the GreenPal app launched in Jacksonville. <\p> Since then, more than 5,000 Jacksonville homeowners used the service to get their lawns mowed by one of the 500 Jacksonville landscaping providers who the company said signed up with the app. <\p>
Airline credit-card reward programs in regulators' crosshairs
The nation's major airlines are drawing heat over their branded credit-card reward programs, with federal regulators targeting consumer complaints that claim many perks don't live up to the hype and sometimes cost more than they are worth. Those findings...
Jacksonville Red Lobster restaurants close abruptly
In the face of financial difficulties across the country, Orlando-based Red Lobster has closed its three Jacksonville locations, part of a string of closures across the country. <\p> The locations at 416 Commerce Center Drive, 8720 Baymeadows Road and 13090 City Station Drive are listed as "temporarily closed" on the restaurant chain's website.<\p>
Baptist Health System, Feds settle False Claims Act
A Northeast Florida hospital system has agreed to pay $1.5 million to settle allegations involving discounts offered to certain Medicare beneficiaries. <\p> Baptist Health System reached the settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice, according to a recent Justice Department statement. <\p>
Gen Z's latest college grads have a new rival in the workforce
As new college graduates enter the workforce, they are facing some new competition for jobs: artificial intelligence. Given ChatGPT and other AI tools' ability to complete tasks such as research, data entry and email writing, some entry-level roles...
Related Group's Southbank high-rise clears DIA committee
The Related Group’s development at the former River City Brewing site is moving ahead with its revived and revamped mixed-use project. The Downtown Investment Authority Strategic Implementation Committee unanimously agreed to forward a recommendation...
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