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Air Flamenco, a mainstay of air travel in the Caribbean, will open a satellite base of operations at Kissimmee Gateway Airport (ISM) early next year. Rubén Torres, who founded the Puerto Rico-based airline in 1976, now lives in Kissimmee and has a deal to co-locate with Quantem, a fixed-base operator at the municipal airport. The airline...
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October 15, 2015 (Kissimmee, FL) -The City of Kissimmee’s Economic Development Office announced today that Infinity Medical Engineering will open their business in the City by the end of this year. Infinity Medical Engineering, a medical device research, development and manufacturing company, will open at 301 Church Street, near historic downtown Kissimmee, and will house a 10,000...
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New hotels are just one element of the longterm master plan for Osceola Heritage Park. Don Miers, the county’s director of sports facilities, told GrowthSpotter that for months, county planners have “been dabbling with different concepts of what a master plan could look like.” The 168-acre park on U.S. 192 houses the 11,000-seat arena, the Houston Astros training...
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The Whaley family, who for generations have operated a cattle ranch their land east of Lake Tohopekaliga, are getting ready to list their property for $42 million.
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Kissimmee-based developer George Chen should break ground within a few weeks on a $6 million winery, botanical gardens and event space in partnership with Florida’s Island Grove Wine Company, an attraction he hopes oenophiles and nature-lovers will flock to while visiting the W192 tourism corridor. Based on 11 acres on the northeast corner of Funie...
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PBS Newshour Valencia College and UCF Featured on PBS NewsHour for Efforts to Help Low-Income Students Finish College
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Shopping Centers Today – August 2015 In the Shopping Centers Today August 2015 issue, Kissimme’s 427,000-square-foot first phase of the Crosslands Shopping Center is nearing completion.
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The smart sensor project currently underway in Osceola County is big and some call it a game changer, but the president of University of Central Florida thinks it’s much more than that. During a panel discussion July 15 at the Florida Economic Development Conference, UCF President John Hitt was asked what he thought about the...
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If DT Minich’s vision is successful, Kissimmee will be known as the “Vacation Home Capital of the World” — complete with pro athletes and corporate executives popping in for stays at sprawling, richly appointed mansions. “It’s real exciting for us,” said Minich, chief executive officer and president of Experience Kissimmee. “It’s a whole different market.”...
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A year after it was created, The International Consortium for Advanced Manufacturing Research is planning its “coming out party” at the nation’s leading semiconductor manufacturing conference, which runs July 14-16 in San Francisco. Last June, the University of Central Florida, Osceola County and the Florida High Tech Corridor Council committed funding and resources to develop...