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GREATER FORT LAUDERDALE HAS THE LIFE: Less Taxing PERFECT CLIMATE FOR BUSINESS SUCCESS Targeted Industries

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3.3% LOW UNEMPLOYMENT 74,491 STRONG LABOR FORCE 48.6% HAVE COLLEGE DEGREE

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EconomicSourcebookAd-CoralSprings-2018.indd 1 7/25/18 12:02 PM Broward County HAS EVERYTHING A BUSINESS AND ITS EMPLOYEES NEED TO THRIVE Broward County oﬀers an exceptional lifestyle. We boast 23 miles of beaches, 300 miles of inland waterways, thousands of restaurants, a thriving arts and culture scene, top shopping, sports of all sorts, abundant lodging accommodations, and unique natural wonders from our vibrant coral reefs to the Everglades.

Whether you're looking for a diverse and well educated workforce, business friendly government or easy access to major international markets and excellent infrastructure, Broward County should be at the top of your list for your next relocation or expansion project.

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Bob Swindell 954-627-0131 President/CEO bswindell@gﬂalliance.org

Jack Bennings 954-627-0136 2019 Director - Workforce Services jbennings@gﬂalliance.org

Liza Bongiovi 954-627-0132 Table of Contents Sr. Coordinator - Business Development lbongiovi@gﬂalliance.org

Gail Bulfin 954-627-0127 Vice President - Membership Development gbulfin@gflalliance.org

Susan Climan 954-627-0126 Manager - Education Programs scliman@gﬂalliance.org

David Coddington 954-627-0123 Vice President - Business Development dcoddington@gﬂalliance.org

Peggy Doty 954-627-0134 CEO Council - Programs Coordinator pdoty@gﬂalliance.org

ON THE COVER Ron Drew 954-627-0130 Sr. Vice President - Marketing & Communications rdrew@gﬂalliance.org

Lisa Evancho 954-627-0125 Accounting Coordinator Photo courtesy of the City of Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport levancho@gﬂalliance.org

Maggie Gunther 954-627-0135 Why Greater Fort Lauderdale Director - Communications & Programs 6 Reasons to Choose Greater Fort mgunther@gflalliance.org Lauderdale, National Rankings, Relocations & Expansions, Fast Todd Holt 954-627-0124 Facts, About the Greater Fort Director - Business Development Lauderdale Alliance 46 Education tholt@gflalliance.org Public School Fast Facts, Colleges/ Helen Kulp 954-627-0131 16 Business Climate Universities, Private Schools Executive Assistant & Office Administrator Major Industry Sectors, Largest hkulp@gflalliance.org and Fastest Growing Companies, Quality of Life Demographics 54 Activities, Neighborhoods, Pierre Taschereau 954-627-0128 Parks & Recreation, Culture, International Client Manager Aviation Shopping, Sports, Housing ptaschereau@gflalliance.org 26 Aviation/Aerospace Industry Tania Vinaixa 954-627-0133 Cluster, Companies, Workforce, Real Estate Opportunities 62 Director - Membership Development Education Commercial Real Estate Market, tvinaixa@gflalliance.org Smart Growth, Energy Efciency, Life Sciences Redevelopment, Innovation & 30 The 2018-2019 Economic Sourcebook and Market Profile is the official Life Sciences Industry Cluster, Creativity publication of the Greater Fort Lauderdale Alliance, published annually Academic Research Facilities by the South Florida Business Journal. No part of this publication Healthcare may be reproduced in any form without the prior written consent of 70 the Greater Fort Lauderdale Alliance. All contents copyright 2018. All Technology Healthcare Organizations, Health rights reserved. Single copies may be obtained from the Greater Fort 34 Technology Industry Cluster, Services, Support Organizations Lauderdale Alliance. Greater Fort Lauderdale Technology Companies Transportation & Infrastructure 74 Transportation, Airports, Seaport, International Communications, Utilities 38 Global Companies, South Florida Government Consular Corps, International South Florida Business Journal is a publication of Initiatives, Global Business 78 Form of Government, County American City Business Journals, Inc. Development Commissioners, Broward Municipalities 120 West Morehead Street | Suite 400 | Charlotte, NC 28202 Whitney Shaw, President & CEO Ray Shaw, Chairman Talent Hub Business Assistance & Incentives (1989-2009) 42 Workforce Development / 88 Tax Benefts, Business & Information Assistance Resources, Special Opportunities

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A Message from the President & Chair

Tank you for your interest in Greater Fort Lauderdale. Tis Economic Sourcebook and Market Profle highlights our community’s assets as a strategic business location with an outstanding quality of life. Aside from the business-friendly climate, competitive tax structure and zero state personal income tax that we enjoy here, “Life. Less taxing” is a way of life that comes along with living in paradise and working in an innovative community that collaborates to help residents and businesses succeed.

Centrally located within Southeast Florida, one of the most dynamic business regions in the U.S., CEOs, site selectors and community leaders agree that Greater Fort Lauderdale / Broward County is a location of choice for companies from around the world.

Broward County is consistently ranked as a top location for talent and job growth and high employment. We are also number one in the nation for entrepreneurial activity, according to the Kaufman Foundation. With major industry clusters Bob Swindell including aviation, technology, life sciences and headquarters, Greater Fort President/CEO Lauderdale ofers the perfect business climate for a variety of companies – from Greater Fort Lauderdale Alliance startup to Fortune 500. More than 200 headquarters operations, including many Latin American and regional headquarters, are proud to call Broward County home.

As the primary economic development organization for Broward County, the Greater Fort Lauderdale Alliance focuses on helping businesses create and retain high-wage jobs and working to attract capital investment in high-value targeted industries. In addition to bringing jobs to the region, we also work collaboratively with our many partners to develop more vibrant communities and to improve the quality of life for our area’s citizens as well as identify educational opportunities in high-wage industries, to help individuals succeed.

Te Alliance ofers many services including assistance with business relocations and expansions; site selection; incentive programs; business intelligence; customized workforce training programs; and serving as a liaison for workforce development between educational institutions, CareerSource Broward and the business community.

Over the past twelve years, the Alliance, working with Broward County, CareerSource Broward and our local municipalities, helped businesses create or Dr. Jennifer O’Flannery Anderson retain more than 32,000 direct jobs; a partnership estimated to have generated FY 2017-2018 Chair of the Board approximately 67,000 Broward County jobs through direct, indirect and induced efects, resulting in $2.6 billion in annual personal income and $12.9 billion in Greater Fort Lauderdale Alliance annual economic impact. Vice President for Advancement and Community Relations Please call on the staf of the Alliance as you look to expand or relocate your Nova Southeastern University company or seek information regarding doing business in Greater Fort Lauderdale.

Bob Swindell Dr. Jennifer O’Flannery Anderson President/CEO FY 2017-2018 Chair of the Board Greater Fort Lauderdale Alliance Greater Fort Lauderdale Alliance Vice President for Advancement and Community Relations Nova Southeastern University

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FY 2017-2018 Alliance Board of Directors Executive Committee Directors

Dr. Jennifer O’Flannery Anderson Anthony Abbate Greg Haile Karen Reese Nova Southeastern University Florida Atlantic University Broward College City of Fort Lauderdale - Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport Chair of the Board Toula Amanna Bertha Henry Broward County Nelson Fernandez Flashback Diner David Reid JM Family Enterprises, Inc. ANF Group Josie Bacallao Barbara Herrera Vice Chair Hispanic Unity of Florida Waste Management Laurie Rich Levinson Broward County School Board Juliet Roulhac Donna Bean Dr. Wazir Ishmael FPL Terumo Aortic City of Hollywood Matt Rocco South Florida Manufacturers Association Secretary William Berger Kathy Koch Ambit Advertising and Public Relations Sam Robbin Greenspoon Marder Leo Rodriguez Emerson National Jets, Inc. Basil Bernard Keith Koenig Treasurer Apricot Office Interiors City Furniture Tim Rubin The Broward Workshop Kaufman Rossin Bill White Julie Berry Compass Office Solutions, LLC Stiles Dan Lindblade Robert Runcie Greater Fort Lauderdale Past Chair Broward County Public Schools Mary Blasi Chamber of Commerce Bob Swindell City of Coconut Creek Shawn Sackman Malcolm MacInnes SunTrust Greater Fort Lauderdale Alliance Cindy Brief MGM General Contracting, Inc. President/CEO Coral Springs Chamber of Commerce Richard Salamon Lonnie Maier Broward County Council of Chambers City of Sunrise Lisa Anderson Crown Castle Fiber JPMorgan Chase & Co. Rosana Santos Calambichis Laurie Sallarulo Stewart Martin Big Chef Junior Achievement of South Florida Doug Bartel Marsh & McLennan Agency Kathleen Cannon Dr. Penny Shaffer Florida Blue Neil McAdorey United Way of Broward County Florida Blue Vice Mayor Mark Bogen Ultimate Software Steven Cernak Kelley Shanley Broward County Sandy-Michael McDonald Port Everglades Broward Center for the Performing Arts Colin Brown Broward County Office of Economic & JM Family Enterprises, Inc. Scott Cerutti Small Business Development Dr. Germaine Smith-Baugh Deloitte & Touche LLP Urban League of Broward County Christopher Burgio Jean McIntyre iBERIABANK Marsh & McLennan Agency Lori Chevy Michael Stamm City of Pembroke Pines Bank of America Debra (D.K.) Mink Jennifer Bales Drake Isabel Cosio Carballo Mink & Mink, Inc. Justin Stone Becker South Florida Regional Council Peggy Nordeen Crowe LLP Mason Jackson Alex de Gunten Starmark Shane Strum CareerSource Broward HEICO Corporation Laurel Oswald Memorial Healthcare System Shawn Oden Guy Desautels Tower Commercial Real Estate Greg Stuart JPMorgan Chase & Co. Citrix Arlene Pecora Broward Metropolitan Planning Organization Katherine Randall Melanie Dickinson The Signature Grand City of North Lauderdale South Florida Business Journal Amaury Piedra Mary Lou Tighe Broward League of Cities Stacy Ritter Heiko Dobrikow Pier Sixty-Six Hotel & Marina Greater Fort Lauderdale The Las Olas Company / Riverside Hotel Hector Ponte Rich Vogel VEC Energy Convention & Visitors Bureau Jeremy Earle Wells Fargo Port Everglades Association Barry Somerstein City of Hallandale Beach Gary Press Charles Webster Greenspoon Marder, P.A. Bob Feldmann South Florida Business and Wealth Broward County Public Schools Of Counsel RSM US LLP Dr. Avis Proctor Keriann Worley Erick Strati Ray Ferrero, Jr. Broward College Entercom South Florida Wells Fargo Nova Southeastern University Phil Purcell Marine Industry Association Andrew Zullo Mayor Dean Trantalis Mark Gale of South Florida Leadership Broward Foundation, Inc. City of Fort Lauderdale Broward County Aviation Department Ben Wesley Lisa Gefen Sicilian FPL Kaplan Higher & Professional Education Bob White Kate Goldman Gunster Baptist Health South Florida

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“Te Greater Fort Lauderdale community embraces innovation and entrepreneurship, and we know education is a key factor for business growth and economic opportunity.” Dr. Jennifer O’Flannery Anderson VICE PRESIDENT FOR ADVANCEMENT AND COMMUNITY RELATIONS, NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY

6 GFLA ECONOMIC SOURCEBOOK | www.gﬂalliance.org Photo courtesy Nova Southeastern University WHY GREATER FORT LAUDERDALE An Ideal Location for Successful Businesses Greater Fort Lauderdale offers a warm and welcoming platform for companies of all sizes

A large pool of skilled professionals, an inviting quality of life and one of the most competitive tax climates in America make Greater Fort Lauderdale one of Key Business Advantages the world’s most attractive business locations for companies of all sizes. It’s an attractive Here are some of the top reasons major companies region where life is less taxing – for many reasons. are choosing Greater Fort Lauderdale for their corporate or regional headquarters: • Experienced C-level executives, managers and supervisors. Once known for spring-break revelers, Greater beneft from the region’s large and growing pool of • A central location in the South Florida metropolitan Fort Lauderdale today is attracting corporate skilled, college-educated workers. statistical area (MSA), the largest in the Southeast. leaders, professionals and entrepreneurs seeking With a high quality of life, including a wide • A broad-based and diverse multilingual, relief from state income taxes along with a warm array of housing choices, excellent schools, and multicultural workforce continuously enhanced and welcoming business climate. It’s also on year-round golf, boating and other outdoor through the education of 300,000 college students the top 20 list of communities that Amazon is activities, Greater Fort Lauderdale ofers an each year. considering for its national second headquarters, ideal location for CEOs, mid-level executives, • Access to both domestic and international markets or “HQ2” search as of this book’s publication entrepreneurs and Millennials to “work in the with three international airports in close proximity, date. South Florida’s Amazon proposal is a cloud and live in the sun.” including convenient service to Latin America, the collaborative tri-county, regional effort for A survey by consulting frm Boyette Strategic Caribbean and Europe. the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach Advisors for the CEO Council of the Greater • A deep and diversiﬁed pool of IT talent as well as metropolitan statistical area and included data Fort Lauderdale Alliance found that brokers/site state-of-the-art telecommunications infrastructure, and sites across the region. location consultants have a very high perception including one of the world’s few Network Access Points (NAP of the Americas). “The Amazon announcement validates what of Greater Fort Lauderdale as a potential location • Highly ranked public and private schools, colleges we know about the strength of our talent,” said for corporate headquarters. Nearly 90 percent of and universities. Bob Swindell, President & CEO of the Greater consultants who responded to the survey would • A plentiful inventory of reasonably priced, high- Fort Lauderdale Alliance. “The Miami-Fort consider recommending Greater Fort Lauderdale quality executive housing. Lauderdale-West Palm Beach MSA proposal was as a location for a corporate headquarters, and 94 • Five professional sports teams in the region and year- a joint effort between the Alliance and our Miami percent see Greater Fort Lauderdale as a positive round outdoor recreation in a highly favorable climate. and Palm Beach counterpart organizations. By or very positive potential location for a corporate For more information, visit www.lesstaxing.com. making Amazon’s HQ2 short list, we’ve won on a headquarters. national stage.” Attracting Corporate Headquarters Today, Greater Fort Lauderdale (metropolitan Broward County) is home to more than 200 corporate and international regional headquarters operations, including AutoNation, Citrix Systems, Kaplan, Inc., Magic Leap, Hotwire Communications and Microsof. It is the geographic and business center of South Florida, whose population of 6 million makes it the largest metropolitan region in the Southeast United States. U.S. and international companies appreciate Greater Fort Lauderdale’s strategic location and convenient access to global markets, a multilingual and multicultural professional workforce, and numerous education and workforce training programs. Aviation, technology, life sciences, manufacturing and other knowledge- Photo courtesy of Town of based companies Lauderdale-by-the-Sea

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Six Pillars Broward County community leaders and volunteers began the process of developing a twenty-year strategic visioning plan in 2011, using the Six Pillars framework of the Florida Chamber Foundation as a strategic planning tool. Te plan, which consists of 22 goals, 82 strategies and nearly 400 tactics, was launched in 2012. Six Pillars is a statewide initiative being led by Te Florida Chamber Foundation, with a goal of helping communities throughout the state prosper and create high paying jobs. Six Pillars addresses six key topics that have been deemed critical to economic success in the future, laying out strategies and tactics to address each one: 1. Talent Supply & Education, 2. Innovation & Economic Development, 3. Infrastructure & Growth Leadership, 4. Business Climate & Competitiveness, 5. Civic & Governance Systems, and 6. Quality of Life & Quality Places. Te entire Six Pillars Broward plan, annual report to the community and the latest implementation update can be found at www. sixpillarsbroward.org. RECENT EXPANSIONS & RELOCATIONS AutoNation A Fort Lauderdale Fortune 500 company, AutoNation is adding 95 new jobs and extending its headquarters lease agreement in downtown Fort companyspotlight Lauderdale. Photo courtesy Regional Cooperation Crawford-Tracey Corporation Virgin Voyages Opens of Greater South Florida (Miami- Crawford-Tracey Corporation, a manufacturer of Fort Lauderdale Dade, Broward and Palm glazed impact and non-impact, shatter-resistant New Headquarters Alliance Beach Counties) has been windows and doors, is adding 30 new jobs, retaining Virgin Voyages, a new cruise company by designated a “megaregion 100 jobs and making a capital investment of $1.3 the global Virgin brands, recently selected of the future” and a driver of future U.S. economic million in its Deerfeld Beach headquarters. growth. Inc. magazine has called the region “one Plantation for its new headquarters, creating of the most connected places on earth,” citing ERP Maestro 300 new jobs and investing $15.9 million in the South Florida’s transportation connections and ERP Maestro, a cloud-based cybersecurity frm, community. “Virgin brands have a long history deep business and cultural ties to Latin America, is adding 100 jobs at its new ofces in Plantation. of raising the bar in every industry we enter,” the Caribbean, and Europe. “Companies that do Te company also recently secured a $12 million said Thomas McAlpin, president and CEO. “We business internationally particularly covet the investment round. are proud to bring that mindset to the South area’s skilled, multi-cultural workforce,” said the Florida community and introduce new jobs and publication. “Altogether, the region’s growing Evolution Aero business opportunities to the area.” bioscience cluster, thriving industries, international An aviation manufacturing company, Evolution population, and popularity as a destination make it Virgin Voyages cited the strength of Greater Aero made a $4 million capital investment in Fort a dense, active business community.” Lauderdale and added seven new jobs. Fort Lauderdale’s diverse, educated and Overall, South Florida is the eighth largest multicultural workforce, infrastructure, quality metropolitan statistical area (MSA) in the nation KEMET Corporation of life, proximity to major seaports and a with 6.0 million residents – nearly one-third of A leading global supplier of electronic components, competitive tax and business environment as Florida’s total population. Approximately 60 percent KEMET Corporation moved its global headquarters strategic reasons for headquarters location. of the population is of prime working age. from South Carolina to downtown Fort Lauderdale Virgin Voyages will be hiring a range of roles South Florida business and community and will create 100 new jobs over the next three in different departments from ﬁnance to leaders work together to take a regional approach years. KEMET cited the region’s exceptionally to economic development on initiatives like the customer care. diverse, multilingual talent pool. KEMET is a leading Amazon HQ2 proposal. global supplier of electronic components. Virgin Voyages‘s ﬁrst ship, of about 110,000 Te Greater Fort Lauderdale Alliance, the Miami gross tons, will arrive in South Florida in 2020, Beacon Council, and the Business Development Lupin Research Inc. offering a range of Caribbean itineraries. Board of Palm Beach County also conduct an award- A pharmaceutical research and development Richard Branson, founder of Virgin said, “We winning regional marketing campaign called “South company in Coral Springs, Lupin Research is adding basically decided, ‘Let’s have a blank sheet of Florida: Your Global Business Connection” where the 20 new jobs and investing $2.9 million for pilot paper, let’s create the kind of voyage company South Florida area is marketed through brochures manufacturing of inhalation pharmaceuticals for that we would like to go on,’ and that’s what and DVDs in multiple languages. Additionally, the treating asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary Alliance works with a number of other regional we’ve done.” disease. organizations on strategic planning initiatives This project was made possible through and business climate projects such as Six Pillars, MediaGenix partnerships between the State of Florida, the Techgateway.org, the South Florida Marine Research A Belgian developer of the broadcast management City of Plantation, the Greater Fort Lauderdale Hub, Life Sciences South Florida, iCoast, CIO platform, WHATS’ON, for video-on-demand Alliance and Broward County. Council and IT Palooza and eMerge Americas. services, MediaGenix made a foreign direct

8 GFLA ECONOMIC SOURCEBOOK | www.gﬂalliance.org WHY GREATER FORT LAUDERDALE RECENT RELOCATIONS AND EXPANSIONS

Sq. Ft. of Direct Capital Jobs Jobs Company City Type of Facility Product/Service Project Investment Created Retained

Advensus Tamarac Office 50,000 $250,000 50 N/A Caribbean-based headquarters and customer service center RecentAutoNation Locations,Fort Lauderdale Office RelocationsN/A $12,000,000 and 95 Expansions 700 Automotive retailer - corporate headquarters Convey Health Solutions Fort Office 33,000 $2,000,000 30 100 Specialized healthcare technology company Lauderdale Crawford Tracey Deerfield Office/ 40,000 $1,300,000 30 100 Manufacturer/installer of custom and conventional Corporation Beach Manufacturing glazing systems Dreamlines USA Fort Office 3,600 $130,000 100 3 One of the fastest growing cruise booking portals in the world Lauderdale ERP Maestro, Inc. Plantation Office 8,000 $250,000 100 11 Technology company that develops and provides cybersecurity services Evolution Aero Fort Lauderdale Office 40,000 $4,000,000 7 N/A Aviation manufacturing Focus Point International Plantation Office 15,000 $325,000 90 N/A Global risk management company

Hoover Architectural Fort Office/ 20,000 $2,000,000 15 25 Custom canvas awning and metal fabrication company Lauderdale Manufacturing Hotwire Fort Office 185,000 $27,000,000 375 300 Headquarters for company that offers fiber/gigabit internet Communications Lauderdale service for residential applications JetBlue Travel Products Fort Office TBD TBD 200 N/A Headquarters for JetBlue Travel Products Lauderdale Kemet Corporation Fort Office 51,286 $13,885,486 100 44 Manufacturer of capacitors and electronic parts for cellular Lauderdale and computer technologies

Lupin Pharmaceuticals Coral Springs Office/ 18,000 $2,900,000 20 N/A Leading generic pharmaceutical manufacturer Manufacturing/ R&D Magic Leap Plantation Office/ 260,000 $150,000,000 725 217 Leading-edge technology company commercializing Manufacturing/ mixed reality platform R&D MASA Global Fort Office 8,700 $4,700,000 35 N/A Affordable travel solution provider Lauderdale MediaGenix Fort Office 1,000 $200,000 5 N/A Provider of broadcast management systems Lauderdale Motus GI Holdings Fort Office/R&D N/A $1,000,000 50 N/A Medical device company Lauderdale

Portobello America Pompano Industrial/Office 43,000 $1,000,000 15 N/A Distributor of ceramic tiles in the U.S. Beach SR Technologies Sunrise Office/R&D 50,000 $1,000,000 40 161 Technology company developing mobile and navigation communication devices Qology Direct Plantation Office 118,000 $1,250,000 250 N/A Provider of performance based marketing services

Royal Caribbean Weston Ofﬁce 270,000 $900,000 180 45 Service center and warehouse facility

Sixt rent a car Fort Office 55,000 $10,400,000 300 200 North American headquarters for global car rental company Lauderdale Triangle Services Fort Office/ Ware- 20,000 $4,800,000 300 N/A Facility for companies under the parent company Triangle Lauderdale house/Retail Services, including airplane baggage handling and cleaning, as well as office cleaning Ultimate Software Weston Office 100,000 $5,000,000 400 N/A Headquarters for one of the nation’s leading human capital management cloud solutions companies

United Data Miramar Ofﬁce 63,000 $16,500,000 142 116 One of the 50 fastest growing technology Technologies companies in the U.S.

Virgin Voyages Plantation Ofﬁce 60,000 $15,900,000 300 10 Global headquarters for new Virgin cruise line

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High National Rankings Greater Fort Lauderdale continues to be one of the most attractive business locations in the country, as evidenced by the following recent national rankings: • Greater Fort Lauderdale and Miami ranked number one in the country for 2017 for startup activity, according to the Kauffman Foundation’s Index of Entrepreneurship • In 2016-17, Greater Fort Lauderdale had the largest year-over-year employment increase among all 32 metropolitan divisions in the U.S., according to the U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics. • The Miami-Fort Lauderdale area also had the highest increase in wages, salaries and compensation over the last 12 months. Wages have gone up 3.9%, the highest rate of growth among the largest areas in the country. • Fort Lauderdale ranked No. 10 on CBRE’s list of technology talent momentum markets, based on the 2017-18 change in tech job growth. • Fort Lauderdale was named one of the top 10 “Aerospace Cities: Connectivity, of the Photo courtesy Future” by fDi magazine, July 2016/17. investment of $200,000 and established its frst U.S. CareerSource Broward, of JetBlue • Greater Fort Lauderdale was named one ofce, with fve new jobs in Fort Lauderdale educational institutions and of Area Development’s Leading Locations in the business community. 2016 and 2015. Sixt rent a car Examples of assistance the Alliance provides • Fort Lauderdale and Pembroke Pines were Sixt, a global auto rental company, expanded its to companies interested in a Broward County named among “Best Cities to Find a Job,” North American headquarters in Fort Lauderdale, business expansion or relocation include: Fort Lauderdale Daily, 2016 adding 300 new jobs. Sixt rent a car has more • Relocation and Expansion Support. Te • Pembroke Pines highly rated for Hispanic than 2,000 locations in over 100 countries. Sixt Alliance serves as the primary point of contact business, WalletHub, 2016) cited the strength of the community’s diverse, and advocate for business clients seeking to do • Deerﬁeld Beach ranked 10th for starting a educated and multicultural workforce, a vibrant business in Broward County, responsible for small business, WalletHub, 2016. tourism market, proximity to the Fort Lauderdale/ project response preparation, client management • South Florida named among best regions for Hollywood International Airport and Miami and project management. Tis involves providing black-owned businesses to succeed, South International Airport (Sixt’s largest rental locations), companies with requested information, state Florida Business Journal, 2015. and a competitive business environment as strategic and county documents when various types of • Florida is the second best state in the nation reasons for this decision. assistance is sought, and helping the company in which to do business – a ranking it has navigate through their questions as they are JetBlue Travel Products held for several years – according to Chief considering locating or expanding in Broward Executive magazine. Greater Fort Lauderdale is the new headquarters County. • Florida ranked fourth in the nation for for JetBlue Travel Products, a subsidiary of JetBlue, • Retention of Existing Businesses. Tis service business-friendly tax systems, according to a leading airline at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood is focused on helping existing businesses add the Tax Foundation’s 2018 State Business Tax International Airport. “Fort Lauderdale will be the additional jobs and keeping them in Broward Climate Index. Also, Florida is among seven perfect location to grow JetBlue Travel Products,” County by providing a variety of business services states that levy no personal income tax. said Andres Barry, president of the subsidiary, which including assistance in fnding fnancing, solving consists of the JetBlue Vacations brand and other workforce issues, locating available land and non-air travel products including travel insurance, building space, etc. cruises and car rentals. • Local Support for New Businesses. Trough its Investor members, the Alliance coordinates About the Alliance programs to welcome new companies to the Te Greater Fort Lauderdale Alliance is Broward Broward County business community. It can County’s ofcial public/private partnership for help with anything as simple as a reception economic development. Its mission is to lead with other local CEOs, to a coordinated press Broward County in building a stronger and more release program, to assisting with attendees and diverse economy by stimulating the creation of preparations for a ribbon cutting or grand opening new jobs and capital investment while facilitating celebration. Te Alliance can also assist companies the growth and retention of businesses in in fnding local professional advisors, new vendors, Broward County. Services ofered by the Alliance and making introductions to key service providers. include assistance with business relocation or • State Support. Te Alliance works directly with expansion and site selection; incentive programs Enterprise Florida, the Florida Department and information; market of Economic Opportunity and the Governor’s Photo courtesy research and serving as Ofce regarding economic development projects. of AutoNation a liaison for workforce Trough its state partners, the Alliance briefs the development between governor’s ofce and arranges for governor’s calls

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tamarac.org WHY GREATER FORT LAUDERDALE dania beach Broward County Fast Facts DESTINATION OPPORTUNITY GROWTH 11.1% EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT Population 25 years and over 11.7% 30% Advanced Degree 144,710 11.1% Bachelor’s Degree 259,844 19.9% Some college 391,284 30% 19.9% or associate degree 27.3% High School Graduate 356,051 27.3% No high school diploma 152,462 11.7% SOURCE: U.S. CENSUS BUREAU, 2018 NATURAL BEAUTY, RICH AMENITIES 5.8% AND GREAT QUALITY OF LIFE 5.8% AGE DISTRIBUTION Under 5 years 108,099 5.8% 5 to 19 years 337,344 18.1% 20 to 39 years 486,446 26.1% 15.3% 29% 40 to 59 years 540,496 29% 60 to 64 years 108,099 5.8% 65 and over 285,158 15.3% 18.1% SOURCE: U.S. CENSUS BUREAU, 2018 26.1%

MODERN SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT Historical & Projected County Population AND DIVERSE INVESTMENT CLIMATE SOURCE:BUREAU OF ECONOMIC AND BUSINESS RESEARCH, Broward Labor Force FLORIDA POPULATION STUDIES Labor Force 1,042,154

2.2 M Employment 1,009,095 2.1 M

2.0 M Unemployment 33,059 1.9 M

1.8 M Percentage Rate 3.2% 1.7 M

1.6 M SOURCE: FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY, 2018

Florida Average Hourly Earnings STRATEGICALLY LOCATED FOR All Occupations $21.53 COMPETITIVE BUSINESS GROWTH SOURCE: BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, 2017 2000 2005 2010 2015 2020 2025 2030

Destination Dania Beach Housing Units: 823,602 • Median Household Income: $52,954 SOURCE: U.S. CENSUS BUREAU, 2017, 2016 Join the Leader in Economic Development INVEST TODAY as appropriate, and generates proposals or project real estate trends, business cost analysis and templates as needed. comparisons with other potential relocation With over $1 Billion Dollars in investment • Permitting and Regulatory Assistance. Te sites. Te Alliance also provides market research/ currently underway, we invite you to explore the Alliance facilitates pre-submission meetings and business intelligence through its GIS Planning exciting possibilities within Dania Beach! communications between prospect companies website (www.GreaterFortLauderdaleProperties. and various municipal and Broward County com) which provides 24/7/365 accessibility for permitting and regulatory agencies once a prospective clients, site selection consultants and relocation or expansion project is active. Tis corporate real estate service advisors for available (945).924.6801 helps companies work through the permitting properties and demographics. and regulatory requirements process so they • Community Profles. Te Alliance produces client- Daniabeachcra.org facebook.com/DaniaBeachCRA can quickly start hiring workers and begin their ready overviews on Broward County that provide operations. the latest detailed data, including population, • Business and Industry Intelligence. Te Alliance employment, income, cost of living and general provides project-related, competitive business characteristics. Answers to commonly asked and industry research including business cluster community research data questions can be found data analysis, workforce assessment, commercial on the Alliance’s website at www.gfalliance.org. WHY GREATER FORT LAUDERDALE

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• Business Incentives Photo courtesy of Assistance. Te Greater Fort Lauderdale Alliance helps Convention & determine a Visitors Bureau company’s eligibility for state and local business incentives and helps navigate the application process for incentives such as the Qualifed Target Industry Tax Rebate, Capital Investment Tax Credit, High Impact Performance Incentive, Transportation/Road Funds and Broward County’s Job Growth Incentive. Te Alliance can also help local companies enter or expand into the international marketplace through: • Overseas Inbound/Outbound Business Missions. Te Alliance assists local companies in entering or expanding into the international marketplace by organizing and executing inbound and outbound business missions. Te Alliance also partners with customers worldwide. international trade trends, and advice to Florida Enterprise Florida on Team Florida Missions led • Export Counseling. Fort Lauderdale’s Export manufacturers, exporters and service companies. by the Governor or Lt. Governor, which create Assistance Ofce, under the United States Counselors are available to meet with clients at their opportunities for Florida companies to showcase Department of Commerce and the District Export ofces, at the Alliance’s ofce or via telephone. their products and meet one-on-one with potential Council, ofers free export counseling, analyses of • Financial Assistance. Te Alliance collaborates

The following companies, institutions, ﬁrms and organizations are contributing their time, talents and ﬁnancial resources to the Alliance. By supporting economic development, they are sustaining targeted business attraction, retention and growth, increasing local tax revenues, encouraging quality businesses as community partners and creating high-wage jobs for our economy.

CEO COUNCIL ($50,000) • AutoNation, Mike Jackson • City Furniture, Keith Koenig, Vice Chair • Emerson, Rafael Jaramillo • Florida Blue, Penny Shaffer • • Florida Panthers, Matthew Caldwell • FPL, Juliet M. Roulhac • JM Family Enterprises, Inc., Colin Brown - Chair • • Kaplan, Inc., Andrew S. Rosen • Nova Southeastern University, Ray Ferrero, Jr • Rick Case Automotive Group, Rita & Rick Case • • Seminole Tribe of Florida, Andrew Bowers • Stiles, Ken Stiles • Wells Fargo, Hector J. Ponte • Zimmerman, Jordan Zimmerman • • In memoriam: Huizenga Holdings Inc., H. Wayne Huizenga •

GOVERNOR COUNCIL ($25,000) • Signature Grand • Delta Air Lines • Town of Davie • Baptist Health South Florida • South Florida Business Journal • Fifth Third Bank • Waste Management, Inc. • Breakthru Beverage Group • Starmark International • Flexential • Broward College • Florida Atlantic University CORPORATE COUNCIL ($5,000) • Broward County Ofﬁce of Economic & LEADERSHIP COUNCIL ($10,000) • Galleria at Fort Lauderdale, • AAJ Technologies Small Business Development • Ambit Advertising and Public Relations a JLL Property • ACR Electronics, Inc • Broward County Public Schools • ANF Group, Inc. • Greenspoon Marder Law • Advantage Services • CareerSource Broward • Bank of America Merrill Lynch • Gulfstream Park Racing & Casino • Akerman LLP • City of Coconut Creek • BankUnited • GUNSTER • Arc Broward • City of Coral Springs • BB&T South Florida Region • HEICO Corporation • Bank Leumi • City of Deerﬁeld Beach • BBX Capital • J.P. Morgan Chase • Blanca Commercial Real Estate, Inc. • City of Fort Lauderdale • Becker • Junior Achievement of South Florida • BBVA Compass • City of Hallandale Beach • Brightline • MasTec North America Inc • Broward County Cultural Division • City of Hollywood • Broward Center for the Performing Arts • Memorial Healthcare System • Brown & Brown Insurance • City of Miramar • Broward Health • RSM US, LLP • Capital Analytics • City of Sunrise • Broward Metropolitan Planning • Schwartz Media Strategies • Castle Group • Entercom South Florida Organization (MPO) • SeaLand • Cherry Bekaert LLP • Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood Intl. Airport • Citrix • Shutts • City of Dania Beach • Greater Fort Lauderdale Convention • City of Plantation • South Florida Business & • City of Lauderhill & Visitors Bureau • City of Pompano Beach Wealth Magazine • City of Pembroke Pines • JetBlue • Crowe LLP • Sun Sentinel Media Group • City of Tamarac • Kaufman, Rossin & Co. • Crown Castle Fiber • SunTrust • City of Wilton Manors • Pier Sixty-Six Hotel & Marina • Daszkal Bolton LLP • SUP-X • Comcast Business

14 GFLA ECONOMIC SOURCEBOOK | www.gﬂalliance.org WHY GREATER FORT LAUDERDALE with the Florida Export Finance Corporation to is BRAVO (Business Retention Assistance and of many organizations that promote and assist in facilitate fnancial assistance for export transactions Visitation Outreach). Trough this program, the growth of minority and small businesses in for Florida’s small and medium-sized companies, representatives of the Alliance, Broward County Broward County. Additionally, the Alliance has which sometimes have difculty obtaining loans Ofce of Economic and Small Business Development specifc programs that assist small, minority and from conventional lending institutions. and local municipalities and chambers of commerce women-owned businesses enter or expand into the A study by the South Florida Regional Planning conduct visits to local businesses in an efort to local marketplace through: Council found that the Alliance, working with its strengthen the local economy. • Leadership Development - Each year, the members, Broward County and other partners, In the past year, 185 local companies were Alliance selects up to ten minority and women- helped create or retain more than 32,000 direct jobs visited through the BRAVO program. Te visits owned business leaders to participate in the from 2007 to 2018. Tat study also examined the include discussions of programs available to Alliance’s Fellowship Program. Te purpose of the direct, indirect and induced efects and estimated businesses wanting to expand in Broward and program is to recruit diverse business leadership a total increase in employment of approximately information regarding issues such as workforce and support the growth and development of small 67,000 jobs, as well as $2.6 billion in annual development, international trade and access to businesses in Broward County. personal income and $12.9 billion in annual fnancing. • Strategic Partnerships - Te Alliance assists economic impact in Broward County. certifed small, minority and women-owned For more information about the Greater Fort Minority/Small Business Development business owners in developing relationships Lauderdale Alliance and its services, visit While nearly 90 percent of Broward’s businesses with larger companies and in helping them www.gfalliance.org. employ fewer than 25 people, collectively they fnd programs that provide assistance to small constitute the largest sector of the county’s companies such as fnancing and business planning. BRAVO economy. Tese small businesses provide a wide • Growth Opportunities - Te Alliance with its One of the primary goals of the Greater Fort array of products and services to private and partners assists small, minority and women-owned Lauderdale Alliance is to help companies already public customers. businesses in expanding in the local market by located in Broward County succeed and prosper. In order to best serve this important group providing access to local and regional resources in A key business retention and expansion initiative of businesses, the Alliance is an active member the private and government sector.

• Compass Office Solutions, LLC • Suffolk Construction Company • Encompass Onsite, LLC ASSOCIATES ($1,000) • Cushman & Wakefield • Sunbeam Properties & Development • Flashback Diner • Advanced Roofing, Inc. • Dale Carnegie • Sunnyvale Corporation • Greenberg Traurig • Ameriprise Financial • Davie-Cooper City • TECO Energy • Holland & Knight • Be Well Travel Chamber of Commerce • SCA Group LLC • IDI Gazeley • Behar Law Group • Deloitte • Tower Commercial Real Estate • G4S Secure Solutions USA • Broward Public Library Foundation • Insperity • Duke Realty • Tripp Scott, P.A. • Calvin, Giordano & Associates, Inc. • JGA Marketing • Emirates Airlines • Trustbridge Hospice Foundation • CBI Workplace Solutions • Jim Moran Institute • Ernst & Young, LLP • Ultimate Software • Fellowship Foundation RCO • Job Integration Software • First Citizens Bank • United Way of Broward County • Finn Partners • John M. Milledge, Esq. • Florida Community Bank, N. A. • University of Phoenix • Florida Atlantic Research & • KEITH • Florida Restaurant & • Valley National Bank Development Authority • Latin2Latin Marketing + Lodging Association • VCM Builders • Florida Property Management Communications, LLC • Florida Trend Magazine • Wheelhouse IT Services, Inc • Ford Motor Company • Woodforest National Bank • LPC Solutions • MBAF (Morrison, Brown, Argiz & Farra, LLC) • goTRG • GrayRobinson, P.A . • Greater Fort Lauderdale Chamber • Hotwire Communications ENTREPRENEURSHIP COUNCIL • MGM General Contracting, Inc. • Morris Southeast Group of Commerce • iBERIABANK ($2,500) • MSi Consulting • HABCO Manufacturing • JC White • Aerotek • NAI Rauch Weaver • Leadership Broward Foundation • JLL • AirTrade Aviation Group • OIC of South Florida • LSN Partners • Kaufman Lynn Construction • AirQuest Environmental Inc. • Orange Bowl Committee • Macken Companies • Magic Leap, Inc. • Ann Storck Center • Panera Bread / Covelli Enterprises • Marine Industries Association • Marsh & McLennan Agency • Apricot Office Interiors • Propulsion Technologies International LLC of South Florida • Mercantil Bank • ArtServe • Publix Super Markets, Inc. • Sherlock Technology Inc. • Avison Young • Miller Construction Company • Resolve Marine • The Traina Company • Berkowitz Pollack Brant Advisors • Moss & Associates • Sally on Media, LLC • Total Marine Solutions and Accountants • National Jets, Inc. • Setnor Byer Insurance & Risk • Tower Club • Big Chef • Panza, Maurer & Maynard, P.A. • South Florida Hospital & • Urban League of Broward County • PNC Bank • Big Dog Construction Services, Inc. Healthcare Association • Westaff of Broward • Professional Bank • CBRE • South Florida Manufacturing Assn. • Riverside Hotel, Las Olas Company • CIRC Hotel • Steven Greenwald Design, Inc. • Gail Bulfin, VP Membership Development • Sapoznik Insurance & Associates • CoAdvantage • Talk 2 Rep, Inc. • Tania Vinaixa, Director, Membership • SATO Global Solutions • Colliers International • Templeton & Company, LLP Development | (954) 524-3113 • Seaside National Bank & Trust • Community Care Plan • Terumo Aortic • Sheltair • Conrad Fort Lauderdale Beach • The Dorsey Group In addition to those members listed above, • Sixt rent-a-car • Crockett Foundation • The Rubin Group the Alliance also thanks its Partner Council, • Sonesta Fort Lauderdale Beach • CYBRAICS • Toshiba Business Solutions Florida made up of representatives from Broward • South Florida Symphony Orchestra, Inc. • Cymbal Development • Van Horn Law Group County and its municipalities, chambers of • D. Stephenson Construction Inc commerce, redevelopment agencies and • Stearns Weaver Miller Weissler • Weiss Serota Helfman Cole & Bierman local business assistance organizations Alhadeff & Sitterson, P.A. • Dan Perez Films • WolfCreek Consulting

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“Our diverse skilled workforce and low-tax environment contribute to Greater Fort Lauderdale’s outstanding business climate.” Arminda “Mindy” Figueroa FOUNDER & PRESIDENT, LATIN2LATIN MARKETING

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A Diverse and Powerful Economy Companies of all sizes are growing and prospering in Greater Fort Lauderdale

With a strategic global location, large skilled workforce and low-tax environment, Aviation Greater Fort Lauderdale appeals to Fortune 500 companies, multinationals, and Greater Fort Lauderdale’s aviation industry is a multibillion-dollar sector, including airlines, mid-size and small businesses in a wide array of industries. general aviation, airports, airframe and engine manufacturers, component parts suppliers, maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) Te region’s economic diversity is refected in Microsof, DHL Express, Ecolab, Emerson, businesses, and allied industries such as banking a growing pool of skilled workers in felds like Marriott International, Microsof, and Te Wendy’s and insurance. Its hub is Fort Lauderdale- technology, life sciences, fnance, professional and Company. Hollywood International Airport (FLL), which has business services, education and healthcare, leisure Greater Fort Lauderdale’s other assets that attract an annual economic impact of more than $13.2 and hospitality, manufacturing, and retail and corporate headquarters include a large, skilled billion. Over the decades, the airport has grown into wholesale trade. multilingual workforce, excellent school system, a major transportation complex that now provides Many businesses take advantage of Greater Fort and pro-business attitude. In fact, a recent Chief more than 139,000 direct and indirect jobs. Lauderdale’s position in the heart of South Florida, Executive magazine survey ranked Florida as the Many companies in the aviation sector are also the state’s largest metro region with 6 million people. number two best state for business in its “Best and investing in Greater Fort Lauderdale, including GA For global companies serving Latin America and the Worst States for Business in 2017” rankings and the Telesis, GE Aviation, Heico and Turbine Controls. Caribbean – as well as European, Asian and Latin Tax Foundation ranked Florida as the fourth best Te region’s schools, colleges and universities ofer companies seeking to penetrate the North American state business tax climate for 2018. a variety of programs to educate and train skilled market – Greater Fort Lauderdale provides a proven For more information, visit www.lesstaxing.com. workers in the aviation and aerospace sectors. strategic platform for growth. See Aviation for more information. MAJOR INDUSTRY SECTORS Corporate Headquarters Te Alliance is dedicated to supporting the Business and Professional Services Greater Fort Lauderdale is home to many growth of Greater Fort Lauderdale’s key business With leading fnancial institutions, major accounting headquarters operations, including AutoNation, sectors, including aviation, international trade and legal frms, and a full array of marketing and JM Family Enterprises, Citrix, Magic Leap, People’s and services, life sciences, manufacturing, marine, communications companies, Greater Fort Lauderdale Trust Insurance, Spirit Airlines, Ultimate Sofware technology, and tourism. has a highly dynamic business and professional and Virgin Voyages. AutoNation Chairman, CEO and President Mike Jackson recently announced a long-term commitment for the company’s headquarters in downtown Fort Lauderdale. “AutoNation is committed to attracting and retaining talent for the long term as we continue to expand our brand from coast to coast,” he said. AutoNation has more than 650 associates at its corporate headquarters and plans to add more jobs in the future. Convenient U.S. and international air connections make Greater Fort Lauderdale particularly attractive as a regional headquarters location for multinational companies from North America, Europe and the Pacifc Rim. At the same time, the region provides a natural entry point for Latin American companies seeking to establish themselves in the U.S. marketplace. A recent WorldCity study found that more than 1,450 multinational companies representing 59 nations have ofces in the Miami-Dade, Broward Photo courtesy and Palm Beach County of Breakthru region. Tat includes Beverage BUSINESS CLIMATE 17 BUSINESS CLIMATE

services sector. More than 130,000 employees work in this sector in Greater Fort Lauderdale. Two recent examples of customer care companies expanding in Greater Fort Lauderdale are Sitel, a global business processing outsourcing company located in Pompano Beach and Integral Resources, Inc., which has a major customer experience center in Fort Lauderdale. Film and Entertainment Te Greater Fort Lauderdale Convention & Visitors Bureau’s ofce of Film, Music, Entertainment & Creative Industries (OFME) focuses on all creative industries, including flm, music, entertainment, art, fashion and special events. Since April 2010 to present, the county has hosted more than 800 productions from features to high impact TV series, telenovelas, documentaries, independent projects, commercials, music videos and still shoots. Te CVB’s ofce facilitates one-stop permitting, acts as a liaison to all Broward municipalities and highlights production friendly hotels, among other and most popular for flms, Telenovelas, still Bennett’s duets just to name Photo courtesy services. It also positions Greater Fort Lauderdale photography, commercials and documentaries. a few. of the Broward with Film in Florida, the sales and marketing Projects include Rock of Ages, Jack & Jill, Sopranos, Te CVB’s Underground Center for the organization promoting the state for flm and Corazon Valiente, El Rostro de la Vangaza, Dexter, division focuses on flm, Performing Arts entertainment overall. State-certifed projects Glades, Graceland, Burn Notice, Iron Man, Finding music, fashion/shopping and receive tax credits that further assist project growth Joy, VH1’s Tough Love, Magic City, Bar Rescue, creative culture, nightlife and special events. Its goal in South Florida. Hotel Impossible, Gator Boys, Four Weddings, is to create opportunities in these market segments, Greater Fort Lauderdale has been a key location Kenny Chesney’s “Come over” music video to Tony with a direct impact on tourism, buzz, economic

FOREIGN TRADE ZONES Entrepreneurial Ecosystem #25 #241 LOCATION LOCATION Startup and early-stage companies in Port Everglades: Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport Greater Fort Lauderdale benefit from a wide Between Midport and Southport and various Broward County sites range of support services. The region’s entrepreneurial ecosystem includes angel OPERATED BY OPERATED BY investing groups, venture capital firms and Broward County Board of County Commissioners City of Fort Lauderdale other sources of equity and debt financing. One example is “SUP-X, The StartUp SIZE: 82-acre tract SIZE: 1,300 acres, open Expo, presented in 2018 by the South Florida Technology Alliance at the Broward AMENITIES AMENITIES Convention Center, which is geared Secure, fenced, illuminated facility FTZ#25, 5 warehouses, 338,000 sq. ft. toward early stage entrepreneurs and operated by the Broward County Board of County FTZ#241 encompasses nearly 1,300 acres with providers of capital. Commissioners, actively utilizes 22.7 acres of an 82- an open concept zone and is operated by the Broward SCORE (www.browardscore. acre tract between the Midport and Southport areas in City of Fort Lauderdale. The Fort Lauderdale org) offers online mentoring, as well as Port Everglades. The secure, fenced, illuminated facility Executive Airport serves as the hub site with in-person workshops and seminars on topics includes five warehouses offering 388,500 square feet twelve satellite sites located in the City of Fort like writing a business plan and marketing of warehousing space with around-the-clock access. Lauderdale and other parts of Broward County. strategies. The presenters are practicing professionals including accountants, lawyers, In Broward County, non-contiguous designation of a Foreign Trade Zone (FTZ) allows a company to take bankers and business managers from diverse advantage of the benefits offered by these zones regardless of their location within the County. The businesses and industries. Other facilitators designation can originate from either of the two existing Foreign Trade Zones listed above. are SCORE counselors who have years of industry and business experience. Emerging entrepreneurs can also receive PORT EVERGLADES TOP REGIONAL TRADING PARTNERS FOR CONTAINERIZED CARGO assistance through business incubators such Imports in TEUs Exports in TEUs as the Innovation Hub at Broward College in 1. Honduras: 130,164 6. Colombia: 42,900 1. Guatemala: 94,378 6. Virgin Islands: 42,120 Fort Lauderdale, the Technology Business 2. Guatemala: 112,260 7. Spain: 36,744 2. Honduras: 91,242 7. Panama: 32,501 Incubator at the Florida Atlantic University 3. Dominican Republic: 8. Bahamas: 27,252 3. Dominican Republic: 8. Colombia: 28,493 Research Park and the online resource, the 56,183 9. Costa Rica: 23,762 88,274 9. Cayman Islands: Florida Virtual Entrepreneur Center at flvec. 4. Brazil: 55,012 10. Panama: 23,025 4. Bahamas: 53,115 27,961 com. (See Business Assistance chapter for 5. Italy: 49,443 5. Netherlands Antilles: 10. Venezuela: 27,452 more information.) 47,851 Source: Port Everglades, Annual Report, 2017

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South Florida Company Name Municipality Phone Website Type of Business Employees Nova Southeastern Davie 800-541-6682 nova.edu 6,685 University University RecentAutoNation Locations, Fort Lauderdale Relocations 954-769-6000 autonation.com and Expansions 4,100 Automotive retailer- corporate headquarters Commercial and consumer ﬁnancial services; American Express Plantation 954-503-3000 americanexpress.com 3,500 traveling consulting Spirit Airlines Miramar 954-628-4827 spirit.com 3,349 Air carrier Leading software developer of interactive Citrix Fort Lauderdale 954-267-3000 citrix.com 1,700 platforms

JM Family Enterprises, Inc. Deerﬁeld Beach 954-429-2000 jmfamily.com 1,700 Diversiﬁed automotive company

Headquarters for one of the nation’s leading Ultimate Software Weston 800-432-1729 ultimatesoftware.com 1,678 human capital management cloud solutions companies

DHL Express Plantation 954-888-7000 dhl.com 1,400 Air courier services

City Furniture Tamarac 954-597-2200 cityfurniture.com 1,349 Home furniture retailer

Kaplan Fort Lauderdale 954-515-3993 kaplan.com 1,291 Online educational provider The Castle Group Plantation 954-792-6000 castlegroup.com 1,062 Community asssociation management info@magicleap. Leading edge technology company commer- Magic Leap Plantation magicleap.com 900 com cializing mixed reality platforms Rick Case Fort Lauderdale 954-377-7400 rickcase.com 887 Automotive sales and services Automotive Group Provides a portfolio of services to government- Centene Sunrise 754-333-7718 centene.com 877 sponsored healthcare programs Publishes and prints daily and weekly newspa- Sun Sentinel Co. Fort Lauderdale 954-356-4000 sunsentinel.com 800 pers, niche publications; commercial printing

Zimmerman Fort Lauderdale 954-644-4000 zadv.com 650 Advertising agency

Trividia Health Fort Lauderdale 954-677-9201 trividiahealth.com 550 Provides diabetes management solutions weatherbyhealthcare. Weatherby Healthcare Fort Lauderdale 866-906-1637 457 Stafﬁng and recruiting com

ABB Optical Group Coral Springs 954-733-2300 abboptical.com 421 Wholesale optical product distributor

People’s Trust Insurance Co. Deerﬁeld Beach 800-500-1818 pti.insure 340 Insurance company

Source: South Florida Business Journal and Greater Fort Lauderdale Alliance; Note: Excludes retail and hospitality companies unless headquarters is in Greater Fort Lauderdale impact and new jobs. Te division also promotes Port Everglades and Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood three-county region (Broward, Miami-Dade and Palm Greater Fort Lauderdale as a key destination for live International Airport. Beach), this sector employs more than 71,000 workers music, concerts and entertainment venues as well as Greater Fort Lauderdale also has the workforce in 7,882 businesses, and the cluster is projected to see music festival opportunities. to support the global logistics sector, with more 3.7 percent job growth over the next fve years. For more on the creative scene in Greater Fort than 25,000 jobs in the transportation and Lauderdale, visit www.sunny.org/underground. warehousing industry sector in the county. In International Trade and Services addition, several local colleges and universities With Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Global Logistics ofer programs related to logistics, including the Airport and Port Everglades, businesses in Greater Fort Lauderdale is positioned at the cusp of Global Trade and Logistics program at Broward Greater Fort Lauderdale enjoy fast and convenient Latin America within 1,000 miles of Mexico, Belize, College, an MBA in Supply Chain Management and connections to world markets. A diverse, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Cuba, Jamaica, a Supply Chain Management Certifcate at Nova multilingual workforce, and convenient ofce Haiti, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico and many Southeastern University, among others. and warehouse facilities support the fow of other Caribbean nations. Additionally, Greater Fort Overall employment in Greater Fort Lauderdale’s international goods and services. In addition, Lauderdale is positioned a little more than 1,000 global logistics cluster is projected to increase by 4.9 Greater Fort Lauderdale is home to many miles from the Panama Canal. Key to the success percent between 2015 and 2020. Average earnings organizations that assist importers, exporters and of this targeted industry are two economic engines: in the sector are $66,206 in Broward County. In the international service providers.

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companyspotlight

International business (trade plus foreign • Construction products Photo courtesy direct investment) supports nearly one in six • Food processing of JM Family A 50th Anniversary jobs in the state and accounts for one-sixth of the • Jewelry Enterprises, Inc. state’s economic output. Most of the state’s exports • Medical devices and Investment and imports came through the Miami Customs instruments JM Family Enterprises, Inc., a $15.1 billion District, which includes Port Everglades and Fort • Military supplies Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport. Te • Mobile devices diversified automotive company with more district’s total trade was $107 billion in 2017 with • Newspapers than 4,200 associates across North America, a positive trade surplus of $10.6 billion. • Patient monitoring systems is launching a three-year, $150 million See International for more information. • Pharmaceuticals renovation of its Deerfield Beach headquarters • Sofware applications during its 50th anniversary year. Life Sciences One example is ACR Electronics, a Fort “JM Family has called Deerfield Beach Located at the center of South Florida’s rapidly Lauderdale company that was named a home since 1981 and these plans reaffirm growing life sciences cluster, Greater Fort Manufacturer of the Year in the second Florida our commitment to this city, the community Lauderdale supports a wide range of bioscience, Sterling Manufacturing Business Excellence Awards and our role in the local economy,” said Colin pharmaceutical and medical device companies. To in 2018. Te award is presented to high performing, the north are Scripps Florida and the Max Planck role-model organizations, both private and public, Brown, chairman. “We know that these efforts Florida Institute in Palm Beach County, and to the who demonstrate superior management and will modernize the way we work and build an south are the growing clinical research programs at results. even stronger and more unified JM Family.” the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. Te South Florida Manufacturers Association Key highlights of the renovation include In Broward, Nova Southeastern University serves as an advocate and resource for a 20,000-square-foot sports complex with has invested in its numerous biomedical research manufacturing companies in South Florida. Its an outdoor amphitheater and green space, a facilities and has built a revolutionary Center for members have access to FloridaMakes: a service 55,000-square-foot conference and training Collaborative Research (CCR) to house one of designed to improve the competitive ability and center, a two-story dining hall, and state-of- Florida’s largest wet labs, the NSU Technology proftability of the state’s manufacturers. For Incubator and some of the world’s most instance, ADI Metal in Fort Lauderdale worked the-art facilities with modernized and eco- accomplished researchers. with FloridaMakes to institute a series of changes conscious design. The project is anticipated to See Life Sciences for more information. that delivered a positive return within the frst six be completed during 2021. months of the engagement. Manufacturing For more information, visit the South Florida Manufacturing companies in Greater Fort Manufacturers Association at www.sfma.org. Lauderdale beneft from the region’s skilled Association of South Florida (MIASF), recipient workforce, convenient air, sea and land shipping Marine of the Greater Fort Lauderdale Alliance 2017 services and professional support services. Te Known worldwide as the “Yachting Capital of the Economic Development Partner of the Year award. area’s diverse mix of manufacturers includes: World,” Greater Fort Lauderdale enjoys a thriving Greater Fort Lauderdale’s marine industry • Aircraf parts recreational marine industry that contributes is comprised of world-class shipyards, marinas, • Building supplies and materials an economic impact of $8.8 billion in Broward manufacturing, wholesale and retail marine • Clothing County, and $11.5 billion in the South Florida products, brokers, dockage, and every conceivable • Computer and electronic components region, according to the Marine Industries type of marine service, all supported by more

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than 136,000 jobs regionally - 110,000 in College or the marine engineering and Broward County alone, with $4 billion in marine mechanics programs at Broward wages and earnings that are typically 28 College. percent higher than the state average. For marine industry and Fort Lauderdale Te Fort Lauderdale International Boat International Boat Show information, visit Show, owned by MIASF and produced by www.miasf.org. Informa Exhibitions, is the world’s largest in-water boat show with more than 1,500 Marine Research Hub exhibitors and 105,000 visitors from 52 Greater Fort Lauderdale is nationally countries. A 2016 economic impact study recognized for leadership in oceanographic concluded that the annual show contributes research. Nova Southeastern University $857 million to the state’s overall economy, operates the Center of Excellence for Coral with $508 million in direct sales, or more Reef Ecosystems Research facility at NSU’s than $100 million a day! Phil Purcell, Oceanographic Center in Hollywood. Funded MIASF’s CEO/President, said, “Te by the National Institute of Standards and economic impact of the boat show dwarfs Technology, America’s premier coral reef that of any Super Bowl, and it happens year research center is solely dedicated to coral reef afer year.” ecosystem research. Another ocean research Greater Fort Lauderdale has more facility – Florida Atlantic University’s Institute than 50,000 registered vessels cruising its for Ocean and Systems Engineering (SeaTech) 300 miles of navigable waterways and its – is located in Dania Beach. Established in Atlantic shores and is an internationally 1997 as a state-funded Type II research center, renowned port of call when cruising the institute is part of FAU’s Department of or sailing to Caribbean, European, Ocean Engineering. Its team of world-class Latin American, and North American faculty members, engineers, technicians destinations. Approximately 2,000 mega- and students are engaged in federally and yachts (vessels measuring 80 feet or industry-sponsored ocean engineering more) visit the county each year, and each research and technology development in visit generates an estimated $488,000 in the areas of acoustics, marine vehicles, economic impact through boatyard and hydrodynamics and physical oceanography, marina expenditures, purchases, provisions, Photo courtesy of Marine Industries marine materials and nanocomposites. and related services from businesses that serve the Association of South Florida In 2016, the South Florida Marine Research Hub® marine industry. Consortium was founded to foster collaboration International and domestic crew on any enables workforce development through an among research, education, business, and economic size vessel can earn both regulatory and non- educational development ladder that begins with development organizations. Its goal is to establish regulatory qualifcations, from entry level through the marine magnet program at New River Middle the region as a global leader in oceanographic senior management positions, from Greater Fort School, continues at South Broward High School, research that is making or may make a positive Lauderdale’s excellent maritime training options. and can culminate with certifcation at the marine impact on the health of the oceans and bring Te Broward County public school system also service tech program at McFatter Technical substantial benefts to the global population.

LARGEST BROWARD BUSINESS PARKS - RANKED BY TOTAL ACRES

Total Number Company Name Municipality Phone Website Major Tenants Acres of Tenants

Sawgrass International Sunrise 954-846-0883 stiles.com 650 N/A N/A Corporate Park

GE Healthcare, Siemens, Miramar Park of Commerce Miramar 954-450-7900 N/A 630 183 Stanley Black & Decker

Weston Park of Commerce Weston 561-989-2419 N/A 310 76 N/A

Bergeron Park of Pembroke Pines 954-680-0223 bergeronland.com 300 56 N/A Commerce & Industry

Meridian Business Campus Weston 954-385-0000 comrealftl.com 133 50 N/A

Point Blank Enterprises, Sun Commodities, Atlantic Business Center Pompano Beach 954-453-5660 dukerealty.com 93.78 28 Floor & Decor

Carrier, Gemaire Distributors, Park Central Business Park Pompano Beach 954-453-5671 dukerealty.com 53.22 25 Hurricane Warehouse & Distribution

Pompano Business Center Pompano Beach 954-356-0468 N/A 46 12 LKQ Corporation, Wayfair, HD Smith

Source: South Florida Business Journal 22 GFLA ECONOMIC SOURCEBOOK | www.gﬂalliance.org BUSINESS CLIMATE

LARGEST PUBLIC COMPANIES IN BROWARD COUNTY - RANKED BY REVENUE

Company Name Municipality Phone Website 2017 Revenue Type of Business

AutoNation Fort Lauderdale 954-769-6000 autonation.com $21,534,600,000 Automotive retailer - corporate headquarters

Recent Locations, Relocations and ExpansionsProvider of neonatal, maternal-fetal, Mednax Sunrise 954-384-0175 mednax.com $3,458,312,000 pediatric subspecialty and anesthesia physician services

Citrix Systems Fort Lauderdale 954-267-3000 citrix.com $2,824,686,000 Computer network software

Spirit Airlines Miramar 954-628-4827 spirit.com $2,647,666,000 Airline

Heico Corp. Hollywood 954-987-4000 heico.com $1,524,813,000 Jet engines and parts

Headquarters for one of the nation’s leading Ultimate Software Weston 800-432-1729 ultimatesoftware.com $940,729,000 human capital management cloud solutions companies

National Beverage Corp. Plantation 954-581-0922 nbcﬁz.com $826,918,000 Non-alcoholic beverages

BBX Capital Corp. Fort Lauderdale 954-940-6373 bbxcapital.com $815,589,000 Investment holding company

Underwrites, distributes and Universal Insurance Holdings Fort Lauderdale 954-958-1200 universalproperty.com $751,916,000 administers insurance through its subsidiaries

Seacor Holdings Fort Lauderdale 954-523-2200 seacorholdings.com $577,891,000 Marine services

FCB Financial Holdings Weston 954-984-3313 ﬂoridacommunitybank.com $409,117,000 Bank holding company for Florida Community Bank

Federated National Insurance underwriting, distribution, Sunrise 954-581-9993 fednat.com $391,662,000 Holding Co. and claims processing Pompano Sales of prescription and PetMed Express 954-979-5995 1800petmeds.com $249,176,000 Beach non-prescription pet medication

Chain of full-service restaurants Flanigans Enterprises Fort Lauderdale 954-377-1961 ﬂanigans.net $106,822,000 and package liquor stores

Engages in the development, production, The Singing Machine Co. Fort Lauderdale 954-596-1000 singingmachine.com $52,919,228 marketing, and distribution of consumer karaoke audio equipment

Manufacturer and distributor or Ocean Bio-Chem Fort Lauderdale 954-587-6280 oceanbiochem.com $38,933,000 Star-Brite maintenance products

Source: South Florida Business Journal

RICH IN DIVERSITY ETHNIC MAKEUP OCCUPATION BY INDUSTRY Alone or in combination with Construction 47,400 5.61% Professional and 155,200 18.38% one or more other races Broward County is a business services diverse, multi-ethnic Manufacturing 28,000 3.32% urban county, the second RACE Education and 111,900 13.25% largest in the state, and Wholesale trade 50,900 6.03% health services home to more than 1.8 Retail trade 110,400 13.07% million people seeking White Non-Hispanic 744,254 40.4% Leisure and 96,900 11.47% economic opportunity, Black Non-Hispanic 495,666 26.9% Transportation, 27,000 3.20% hospitality freedom of expression Warehousing Other services 40,400 4.78% and a superior quality of Hispanic 496,991 27% and Utilities life. It is one of the most Government 99,200 11.75% racially diverse counties Other Races 106,241 5.7% Information 19,100 2.26% in Florida. Total nonagricultural employment: 844,500 Financial activities 58,100 6.88% Source: U.S. Census Bureau Source: Florida Department of Economic Opportunity

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Founding members of the regional organization include Florida Atlantic University, Florida International University, Nova Southeastern University, University of Miami, Business Development Board of Palm Beach County, Greater Fort Lauderdale Alliance, Miami-Dade Beacon Council and Marine Industries Association of South Florida. Technology Greater Fort Lauderdale provides a highly supportive climate for technology companies, including a large pool of skilled workers and educational institutions, fnancial incentives and other support. One example is Ultimate Sofware, which is consistently named to numerous “best companies to work for” lists.. South Florida has remained at the forefront of information technology innovation since the birth of the IBM PC in South Florida in the early 1980s and the frst smartphone a decade later. Today, the world-class resort, Fort Lauderdale was named the establishments, with more Photo courtesy region’s technology assets continue to attract global “#2 Top Ten Beach Getaway” by Yahoo Travel, while than 34,000 rooms, ranging of Sixt rent a car companies, along with successful “home-grown” Porthole magazine recently selected Port Everglades from small boutique hotels to businesses and innovative start-ups. as “Best Domestic Departure Port.” luxurious high-rises like the W Fort Lauderdale, See Technology for more information. In 2017, Greater Fort Lauderdale welcomed 12.8 Te Ritz-Carlton Fort Lauderdale and the Hilton million U.S. and more than 1 million international Fort Lauderdale Marina. Tere are also more than Tourism visitors who contributed $7.8 billion in direct spending 4,100 restaurants in Greater Fort Lauderdale. Tourism is one of Greater Fort Lauderdale’s strongest to the region. Top international markets included Many business travelers come for events at the industries, with beaches, golf, boating, dining, Brazil, Canada, China, Colombia, France, Germany, 600,000-square-foot Greater Fort Lauderdale/Broward shopping and nightlife that attract leisure visitors Spain, the UK and the Scandinavian countries. County Convention Center at Port Everglades. from around the world. Recognized globally as a Te metro area has more than 560 lodging For more information, visit www.sunny.org.

LARGEST PUBLIC SECTOR EMPLOYERS - GOVERNMENT AND TAX ASSISTED

Operating Budget Type of Organization/ Business Phone Website Total Employess (millions) Service Public Schools and Adult Broward County Public Schools 754-321-0000 www.browardschools.com $3,900 34,320 Education Broward County Government $2,889 12,058 (Includes the following entities)

• Broward County Commission 954-357-6155 www.broward.org $1,965 6,242 County Government

• Broward County Sheriff 954-831-8900 www.sheriff.org $885 5,519 County Law Enforcement

• Broward County Property Appraiser 954-357-6830 www.bcpa.net $20 223 County Government

• Broward County Supervisor of Elections 954-357-7050 www.browardsoe.org $19 74 County Government

Memorial Healthcare System 954-987-2000 www.mhs.net $2,015 13,500 Hospital District

Broward Health 954-759-7400 www.browardhealth.org $1,100 8,424 Hospital District

City of Fort Lauderdale 954-828-5013 www.fortlauderdale.gov $770 2,749 City Government

City of Hollywood 954-921-3388 www.hollywoodﬂ.org $552 1,270 City Government

1,028* Full Time City of Pembroke Pines 954-431-4884 www.ppines.com $313 City Government 344* Part Time

City of Miramar 954-602-3120 www.ci.miramar.ﬂ.us $229 1,084 City Government

1,445 Full Time Broward College 954-201-7350 www.broward.edu $193 State College 3,792 Part Time

* Includes Police, Fire, General and Charter School System Employees Source: Listed Employers

24 GFLA ECONOMIC SOURCEBOOK | www.gﬂalliance.org BUSINESS CLIMATE FASTEST GROWING COMPANIES - RANKED BY GROWTH RATE

Gross Revenue Total Company Names City Phone Website Revenue Growth % S. Fla. Description (2014-2016) Emp. Current Builders Pompano 954-977-4211 currentbuilders. $155,000,000 91.36 378 General contracting Construction Services Beach com

Postal Center Fort 954-321-5644 surfpci.com $66,600,000 90.29 183 Printing, fulﬁllment, signs, e-business, creative, mail- RecentInternational Locations,Lauderdale Relocations and Expansionsing and marketing

Engage PEO Hollywood 888-780-8807 engagepeo.com $24,744,156 73.08 134 Comprehensive HR solutions for small and midsized businesses nationwide Cross Country Sunrise 954-845-2367 cchs.com $361,993,199 56.02 949 Provider of protection and maintenance solutions for Home Services for traditional and digital home management

e-Builder Plantation 800-580-9322 e-builder.net $52,653,000 49.88 222 Construction management computer software

Stiles Fort 954-627-9300 stiles.com $325,535,000 48.71 269 Full-service real estate ﬁrm Lauderdale

Hernandez Fort 954-712-1011 hernandez- $41,000,000 36.67 26 Construction management Construction Lauderdale group.com Castle Group Plantation 954-792-6000 castlegroup.com $68,663,227 36.24 1365 Financial and administrative management for condominium and homeowners associations Cruise Planners Coral 954-344-8060 cruiseplanners. $65,375,934 35.61 111 Franchisor of home-based travel agencies Springs com

Signature Consultants Fort 954-677-1020 sigconsult.com $339,025,272 33.9 2922 IT and ﬁnancial stafﬁng Lauderdale

Acordis Miramar 954-620-0072 acordiscorp.com $17,528,104 31.85 38 IT solutions provider International Corp. CruiseOne Fort 800-762-6778 dreamvacations- $312,000,000 31.65 90 Home-based travel franchise Lauderdale franchise.com

Greenspoon Marder Fort 954-491-1120 gmlaw.com $134,657,334 28.88 717 Full-service law ﬁrm LLP Lauderdale

Chetu Plantation 954-342-5676 chetu.com $38,936,288 23.58 1400 Custom software solutions

RCC Associates Deerﬁeld 954-429-3700 rccassociates. $90,696,258 19.62 85 General contractor Beach com

Frank H. Furman Pompano 954-943-5050 furmaninsur- $12,264,106 14.12 59 Insurance, risk management, employee beneﬁts Beach ance.com

Starmark Fort 954-874-9000 starmark.com $49,307,310 13.22 48 Integrated advertising and marketing ﬁrm Lauderdale

Fish Consulting Fort 954-893-9150 ﬁsh-consulting. $3,233,506 11.85 22 PR and marketing consulting services Lauderdale com

City Furniture Tamarac 954-597-2200 cityfurniture. $363,827,807 9.95 1445 Chain of retail furniture and home furnishing show- com rooms

CSI International Fort 954-308-4300 csiinternational. $56,554,766 6.65 2184 Facility services Lauderdale com

StevenDouglas Sunrise 954-385-8595 stevendouglas. $43,484,274 6.47 225 Executive search and interim resources ﬁrm com

Atlantic Southern Sunrise 954-581-5805 atlanticsouth- $34,528,865 6.09 107 Commercial asphalt paving, sealcoating, asphalt Paving & Sealcoating ernpaving.com repairs, parking lot maintenance, parking lot striping, sidewalk/curb installation/repair, crack sealing, site development and disaster recovery services

JM Family Deerﬁeld 954-429-2000 jmfamily.com $15,056,087,000 4.09 4281 Diversiﬁed automotive company Enterprises, Inc. Beach

Source: South Florida Business Journal

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“Our aviation industry is soaring, as leading national and international companies discover the benefts of Greater Fort Lauderdale.” Gregory Haile PRESIDENT, BROWARD COLLEGE

26 GFLA ECONOMIC SOURCEBOOK | www.gﬂalliance.org Photo by Jock Fistick - South Florida Business Journal AVIATION Soaring into the Future Greater Fort Lauderdale’s 954 area code is synonymous with quality and integrity when it comes to workforce and output

With more than 46,000 workers across the region and a talent pool that is to base our business here,” added Barry. “We look steadily increasing, South Florida is a hotbed of aviation activity with a robust forward to becoming an even greater part of the community in Broward County.” platform for aviation education and training programs. JetBlue Travel Products consists of the JetBlue Vacations brand and other non-air travel products including travel insurance, cruises, In Greater Fort Lauderdale, aviation is a refund, a foreign trade zone and training grants car rentals and more. Fort Lauderdale is one of multibillion-dollar sector, including airlines, which ofers incentives to encourage business JetBlue’s six focus cities. airframe and engine manufacturers, component development. “Te airport management committee parts suppliers, maintenance repair and overhaul runs an annual internship program with local A Training Facility and Degree Offerings (MRO) facilities and aircraf leasing companies. aerospace and aviation students, which produces Broward College and Diversifed Companies Its hub is the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood experienced graduates for potential investors,” said recently completed a new aviation facility at the International Airport (FLL), which has an annual the FDI article. North Perry Airport in Pembroke Pines. Te new economic impact of more than $13.2 billion. facility has 91 hangars, exclusive pilots lounge, and From FLL, airlines serve hundreds of U.S. and A Natural Choice a home for the expansion of Broward College’s Emil international destinations including Emirates’ recent For JetBlue, selecting Greater Fort Lauderdale as the Buehler Aviation Institute. Broward College also daily service to Dubai. Non-stop international new home for its JetBlue Travel Products subsidiary launched a new partnership with Tropic Ocean fights are available for many countries in Europe, was a natural choice. “Fort Lauderdale will be the Airways and signed Phoenix East Aviation to Canada, the Caribbean, Central and South America. perfect location to grow JetBlue Travel Products,” become the aviation training provider for the fight Other regional airport facilities include Fort said Andres Barry, president of the subsidiary. training program. Lauderdale Executive Airport (FXE) – one of the From FLL, JetBlue has established a major Broward College is leasing busiest general aviation facilities in the nation – the network serving cities across the U.S. as well as top space at the airport facility Photo courtesy John Fuhrer Downtown Helistop (DT1), North leisure destinations in the Caribbean and Latin for its Aviation Maintenance of City of Perry Airport in Pembroke Pines (HWO) and the America. “With its vibrant economy, especially in Management Associate of Fort Lauderdale Pompano Beach Airpark (PMP), one of three homes travel and tourism, we believe it makes a lot of sense Science program. Two large Executive Airport of the Goodyear Blimp. See Transportation and Infrastructure chapter for more information. An Aerospace ‘City of the Future’ PricewaterhouseCoopers ranked Florida frst in the nation as the best state for aerospace companies in a recent survey. Lower taxes, moderate operating costs and a large number of educational institutions were key factors in the state’s No. 1 ranking. FDI Strategy named Greater Fort Lauderdale to its list of “Aerospace Cities of the Future 2016/17.” Te article noted that Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport provides an infrastructure that facilitates the development of aviation businesses. Te general aviation airport (FXE) north of downtown Fort Lauderdale houses more than 150 aviation sector companies and employs more than 5,000 people. Te airport itself is equipped with 447 hangars and an industrial airpark, providing ofce, warehouse and industrial space. Investment incentives for aviation and aerospace companies include a qualifed target industry tax

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hangars are connected to four classrooms, faculty ofces, and shop space for its A&P mechanics program. In addition, Broward College launched a Bachelor of Science Degree in Aerospace Sciences in 2017. Te program builds on the three associate degrees and fve certifcate programs the college currently ofers and will include two tracks: professional pilot and aerospace management. A Regional Maintenance Council Te South Florida Aviation Maintenance Council (SFAMC) promotes the region’s Maintenance, Repair & Overhaul (MRO) service sector. It unites the aviation community regionally in order to support, encourage, educate and promote the signifcant base of maintenance operations in the area. Te Alliance works closely with the SFAMC to build and support the aviation industry in Greater Fort Lauderdale. South Florida is home to hundreds of MRO companies providing a major economic impact to the local economy. Investing in the Sector Competing with the largest aviation clusters in the world, Greater Fort Lauderdale now has worldwide recognition thanks to aviation leaders such as Kellstrom Defense, National Jets, Aviation Infatables, Sheltair, Propulsion Technology tripled since 2012. Now one of the world’s largest • 1st Choice Aerospace in Photo courtesy International, Kapco Global, Socata, Bombardier, commercial aerospace frms, the Fort Lauderdale Miramar has been growing and of JetBlue Aero Accessories and hundreds of other aviation company has more than $1 billion in assets currently adding new jobs. Te company innovators and leading organizations. under management in the United States, Canada, the repairs aircraf components, Many companies in the aviation sector are United Kingdom, Finland and China. About half of including crew seats and fuel systems. investing in Greater Fort Lauderdale, including: its 500 employees are based in Fort Lauderdale. • CTS Jet Engines, an MRO company based in Fort • Spirit Airlines, headquartered in Miramar, has • Heico Corporation, a parts supplier with major Lauderdale, purchased another property to support been growing its workforce over the years. Publicly operations in Hollywood, is the largest aerospace its rapid growth in the jet engine market. traded on NASDAQ, Spirit Airlines provides low- company by revenue in Broward County. Its fight • JetSmarter, which ofers luxury travel through fight fare fights. With 119 Airbus single-aisle aircraf, support and electronic technologies groups have booking for the private aviation industry, recently Spirit operates one of the largest feets of any major acquired a number of aviation-related businesses expanded in Fort Lauderdale. Te service buys empty U.S. airlines, with more than 490 daily fights to around the world in recent years. seats from private jet operators and then makes them 60 destinations in the U.S., Latin America and the • Embraer, one of the world’s largest aircraf available through its app, either on scheduled shuttle Caribbean basin. manufacturers, added a new maintenance and fights on major routes or empty-leg trips, in which • Silver Airways, headquartered at FLL, operates overhaul facility to its North American headquarters, planes are fown empty from one airport to another around 100 daily fights in Florida and Te customer service and support complex in Fort for their next passenger fight. Bahamas, and has more Bahamian destinations Lauderdale to serve the executive jet and commercial • CDB Aviation (China Development Bank), than any other U.S. airline. jet sectors. which owns and leases 200 commercial aircraf, • JetBlue and Southwest also added more fights • GE Aviation moved to a larger facility in Pompano selected Fort Lauderdale for its North American out of FLL with new nonstop routes within the Beach to develop, test and manufacture advanced headquarters. Te company has another 200 aircraf continental U.S., Canada, electrical power conversion products. on order and plans to acquire Photo courtesy Central and South America. • Turbine Controls, Inc. has expanded its aircraf an additional 200 aircraf for a Photo courtesy of National Jets • GA Telesis, has more than engine component maintenance facility in Miramar. total of 600. of Sheltair

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“Our region is known for a well-integrated approach to research, development and commercialization eforts throughout the life sciences sector.” Shawn Sackman MARKET PRESIDENT, SUNTRUST

30 GFLA ECONOMIC SOURCEBOOK | www.gﬂalliance.org Photo by Jock Fistick - South Florida Business Journal LIFE SCIENCES

A Leading Center for Research and Commercialization Greater Fort Lauderdale’s concentration of biomedical companies, supported by a skilled workforce and vibrant universities and research facilities, creates an ideal ecosystem for the life sciences sector

Greater Fort Lauderdale is home to one of the most dynamic pharmaceutical and Inc., a private biopharmaceutical company, biomedical clusters in the country, including start-ups, midsize businesses and to develop and patent advancements in the treatment of neurological diseases. global companies. For instance, Lupin Pharmaceuticals, headquartered in India, recently On a statewide level, BioFlorida is the voice announced the expansion of its R&D and pilot manufacturing operations in Coral Springs. of Florida’s life sciences industry with regional chapters that represent nearly 5,500 establishments and research organizations in the biotechnology, Other major medical device, biomedical, • More than 6,000 bioscience establishments now call pharmaceuticals, medical devices/diagnostics pharmaceutical and clinical research companies the Sunshine State home, up 3.9 percent since 2014. and bioagriculture sectors. BioFlorida’s initiatives with R&D, manufacturing and distribution facilities • Florida’s research universities conducted more provide a strong business climate for the in Greater Fort Lauderdale include Allergan, Stryker than $1.3 billion in bioscience-related research and advancement of innovative products that improve and Teva. Operating within close proximity of like- development in 2016. lives and promote economic benefts to the state. minded organizations is an important catalyst for Another collaborative asset is the Florida Institute growth among life sciences companies that beneft A Collaborative Approach for the Commercialization of Public Research, from a large trained workforce and a value chain South Florida’s academic institutions, research which facilitates the creation of spin-of companies that includes suppliers, manufacturers, distributors, parks and economic development organizations from technology developed at Florida’s publicly academic institutions, researchers, and workforce have joined together to form Life Sciences South funded research institutions. Te institute provides training programs. Florida (LifeSciencesSF.org). Its goal is to provide support services, including building relationships As a region, South Florida ofers convenient state, federal and private investment opportunities. with seasoned entrepreneurs, Photo courtesy access to leading research institutes and academic In one recent example of collaboration, in order to hasten the growth of Florida Atlantic institutions. In Greater Fort Lauderdale – a longtime Florida Atlantic University entered into a of commercially viable University home for many biomedical companies – Nova licensing agreement with Neuro Pharmalogics discoveries. Southeastern University is expanding its life science research facilities. To the north are Scripps Florida, Max Planck Florida Institute, and Torrey Pines Institute for Molecular Studies. To the south, the University of Miami’s Miller School of Medicine and Florida International University’s Biomedical Engineering Department are investing in biomedical research and commercialization programs. A Statewide Snapshot Florida has a growing life sciences sector with new companies, more jobs and a signifcant number of bioscience-related patents. A 2018 TEConomy/BIO profle notes these highlights: • Florida ranks in the top quintile for bioscience industry employment, establishments and number of bioscience and related patents with 5,100 patents issued from 2014 to 2017. • Supporting 87,000 direct jobs in 2016, Florida’s bioscience industry has grown by 4.3 percent since 2014. • A 20 percent employment gain in drugs and pharmaceuticals far outpaces the national average of 2.0 percent growth for this subsector. LIFE SCIENCES 31 LIFE SCIENCES

Academic Research Facilities More than 200 research projects are currently underway at Nova Southeastern University (NSU), including studies on cardiovascular disease, anti- cancer therapies, chronic fatigue syndrome, autism, coral reef restoration, stem cells and wildlife DNA forensics, among other subjects. NSU’s Center for Collaborative Research (CCR) is one of the largest and most advanced research facilities in Florida. Located adjacent to the university’s Health Professions Division complex on NSU’s Fort Lauderdale/Davie Campus, the 218,000-square-foot, six-story building is equipped with wet and dry labs; leading research equipment, including access to a high-performance computing environment; and other resources, such as Florida LambdaRail, a high-speed broadband service delivery network. To efficiently address key issues facing humanity, A Diverse Industry Cluster Photo courtesy worldwide. NSU has established several research institutes and of AutoNation • Lupin Limited, a centers using a multidisciplinary, interprofessional South Florida is home to approximately 1,500 pharma-research company approach. Housed in the CCR, these include NSU’s bioscience businesses and institutions that based in Mumbai, India, is expanding its AutoNation Institute for Breast and Solid Tumor employ more than 26,000 people and generate laboratory facility in Coral Springs, which Cancer Research, NSU Cell Therapy Institute (a over $4 billion in annual sales, according to focuses on inhalation products for the treatment partnership with researchers from Karolinska recent estimates. of asthma, allergic rhinitis, chronic obstructive Institutet in Sweden), NSU’s Institute for Neuro- Leading companies in Greater Fort pulmonary diseases and other lung diseases. Immune Medicine, NSU’s Rumbaugh-Goodwin Lauderdale include: • MAKO Surgical Corp. is a Stryker medical Institute for Cancer Research, and NSU’s Emil • Allergan is a brand/generic pharmaceutical device company in Davie that markets its RIO® Buehler Research Center for Engineering, Science, company formerly known as Actavis. Te Robotic-Arm Interactive Orthopedic system and Mathematics. company’s pharmaceutical manufacturing and and its proprietary RESTORIS® implants for One of the CCR’s tenants NuLife Sciences, warehousing facility in Davie manufactures minimally invasive orthopedic knee procedures. which conducts research on a means to potentially about 2.2 billion units annually. It is approved by • OmniComm Systems, Inc. is a Fort Lauderdale- eliminate the need for tissue matching between the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Health based global provider of eClinical solutions. donor and recipient in kidney transplants and the Canada, and the European Medicines Agency. • OrbusNeich is a medical device company that need for anti-rejection medication post-surgery. • Altor BioScience, a Miramar company that develops therapies for vascular disease at its “The NSU Center for Collaborative Research has developed two proprietary cancer treatment Advanced Research and Development facility in is exceptional, ideally suited for the specialized platforms, merged with California-based Fort Lauderdale. research we will be conducting to advance the NantCell in a transaction valued at more than • SHL Pharma recently expanded its commercialization of our NuLife Technique,” said John $1 billion. Led by its founder and CEO, Hing C. manufacturing and R&D facility in Deerfeld Hollister, CEO, NuLife Sciences. “It provides NuLife Wong, Altor chose to keep its headquarters in Beach. SHL Pharma is part of SHL Group, a complete, turnkey solution in a premier academic South Florida. the world’s largest privately owned designer, setting where we will also have access to ancillary • Aveva Drug Delivery Systems is a global developer and manufacturer of advanced drug resources ranging from undergrad and graduate leader in transdermal drug delivery systems. delivery systems. interns to grant writing expertise and much more.” Te Hollywood company is part of Apotex, • Terumo Aortic in Sunrise develops products Housed in the CCR, NSU’s technology Incubator Canada’s largest pharmaceutical company. for endovascular aortic treatment. One of the enables qualified companies to lease private space • Florida Supplement is a nutraceutical company’s products is its Relay Toracic Stent- (up to 60,000 square feet) that will give them access manufacturer and packager of nutritional Graf with Plus Delivery System, a life-saving to researchers, technology and labs. The CCR includes supplements in tablets, capsules, liquids and technology ofered to patients with thoracic several core facilities, including a Genomics Core power blend forms. Located in Miramar, Florida aortic aneurysms. It allows surgeons to achieve Facility for sequencing human genes associated with Supplement has manufactured nutritional a more satisfactory placement of the stent graf disease, Flow Cytometry Core Facility for isolating supplement products for customers in the on a range of diferent patients. special cell types such as immune and stem cells, Cell United States, Latin America and Europe. • Teva Pharmaceutical Industries, Ltd., handles Therapy Core Facility for developing immunotherapies • Goodwin Biotechnology, Inc. is a fully engineering, information technology and and regenerative medicines, and Imaging Core Facility integrated contract manufacturing organization purchasing services at its facility in Weston. with advanced digital microscopy capabilities. of monoclonal antibodies and recombinant • Trividia Health, a subsidiary of China-based NSU’s College of Osteopathic Medicine serves the proteins for preclinical and phase I/II/III Sinocare Group, has a large facility in Fort region with a variety of clinical and research programs. clinical trials. Plantation-based GBI has worked Lauderdale that makes glucose-monitoring For example, NSU’s Institute for Neuro-Immune with companies of all sizes. equipment and related products for diabetics. Medicine treats patients with conditions such as • Hema Diagnostic Systems, LLC is a Miramar • U.S. Stem Cell Inc. in Sunrise has multiple cell chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelitis, company that produces a full line of rapid therapies in various stages of development that Gulf War Illness and other neuro-immune conditions, diagnostic assays for major infectious disease repair tissues damaged by injury or disease. and conducts basic and clinical research in this field. testing. • Vigilant Biosciences, a developer of products For more information on life sciences companies, • ImmunoSite Technologies, LLC is a Miramar- for early detection of oral cancer, has raised see www.gflalliance.org. based provider of automation, design and customization of complex biological assays to more than $17 million in fnancing since it was biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries founded in Fort Lauderdale in 2012.

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“Technology companies — from multinational leaders to exciting new startups — are fourishing in our fast-moving region.” Dean Trantalis MAYOR, CITY OF FORT LAUDERDALE

34 GFLA ECONOMIC SOURCEBOOK | www.gﬂalliance.org Photo by Jock Fistick - South Florida Business Journal TECHNOLOGY Work in the Cloud. Live in the Sun. Greater Fort Lauderdale is in the forefront of the global technology sector with a long and continuing history of innovation

Strategically situated in the heart of Florida’s largest technology community, Greater Fort Lauderdale is an attractive choice for market-leading companies like Ultimate Software: Microsof, Citrix, Magic Leap, Sirius XM radio and Ultimate Sofware. A South Florida Success Story Ultimate Software has deep roots in South Florida, growing through the years Skilled talent is one of the region’s biggest industry cluster along with other materials about to become South Florida’s largest cloud competitive advantages. Te city of Fort Lauderdale South Florida technology companies and academic computing company with 1,400 employees is among the top 50 U.S. tech talent markets and institutions, including an asset map of technology in the region. Founded in 1990, the Weston- ranked No. 10 on CBRE’s list of technology talent companies located in the region. based company is a leading global provider momentum markets, based on the 2017 change in (www.techgateway.org) of human resources software, serving tech job growth. Te South Florida Technology Alliance customers in 160 countries. In South Florida, there are nearly 80,000 (southforidatech.org) also promotes the growth, “We’ve been proud to call South Florida information and communication technology success and awareness of the South Florida our home for more than 25 years,” said workers. Te IT workforce is growing steadily technology community hosting events like the Scott Scherr, CEO, president, and founder as newcomers move to the region are joined by annual “ITPalooza” and SUP-X, Te Startup Expo. of Ultimate Software. “This community has graduates of the 21 colleges and universities ofering In conjunction with partners like the Alliance, a growing pipeline of talented people, who technology-related programs. SFTA helps connect companies, academia, capital increasingly choose to develop their skills From a statewide perspective, Florida ranks resources and government to help ensure the here. Plus, the year-round summer climate, third in the nation in technology establishments and immediate and future success of technology-related beaches, and landscapes make South third in the export of high-tech products, according interests in South Florida. Florida an ideal place to build your career, to Enterprise Florida, the state’s public-private Other groups working to grow the South Florida from beginning to end.” partnership for economic development. technology cluster include eMerge Americas, Ultimate’s UltiPro software delivers CIO Council, and the Gold Coast Venture Capital human resources, payroll, talent, A Leader in Innovation Association. compensation, and time and labor South Florida has remained at the forefront of Greater Fort Lauderdale’s many other tech management solutions, connecting people information technology innovation since the birth of assets include a warm climate for creative activities, with the information and resources needed the IBM PC in South Florida in the early 1980s and convenient access to world markets, and public- to work more effectively. The company’s “Simon,” the frst smartphone a decade later. Today, private partnerships that turn research discoveries recent awards include: the region’s technology assets continue to attract into commercial products. • #1 on Fortune’s Best Workplaces global companies, along with successful “home- It’s an ideal location to “work Photo courtesy in Technology grown” businesses and innovative start-ups. Tese IT in the cloud, live in the sun.”™ of Ultimate Software • #3 on Fortune’s 100 Best Companies companies enjoy a privileged to Work For List position on the global • #3 on People Magazine’s 50 Companies telecommunications map, with that Care list convenient access to a major • #1 on Fortune’s 100 Best Workplaces Internet Network Access Point for Millennials (NAP), fber optic connections • #1 on ComputerWorld’s Best Midsize and high-speed data links to Places to Work in IT list Latin America, Europe and the Ultimate Software recently announced rest of the globe. an agreement to acquire PeopleDoc, a Paris-based startup with 265 employees. A Focus on Collaboration “This acquisition will open doors for Collaboration is another key Ultimate to further expand our presence to the success of the region’s in international markets,” said Scherr. technology sector. One of the “We are looking forward to taking care region’s technology initiatives is of PeopleDoc’s employees, as our two the South Florida TechGateway, amazing cultures create an even stronger a website with information organization.” and news about this growing

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A Diverse Tech Cluster based cybersecurity frm, is adding 100 jobs at its Troughout the Greater Fort Lauderdale region, new ofces in Plantation. Te company recently innovative IT companies are making their mark secured a $12 million investment round. Taking a Magic Leap on the technology sector while gaining new • Flexential (formerly Peak 10), which has a customers in their chosen markets. Key players centrally located 66,000-square-foot data center into the Future! include: – one of the region’s largest Category 5 rated • AAJ Technologies, a Fort Lauderdale company commercial facilities. By superimposing 3D computer- that helps clients develop and implement digital • Ford Engineering, which recently acquired generated imagery over real-world transformation strategies. Blackberry’s Sunrise R&D operation for its objects, Magic Leap is offering a spatial • ARM, which acquired local startup Sunrise “connected cars” initiative. Ford expects to have computing system that brings digital Micro Devices, Inc., located in Deerfeld Beach, up to 200 sotfware engineers within the next few content to life in the “Magicverse.” The is the world’s leading semiconductor IP company, years who will be based in Sunrise. Plantation-headquartered technology developing and licensing technology at the heart • iCare.com LLC, a Fort Lauderdale company that company recently launched its first of many of the digital electronics devices sold each provides secure access to cloud-based electronic product, “Magic Leap One Creator year, from smartphones and tablets to sensors and health records solutions. Edition,” opening the door to a future servers. ARM was purchased by SofBank in 2018. • Magic Leap, a cutting-edge company which filled with new creative possibilities. • Chewy, an online retailer of pet food and other garnered a state-record $2.3 billion in venture “Florida has always been a blank pet-related products based in Dania Beach that capital, has developed “mixed reality” interfaces canvas for innovation, and we hope to be was purchased by PetSmart for $3 billion in 2017. and sofware from its 260,000-square-foot one small part of that incredible story,” • Citrix, a homegrown IT company that is headquarters facility in Plantation. said Rony Abovitz, CEO, Magic Leap. transforming how people, businesses and IT • MD Live, a telehealth service provider based “Our launch of Magic Leap One Creator work and collaborate in the cloud era. With in Sunrise, which recently attracted $50 million Edition begins the next chapter of our market-leading cloud, collaboration, networking in new investment from companies including journey to empower creators in Florida, and virtualization technologies, Citrix powers units of Cigna and HCSC. the U.S., and around the world. We look mobile work styles and cloud services, making • Microsof Latin America, regional forward to working with a diverse and complex enterprise IT simpler and more headquarters for the technology giant, has been forward-thinking set of developers, accessible for more than 400,000 enterprises. located in Fort Lauderdale since 1994. Latin artists, creators, and businesses right Since its founding in 1989, Citrix has grown to America is Microsof’s fastest-growing market, here in Florida and everywhere.” $3.42 billion annual revenue. serving more than 46 countries and territories, Magic Leap provides creative • Club Domains, LLC, the registry for “.CLUB” all managed from its ofces in Fort Lauderdale. professionals with access to a set of online domains. Based in Fort Lauderdale, the • MotionPoint Corporation, based in core applications that make up the company ofers “.CLUB” names for businesses, Coconut Creek, ofers a turnkey platform that foundation of its spatial computing nonprofts and individuals. provides website synchronization, translation, platform. These include the Helio web • Cybraics, a Fort Lauderdale company that localization, and management services for client browser that delivers 3D and spatial web provides advanced security analytics and an AI • Motorola Solutions, whose Broward facility experiences, the Screens media player platform delivered as a service. developed an advanced two-way portable radio that allows users to place multiple • Data Core Sofware Co., a sofware-defned for use by police, fire rescue and other first displays of any size in their physical storage (SDS) sofware company based in Fort responders. space, and Magic Leap’s unique avatars Lauderdale, Florida. Its parallel server recently • ProcessMAP, a web-based sofware and service and a social application. Magic Leap’s set a world record for storage performance. provider that is expanding in Sunrise. powerful ever-evolving toolkit contains • e-Builder, a pioneer in fully integrated, cloud- • Prolexic Technologies, a provider of cyber sample code, tech write-ups and design based construction program management security services for global enterprises and diaries to help create high-quality mixed sofware for owners based in Plantation that was government agencies. Te Hollywood company reality interactions and navigate users acquired for $500 million by is now part of Akamai, a global leader in content through the Magicverse. Photo courtesy Trimble in 2018. delivery network services. of Ultimate Software • ERP Maestro, a cloud- • ReStockIt.com, an online retailer of restaurant, janitorial and ofce supplies based in Davie. • Sirius XM Radio, a publicly traded American broadcasting company that provides three satellite radio and online radio services operating in the United States, has its research and development facility in Deerfeld Beach. Te facility is responsible for most of the technology developed for communications between car and satellite. • SpeedETab, a mobile ordering and mobile payments company used by restaurants, cafes and venues in Fort Lauderdale, Miami and New York allows consumers to order and pay from a mobile phone. • Synechron is one of the nation’s fastest- growing digital, business consulting and technology services providers with a major ofce in Sunrise. In 2017, the company received the Best Distributed Ledger Technology Initiative of the Year by FTF News for its blockchain accelerators. • TradeStation is an online broker-dealer ofering a variety of services from its headquarters ofce in Plantation.

36 GFLA ECONOMIC SOURCEBOOK | www.gﬂalliance.org Memorial’s frst kidney transplant recipient, Monica and her donor husband Cesar. MEMORIAL Health Forward

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From launching the Memorial Transplant Institute so Monica could receive a kidney from her husband Cesar, to our recent partnership with Moftt Cancer Center, to training tomorrow’s physicians through a new graduate medical education program and caring for more children and families through expanded access to Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital, Memorial Healthcare System provides momentum at the forefront of what’s next in healthcare.

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“Our strategic location with convenient access to global markets and our diverse range of aviation-focused amenities appeal to international businesses of all sizes.” Rufus James AIRPORT MANAGER, FORT LAUDERDALE EXECUTIVE AIRPORT

38 GFLA ECONOMIC SOURCEBOOK | www.gﬂalliance.org Photo by Jock Fistick - South Florida Business Journal INTERNATIONAL An Ideal Platform to Serve Global Markets Greater Fort Lauderdale’s strategic location, multicultural talent pool and worldwide connections provide a solid foundation for international businesses

In today’s global economy, Greater Fort Lauderdale provides an appealing home SIMTEC Silicone Parts, LLC, a world-renowned for multinational corporate and regional headquarters. It’s a strategic location U.S.-based leading manufacturer of Liquid Silicone for U.S. and international businesses with convenient air and sea ports, online Rubber (LSR) and LSR 2-shot injection molded parts and components relocated its international connections and a well-educated multicultural workforce that helps companies to headquarters from Madison, Wisconsin to Miramar. connect with markets throughout the world. “We are extremely pleased with our decision to move our company’s headquarters to Florida,” said Enrique Camacho, president of SIMTEC. “Our new, world- class, custom designed and built, state-of-the-art Centrally positioned in the Western Hemisphere to the region,” said John Guttery, SVP, Enterprise facility provides us with the infrastructure we need to with a diverse pool of professional talent, Greater Initiatives of Ecolab, “Our business in Latin America serve our global clientele.” Fort Lauderdale is also an inviting location for Latin is growing rapidly, and this investment underscores American, European, Asian and African companies our commitment to the region.” Te Minnesota- South Florida Consular Corps seeking to serve the U.S. and North American based company is a global leader in water, hygiene South Florida has one of the nation’s largest markets. A key advantage is the area’s Eastern time and energy technologies and services. consular corps, providing a multitude of services to zone location, which makes it easier to hold audio, Polenghi USA Inc., a subsidiary of the Milan, international residents, visitors and businesses. More video and web conferences with corporate ofces Italy, Polenghi Group, located a lemon juice bottling than 75 foreign consulates, foreign trade ofces and bi- around the world. plant in 24,000 square feet of industrial space in national chambers of commerce operate in the region, Currently, more than 1,450 multinationals Deerfeld Beach with an initial 17 employees. Te providing market information and helping to forge representing 59 nations have ofces in the South lemon specialist company is importing about 25,000 professional connections that foster business growth. Florida regional market. One example is Microsof. liters of lemon juice weekly. For more information, visit www.gfalliance.org/ Since choosing Fort Lauderdale for its Latin America Camposol Holdings, a Peruvian agro-industrial consularcorps headquarters more than two decades ago, the company, selected Pompano Beach for its Camposol global technology company has grown its business Fresh USA North American headquarters ofce International Initiatives substantially from 20 employees to several thousand. recently, as well as Stemtech International, which Since 2015, Broward County has held the Florida Recognizing the appeal of Greater Fort Lauderdale relocated its international headquarters, and International Trade & Cultural Expo (FITCE) for international businesses, Chiquita Brands manufacturing/R&D laboratory from San Clemente, at the Broward County Convention Center. Te International Inc. moved the headquarters of its California, to Pembroke Pines. purpose of the event is for Greater Fort Lauderdale/ banana division to Dania Beach from Charlotte, North Carolina, relocating more than 70 jobs to Greater Fort Lauderdale. Other recent multinational expansions and relocations include Sixt rent a car, headquartered in Germany, which is expanding its international headquarters in Greater Fort Lauderdale, adding 300 high-wage jobs over the next fve years. KEMET Electronics Corporation relocated its headquarters to Fort Lauderdale and is creating 100 jobs over the next three years. MASA Global also moved its headquarters to Greater Fort Lauderdale, adding 35 new jobs. Ecolab Inc. established its Latin America regional headquarters in Miramar, creating 50 new jobs. “Miramar was an ideal location for our Latin America regional headquarters because of its healthy infrastructure, strong talent pool and great Photo courtesy transportation connections of Emirates

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Broward County and South Florida to welcome Te center has been promoting and creating GLOBAL COMPANIES international cities and companies that recognize cultural exchanges, hosting inbound and Leading international companies with facilities in the region as one of the top international business outbound missions. Te center was named Greater Fort Lauderdale include the following: opportunity destinations in the world. Te goal of one of the frst “Brazilian Points of Culture” FITCE is to expand Broward County as a premier outside Brazil by the Minister of Culture • Advantix Systems - Israel • First Service Residential - exporting and importing global gateway, while for its commitment to promoting Brazilian • AEQ Broadcast International Canada helping to establish new businesses and nurturing culture abroad, the frst performing arts - Spain • Fujitsu - Japan the continued growth of existing businesses. center to be honored with this designation. • Aercap - Netherlands • Fukui Byora - Japan Business organizations in Greater Fort Today, as a Cultural Embassy, the • Aero Precision - Canada • G. Proulx Building Materials Lauderdale, including the Greater Fort center facilitates the county’s local and • Aerotechnic USA - South Africa - Canada • Air Partner - United Kingdom • Gamo Outdoor - Spain Lauderdale Alliance began holding a series of global business ties and creates greater • Air Transat Holidays - Canada • Gedesco - Spain collaborative monthly International Exchange understanding among its global partners. • Ajilon Professional Stafﬁng • Global Aviation Partners - Events in 2016 at the private Tower Club, - Switzerland Singapore highlighting a diferent nation or bi-national Global Business Development • Alfa Laval Industries, Inc. - Sweden • GlobeCast America - France chamber. Tese events have drawn large Trough collaboration with the Broward • ALTADIS USA - United Kingdom • Goodwin Biotechnology - India groups of more than 175 attendees focusing County Ofce of Economic and Small • Amcor - Australia • Hapag-Lloyd (America) - on nations including Brazil, Germany, Canada, Business Development (OESBD), the • American Forwarding and Germany Costa Rica, Japan, Israel, Ireland, India and Greater Fort Lauderdale Alliance and other Logistics - Germany • Hellmann Worldwide Logistics Sweden. Te mixers have been instrumental global business partners, the area’s business • American Freight Line - Germany - Germany • Anita - Germany • Hoerbiger - Switzerland in forging new connections and collaborations leaders support numerous international • Aoti (Advanced Oxygen Therapy, • Horiso - Australia for these nations and their afliated companies trade initiatives. Te goal is to enhance inc. - Ireland • Hygolet USA - Switzerland in Greater Fort Lauderdale. foreign direct investment and create export • Arcadis - The Netherlands • IBI Group - Canada Te Greater Fort Lauderdale Alliance’s and import opportunities that will position • Arteche USA - Spain • InterMarine - Canada International Action Team has continued Greater Fort Lauderdale as a leader in the • Atlas Concorde USA - Italy • International Shipyards Ancona to establish and expand relationships with global marketplace. • Atlas Copco - Sweden (ISA) - Italy several consuls general and their staf Examples of international inbound and • Aveva Drug Delivery System/ • Ituran U.S.A. - Israel members, trade commissioners and bi- outbound missions include: Nitto Denko - Japan • Juratoys - France national chambers of commerce from China, • Mission from Argentina - 2008 • Azimut Benetti Service USA - Italy • Kaba Workforce Solutions - • Babor Cosmetics - Germany Switzerland Germany, Italy, Mexico, Spain, Canada, • Inbound visit from Gold Coast, Australia - • Balfour Beatty - United Kingdom • Linder Industrial Machinery France, Brazil and the United Kingdom. 2007 and 2010 • Beghelli USA - Italy Company - Japan Te Broward County Commission has • Mission from Belarus - 2017 • Birks & Mayors - Canada • Lufthansa Technik - Germany designated the Broward Center for the • Mission to Belize - 2016 • BlackBerry - Canada • Lupin - India Performing Arts as a “Cultural Embassy” to • Mission from Belize - 2016 • Blygold Florida - The Netherlands • MAN Diesel & Turbo North promote Greater Fort Lauderdale’s local and • Mission from Bolivia - 2014 • Bolton Medical - Spain America - Germany global business and expand understanding • Mission to Brazil - 2007, 2011, 2013, 2014 • Bombardier Aerospace - Canada • Mapei - Italy between diverse local and global partners. and 2015 • Bukkehave - Denmark • MedSim - Israel • Bullguard - United Kingdom • Menzies Aviation - United Kingdom • Bureau Veritas North America • Morguard - Canada - France • Motiva Enterprises - The • Camposol Holdings - Peru Netherlands • Carbon60 - United Kingdom • Moturis - Switzerland • CEMEX - Mexico • MSC Cruises USA - Switzerland • Chapman Freeborn Airchartering • NatBank - Canada - United Kingdom • Nyrstar - Switzerland • Citizen Events - France • Openwide International USA - • Clarins - France United Kingdom • Consolidated Waters Co. Ltd - • Orange Advertising Network Cayman Islands Americas - France • Costa Cruise Lines, N.V. - Italy • OrbusNeich - China • CP Vegetable Oil - Canada • Oxford Economics - United • Crown Relocations - China Kingdom • Crystone - Sweden • Polenghi - Italy • Desjardins Bank - Canada • Private Jet Charter - United • DHL Americas - Germany Kingdom • Diamond Moba Americas - The • Propulsion Technologies Netherlands International - France • Dragados - Spain • Regus Group - United Kingdom companyspotlight • DNV - Norway • Ricoh Latin America, Inc. – Japan • Dockwise Yacht Transport USA • Rolls Royce Commercial Marine - The Netherlands - United Kingdom Photo courtesy • Doyon Bakery Equipment - Canada • Schindler Elevator - Switzerland Microsoft Latin America of Microsoft Latin • DP-DHL - Germany • SHL Pharma - Sweden America • Drake International - Canada • Skanska USA Builders - Sweden Since 1994, tech giant Microsoft has watched its Latin America operations • ECI Telecom Americas - Israel • Sixt rent a car - Germany steadily grow from its regional headquarters in Fort Lauderdale. Armed • Embassy CES - United Kingdom • SmartWater CSI - United Kingdom with a multilingual, high-tech workforce and the infrastructure to keep everyone connected, • Embraer Aircraft Holding - Brazil • South African Airways - South Microsoft is taking Latin America by storm. “We have experienced a signiﬁcant expansion in the • Enolgas USA - Italy Africa region and it is our priority to make a real impact on the people and the communities in which we • Evergreen Line - Taiwan • Stefanini IT Solutions - Brazil operate,” said former President of Microsoft Latin America Hernán Rincón. From using its Azure • Feadship America - The • Suzano Paper and Pulp - Brazil cloud platform to bringing the Rio 2016 Olympic Games to life to equipping startups with the mobile Netherlands • TD Bank - Canada • Ferretti Group America - Italy • Toyota Tsusho America - Japan toolkit to stay nimble in a dynamic marketplace, Microsoft continues to honor its commitment to • FHP Bosch - Germany • Trividia Health - China make an impact in what is now its fastest-growing market. Serving more than 46 countries and territories, Microsoft Latin America is guided from the Greater Fort Lauderdale tech hub.

40 GFLA ECONOMIC SOURCEBOOK | www.gﬂalliance.org INTERNATIONAL

• Mission from Brazil - 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015 • Mission from Ecuador - 2010 • Mission to Mexico - 2007, 2011, 2012, and 2016 • Mission to Canada - 2007 and 2011 • Mission to Europe - 2008 • Mission to Panama - 2010 and 2014 • Mission from Canada - 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, • Mission to France - 2015 • Mission to Peru - 2009, 2014 and 2015 2015, 2016 and 2017 • Mission to Germany - 2013, 2014 and 2015 • Mission from Peru - 2008, 2009 and 2010 • Mission to Chile - 2013 • Mission from Germany - 2011, 2015 and 2016 • Mission from South Africa - 2008 • Mission from Chile - 2012 and 2013 • Mission to Ghana - 2007 • Mission to South Korea - 2010 • Mission to China - 2010, 2012, 2014 • Mission from Ghana - 2007 • Mission to Spain - 2011, 2012 and 2017 • Mission from China - 2008, 2011, 2014, 2015, 2017 • Mission from Guatemala - 2010 • Mission from Spain - 2010, 2013 and 2014 and 2018 • Mission from Honduras - 2007 and 2009 • Mission from Swedish Ambassador - 2014 • Mission to Colombia - 2009, 2010 and 2012 • Mission to India - 2007 • Mission from Taiwan - 2008 and 2010 • Mission from Colombia - 2012, 2013 and 2014 • Mission from Israel - 2007 and 2009 • Mission from Trinidad and Tobago - 2011 • Mission to Costa Rica - 2010 • Mission from Italy - 2012, 2013 and 2014 • Mission from Turkey - 2008, 2010 and 2017 • Mission from Costa Rica - 2008 and 2010 • Mission to Japan - 2010 • Mission from United Kingdom - 2010 • Mission from Democratic Republic of Congo - 2015 • Mission from Japan - 2009 and 2014 • Mission from Venezuela - 2009 • Mission to Dominican Republic - 2014 • Mission from Macedonia - 2014 and 2015 • Mission to Vietnam - 2008 • Mission from Dominican Republic - 2008 and 2010 • Mission from Martinique - 2013, 2014, 2015 • Mission from Vietnam - 2015

LARGEST INTERNATIONAL REGIONAL/LATIN AMERICAN HEADQUARTERS

Global sales Total Company Municipality Phone Website Type of business in millions employees

Microsoft Latin America Fort Lauderdale 954-489-4800 www.microsoft.com $110,360 131,300 Software distribution and development

DHL Express Plantation 954-888-7000 www.dhl-usa.com $70,570 468,724 Air courier services

Chubb Group of Insur- Sunrise 954-626-5000 www.chubb.com $36,400 20,000 Financial services ance Cos. Latin America Marriott International Weston 954-385-3550 www.marriott.com $22,894 177,000 Lodging

Ricoh Latin America, Inc. microso 954-745-3300 www.ricoh.com $18,720 97,878 Offers a variety of storage, security, management, capture and distribution solutions Emerson Latin America Sunrise 954-846-5030 www.emerson.com $16,950 103,500 Diversiﬁed global manufacturing and technology company Ecolab Latin America Miramar 954-436-2600 www.ecolab.com $14,380 47,000 Global leader in water, hygiene and energy technologies and services Stanley Black & Decker Miramar 954-624-1100 www.stanleyblackand- $13,460 57,765 Electrical/mechanical apparatus, parts and tools Latin America decker.com Newell Rubbermaid Weston 954-659-3800 www.newellrubbermaid. $13,260 53,400 Manufactures and markets consumer and Latin America com commercial products Stryker Latin America Miramar 954-538-8200 www.strykerlatinamerica. $13,040 33,000 Manufactures medical and surgical equipment com Baxter International Fort Lauderdale 954-476-3700 www.baxter.com $11,000 48,000 Medical and pharmaceutical equipment and supplies Schindler Elevator Sunrise 954-626-5555 www.us.schindler.com $10,760 58,271 Electrical/mechanical apparatus, parts and tools

Amcor Rigid Plastics - Miramar 954-704-4552 www.amcor.com $9,300 35,000 Innovative packaging Latin America Federal-Mogul Fort Lauderdale 954-858-0300 www.federalmogul.com $7,317 48,600 Motor vehicle parts and accessories

Yum Brands Fort Lauderdale 954-418-6473 www.yum.com $5,750 1,500,000 Restaurants International MAPEI Deerﬁeld Beach 954-246-8888 www.mapei.com $2,600 7,500 Adhesives, grouts and other cementitious products for the building industry South African Airways Fort Lauderdale 954-769-5000 www.ﬂysaa.com $2,060 10,071 Transportation, logistics

The Wendy's Company Sunrise 614-764-3100 www.wendys.com $1,250 12,100 Restaurants

Source: Yahoo Finance and Greater Fort Lauderdale Alliance

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“Greater Fort Lauderdale has been our company’s home for the past 50 years, and we couldn’t be more pleased with everything this area has to ofer. It is an ideal place to live and do business.” Colin Brown CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD, JM FAMILY ENTERPRISES, INC.

42 GFLA ECONOMIC SOURCEBOOK | www.gﬂalliance.org Photo courtesy JM Family Enterprises, Inc. TALENT HUB A Diverse and Skilled Workforce Greater Fort Lauderdale’s vibrant economy and supportive business climate appeal to talented professionals, executives and entrepreneurs of all ages

the region’s private schools ofer a wide range or From sofware engineering to wealth management, nursing and the programs to help middle-school, high-school and culinary arts, Greater Fort Lauderdale is attracting talented young adult students prepare for careers. For example, professionals seeking rewarding careers in the sun. students attending BCPS’ Broward Technical Colleges earned a record number of industry certifcations, as 712 students received 952 nationally recognized industry certifcations. A high quality of life, low cost of living and exciting workforce skills and availability in Greater Fort In keeping with the mission, Broward educators career opportunities appeal to Millennials in their Lauderdale work closely with business leaders to help students 20s and 30s, as well as Gen Xers and Boomers. • Opportunities exist to strengthen relationships explore the wide range of career opportunities Many Millennials choose to live in a community between employers and educators available in Greater Fort Lauderdale. For example, with amenities such as dining, cultural and • Recruiting for middle-skill training programs in 2017 and 2018, more than 2,400 high school entertainment options and year-round outdoor presents some unique opportunities juniors participated in the annual Claim Your activities – even before fnding a job. • Employers are interested in engaging Millennials Future Showcase at the BB&T Center in Sunrise. Greater Fort Lauderdale is also known across all sectors Te annual showcase is a partnership between nationwide as an excellent location to work. In 2018, Beginning in 2017, teams of community leaders the Alliance and BCPS’ Career, Technical, Adult Ultimate Sofware ranked #3 on Fortune’s “100 Best have worked to address industry-related, economic & Community Education program. More than 50 Companies to Work For.” Other area companies on and generational skills gaps identifed in the plan in local companies participate, so students can learn the Fortune “best” list included Baptist Health South several innovative ways, through the Greater Fort about career pathways in felds like automotive, Florida and JM Family Enterprises, which has been Lauderdale Education Action Team. construction, manufacturing, education, recognized for 20 years in a row. Ultimate Sofware “When we help more people be ready for high- fnancial services, public safety, real estate, and also captured the #1 spot in Fortune’s “100 Best demand jobs, our greater community benefts when transportation. Students also participated in Workplaces for Millennials” list for 2018, the same more employers bring jobs here, and more of our mock interviews and attended breakout sessions position it held in 2017. Construction and real estate local talent is ready for those opportunities,” said on professionalism in the workplace and resume Moss & Associates and JM Family Enterprises were Chauncy Lennon, director of workforce initiatives writing, allowing them to work on their sof skills. Other examples of BCPS’ also named to the Millennial list. for JPMorgan Chase. Photo courtesy career-building programs Greater Fort Lauderdale leaders are committed of JMFamily Salty Jobs include Linking Educational to attracting Millennials, and are investing in Enterprises, Inc. the infrastructure, cultural and quality of life Te Marine Industries Association of South Florida amenities that appeal to them.Te region is actively (MIASF) has produced and branded an educational recruiting Millennials through a social media-based video series that identifes the many employment “#WhyGFL” campaign and video. Te area’s thriving opportunities and career paths available in South young professionals scene has focused on engaging Florida’s marine industry, whose jobs typically Millennials through emerging leaders groups for pay 28 percent higher than the state average. Salty numerous business organizations and nonprofts for Jobs, a series of three-to-four-minute video geared more than a decade. toward young people entering the workforce, showcases a variety of jobs being performed by a Building the Talent Pipeline relatable young professional host. Details of specifc A high-quality talent pipeline is the single most education or certifcation requirements for each important consideration for companies investing job, as well as salary ranges, are revealed during in new locations and expansions. Companies interviews with people in the business, from entry- thoroughly assess a region’s workforce, educational level positions to senior management, and even resources, and talent attraction strategies as a entrepreneurs. Each Season Salty Jobs episodes component of community competitiveness. have been shown in South Florida K-12 public To position Greater Fort Lauderdale for job schools, colleges, and universities, at state-funded creation and investment opportunities, the Alliance CareerSource Centers and other venues. Te series engaged Boyette Strategic Advisors to conduct can also be viewed by visiting www.saltyjobs.org, a workforce and skills gap analysis of the area www.facebook/saltyjobstv.com and on YouTube. workforce. Te analysis was funded through a grant from JPMorgan Chase & Co. Its key fndings: Preparing for Careers • Employers are generally very satisfed with Broward County Public Schools (BCPS) and

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and Employment Outcomes (LEEO), an industry partnership, project-based program that gives students “real world” career exposure and experience with emphasis on employability and workplace skills. Students can earn numerous career certifcations including “Microsof Industry Certifcation” at more than a dozen schools across the county. In addition, 100 percent of BCPS high schools ofer computer science courses and all schools take part in the national “Hour of Code,” celebrating computer science by participating in coding activities. (See Education chapter for more information.) Supporting Career Goals Greater Fort Lauderdale’s colleges and universities graduate thousands of skilled potential employees every year, supporting the talent pipeline. They also offer a wide range of executive education, certification and other skill- building programs, helping professionals take the next step in their careers. For example, Broward College ofers an Internship Opportunities Te localized Incumbent Aviation Maintenance Management Degree Studies have shown that high-quality internships Worker Training program Photo courtesy program to prepare students for careers in the help students develop valuable sof skills that are is provided through of the City of “954” maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) much needed to support increased productivity CareerSource Broward. Te Coral Springs sector. Broward College also ranks ninth in the and innovation in the workforce. CareerSource goal of this locally funded nation in nursing and 17th in health programs and Broward - in partnership with Broward College program is to upgrade the related careers. - has developed BrowardIntern.com to help link skills of existing employees with the fexibility to Broward College was named the Alliance’s businesses with talented and highly qualifed young meet many training requirements. Funded by the Economic Development Partner of the Year in 2016. people seeking internships. Te website (www. Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act and Other partner of the year winners include Broward browardintern.com) allows any company that has administered by CareerSource Broward, this program County Cultural Division in 2018, Marine Industries an internship opportunity based in Broward County was created to provide an alternative source of Association of South Florida in 2017, the City of to post open positions at no cost and gives students funding to upgrade the skills of full-time employees, Miramar in 2015, and CareerSource Broward in the ability to upload their resumes to be seen by while also assisting employers looking to cut down 2014. employers and human resources representatives on training costs. Tree online programs from Nova Southeastern looking for interns. Training can be done in-house utilizing outside University (NSU) earned high rankings in the 2017 “Internships help build the foundation for vendors, education partners or public or private U.S. News & World Report of college and university individuals who want to explore career options and training institutions and can also be delivered from online programs. NSU’s criminal justice graduate gain valuable experience that can potentially lead existing curriculums that cater to specifc business program was ranked 26th; its education graduate to full-time employment,” said Mason C. Jackson, needs. Te programs can increase skills and program was 84th; and its nursing graduate President/CEO of CareerSource Broward. “It is our productivity at every level of an organization. program was 47th. “Reaching students and hope that our online portal will serve as a tool that providing educational opportunities that best suit the business community can take advantage of to TRAINING ASSISTANCE their needs is something we’re very proud of and make fnding interns a whole lot easier.” CareerSource Broward’s On-the-Job (OJT) training something we’re committed to today, tomorrow provides occupational training in the work and well into the future,” said NSU’s President, Dr. TRAINING PROGRAMS environment and to a business’ specifcations. George Hanbury. Greater Fort Lauderdale companies can take Trough this service, companies can be reimbursed To help in closing the national technology skills advantage of several statewide and regional training up to 90 percent of the wages paid to a training gap, DeVry University is ofering a new educational programs that can be tailored to their specifc participant. OJT is encouraged, especially in pathway for its students – the DeVry Technology requirements, including the following. middle-skill occupations, and can be performed in Pathway. With its Tech Path, DeVry has embedded conjunction with classroom instruction. technology-related curriculum within many of its FloridaFLEX Training Program If a company is forced to reorganize, shut down degree and certifcate programs. Te FloridaFLEX Training Grant (formerly the QRT operations, or experiences a natural disaster that program) is a customer-driven training program results in the dislocation of workers, CSBD can help. A Unique Partnership designed to assist new value-added businesses and Representatives will come to a facility to discuss Florida Atlantic University and U.S. Southern provide existing Florida businesses the necessary CSBD job search services, educate afected workers Command (SOUTHCOM) have signed training for expansion. Tis program is customized, about fling unemployment claims and even bring memorandums of understanding (MOUs) to fexible and responsive to individual company needs. representatives from other local employers looking pursue common goals for research collaboration to hire candidates with similar skill sets. and student internships. An initial MOU in Incumbent Worker Training Program Companies may be entitled to a variety of 2016 established a student internship program Incumbent Worker Training (IWT) is a program fnancial incentives by using CSBD services to provide additional educational experiences providing training to currently employed workers and hiring specifc job seekers. Some of these for student interns at SOUTHCOM and to to keep Florida’s workforce competitive in a global programs include Work Opportunity Tax Credits, formalize the responsibilities and mechanisms economy and to retain existing businesses. Te Enterprise Zone Tax Credits and Welfare Transition for student internship sustainment and program is available to all Florida businesses that Business Bonuses. Additionally, some candidates operation. SOUTHCOM is located in Miami and have been in operation for at least one year prior hired through CareerSource Broward qualify for responsible for military operations within South to application and require training for existing subsidized childcare, transportation and education and Central America as well as the Caribbean. employees. assistance.

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For more information, Photo courtesy see Business Assistance and of Ultimate Software Incentives chapter. About CareerSource Broward CareerSource Broward (CSBD) helps businesses in Greater Fort Lauderdale fnd well-trained, highly qualifed employees in all industries – with no cost for its services. Te Broward Workforce Development Board, which governs CareerSource Broward, is a business-led board driving the need- based solutions provided by CSBD. Each year, more than 250,000 job seekers take advantage of CSBD services by either placing a résumé in the system or participating in a training program. CareerSource Broward can save businesses “Money – Energy – Time” by listing positions in Employ Florida Marketplace, Florida’s state-administered database; prescreening and interviewing applicants; and providing employers with valuable labor market information. In addition, CSBD can identify specifc fnancial incentives that may be available when certain job candidates are hired. Funding comes from • Access to thousands of resumes • Labor market information federal and state tax dollars, so there is no cost to • Local recruiting • Employer forums businesses utilizing these services. • Pre-screening services • Career fairs CareerSource Broward has long-standing • Easy and convenient job postings CareerSource Broward is part of the statewide partnerships with thousands of Broward County • Employed worker training grants network of nearly 100 career centers in Florida, the employers. Its staf has years of experience in • Grants for new and expanding businesses frst state in the nation to achieve a unifed brand helping businesses grow by assisting them to • Customized training for existing employees and logo for all of its state and regional workforce recruit qualifed candidates who can immediately • No-cost mass recruitment services development boards and career centers. contribute to their bottom line. • On the-job training incentives For more information about programs and Here are some of the services ofered to • On-site recruitments services, call the Employer Services line at businesses – at no cost to employers. • Workforce outplacement services 954-677-JOBS or visit www.careersourcebroward.com. Solutions For Recruiting, Training and Retaining Skilled Workers At CareerSource Broward, the employer is our customer. Our network of business, employment and training providers are dedicated to helping Broward County companies grow by connecting them to the skilled workforce they need to remain competitive in an ever-changing economy.

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“Our highly rated public and private schools, as well as our dynamic colleges and universities, ofer an exceptional array of educational opportunities for students and families. Waste Management is proud to support recycling and environmental initiatives in our schools.” Tim Hawkins PRESIDENT, WASTE MANAGEMENT, INC. OF FLORIDA

46 GFLA ECONOMIC SOURCEBOOK | www.gﬂalliance.org Photo courtesy Waste Management, Inc. of Florida EDUCATION Ofering an Exciting Array of Learning and Career Opportunities Highly regarded schools, colleges and universities meet the educational needs of students, families, businesses and communities

Greater Fort Lauderdale’s robust educational system provides a strong placement and college credit. BCPS goal is to graduate students who are college foundation for the region’s high quality of life, ofering a wide array of and career ready and can meet the needs of high-skill, programs to meet the individual learning styles of students and their families. high-wage occupations at all levels of industry needs. More than 9,000 industry certifcations were earned by students in 2017/18. BCPS also ofers adult and community education Along with high-quality public, independent and global leader in advancing educational excellence. programs and services to thousands of economically private schools, the region’s colleges, universities and More than $178 million in scholarships was and ethnically diverse Broward County residents. vocational facilities are committed to creating career awarded to 6,000+ graduates in 2018. Tose graduates Programs include: Adult Basic Education, Adult opportunities and building a skilled workforce. are attending 540 colleges, universities and technical Secondary Education, General Educational To take just one example, Broward College schools – evidence that BCPS graduates are college Development (GED), English for Speakers of Other was recognized as a “fnalist with distinction” for and career ready. Ninety-one percent of BCPS high Languages (ESOL), Family/Intergenerational Literacy, the 2017 Aspen Prize for Community College schools have a graduation rate of 90 percent or greater. Vocational Preparatory Instruction and programs for Excellence, the nation’s preeminent recognition of Te District has more than 15,000 full-time Adults with Disabilities. high achievement and performance in America’s instructional staf members. Te average experience of community colleges. Broward College was selected a Broward teacher is 14 years, and more than 46 percent Business-Speciﬁc Education from 1,000 public community colleges nationwide of Broward teachers hold advanced degrees (master’s, As businesses identify their workforce for outstanding outcomes in student learning; specialist or doctorate.) Also, BCPS leads the state in the requirements, Broward Technical Colleges certifcate and degree completion. number of national board-certifed teachers. (Atlantic, McFatter and Sheridan), Broward BROWARD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS Career, Technical, Adult & College and the area’s four-year universities implement programs to meet the career interests Broward County Public Schools (BCPS) is the sixth- Community Education of students and the stafng requirements of local largest public school system in the nation and the BCPS Career, Technical, Adult & Community employers. Te Florida Department of Education second largest in Florida. BCPS is Florida’s frst fully Education (CTACE) programs are designed to Performance Incentive Funding, awarded $683,363 accredited school system since 1962. BCPS has more prepare students to be leaders in today’s global to the Broward Technical Colleges for the 952 than 271,500 students and approximately 175,000 market. By implementing project-based learning, nationally recognized industry certifcations adult students in 234 schools, centers and technical students are given opportunities to work with received by 712 of the attending students in 2017. colleges, and 93 charter schools. Te District also the business community and colleges to learn the Funds are used to continue updating technology has an award-winning virtual school. BCPS was foundational skills for the workplace. A multitude and equipment to meet industry standards. selected as a Great District for Great Schools in 2017 of programs, courses and activities provide both Broward Technical Colleges ofer state-of-the- by the National Council on Teacher Quality. interdisciplinary and cross-curricula instruction that industry equipment and facilities, informed and BCPS serves a diverse population with students lead to industry certifcation, which may result in job skilled faculty and industry-validated educational representing 204 countries and regions, and 191 diferent languages. With an operating budget of $3.9 billion for the 2017/18 school year, BCPS is also a vital part of the area’s economy and a key contributor to South Florida’s vibrant communities. More than 28,000 volunteers generously donate their time to BCPS. Committed to educating all students to reach their highest potential, BCPS adopted a three-year strategic plan focused on high-quality instruction, continuous improvement and efective communication. Te District’s vision is to educate today’s students to succeed in tomorrow’s world. All Photo courtesy District schools, K-12, are of Florida Atlantic accredited by AdvancED, a University

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programs. Online learning opportunities have early childhood education through 12th grade. been expanded in a variety of workforce education Tese schools welcome calls for information and THE PLACE TO LEARN programs to better serve the needs of students who are happy to arrange family visits to their campuses. BROWARD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS require fexible scheduling options. In addition, Many also ofer bus transportation. the Broward Technical Colleges provide business For more information, see the chart on page 50. • For more than a decade, BCPS has been training solutions, campuses and business sites to singled out for student achievement by the address specifc training needs and schedules. Te COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES Council of the Great City Schools. The Council is a District’s industry partners have honored many A wide range of colleges and universities serve coalition of 67 of the nation’s largest urban public career and technical education programs with Greater Fort Lauderdale, including both state and school systems. national awards of excellence. private-sector institutions ofering associate, bachelor, • U.S. News & World Report named 16 BCPS master and doctoral degree programs. More than high schools to its list of Best High Schools in the Seamless Education 35 institutions ofer associate’s degrees or higher Nation for 2018. National gold medal recipients BCPS high school and adult students may earn within 30 miles of Fort Lauderdale, including eleven are Cypress Bay High School and Pompano post-secondary college credits toward industry- with MBA degrees. Many institutions also ofer Beach High School. The 12 silver medal schools recognized technical certifcates and degrees. certifcate or custom training programs that focus on in ranking order are Nova High School, William T. Career and technical workforce development McFatter Technical High School, Marjory Stoneman education, magnet and the needs of programs, College Broward employers. Douglas High School, Cooper City High School, BCPS STUDENT DIVERSITY West Broward High School, Fort Lauderdale High Academy @ Broward Broward’s post-secondary (2017/2018) School, Western High School, Atlantic Technical College, technical dual institutions feature enrollment and smaller state-of-the-industry High School, Charles W. Flanagan High School, J.P. • White: 51.3% learning communities equipment, an informed Taravella High School and McArthur High School. • Black: 40.3% provide students with and skilled faculty and Two bronze medal schools are Broward Virtual • Hispanic (of any race): 33.8% rigorous and relevant accommodating facilities School and Sheridan Technical High School. curriculum to help meet • Asian: 3.8% with fexible class • ranked 25 BCPS high The Washington Post their individual goals. • Multiracial: 3.7% schedules compatible with schools among America’s Most Challenging For more information • American Indian or Alaskan Native: 0.8% student and employer High Schools. about Broward County • Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander: 2% requirements. • 10 BCPS schools earned prestigious 2018 Public Schools programs, Here are profles Magnet Schools of America National Merit Awards visit browardschools.com Source: Broward County Public Schools, 2018 of several leading colleges – Magnet Schools of Excellence and Magnet and browardtechcenters. and universities. Schools of Distinction. com. Follow BCPS • Broward Virtual School (BVS), which has on Twitter @browardschools and Facebook at Ana G. Mendez University System served Broward County students since 2001, is facebook.com/browardschools, and download the Te Ana G. Mendez University System features an widely recognized as a top performing virtual free BCPS mobile app. accelerated dual language (English-Spanish) higher school in the state. education program for adults. Its bilingual instructors • The Linking Educational and Employment Independent and Private Schools teach a curriculum that is presented 50 percent in Outcomes (LEEO) is an industry partnership, Greater Fort Lauderdale has more than 60 private English and 50 percent in Spanish, ensuring that project-based program that gives students real and independent schools that meet a variety of graduates will have developed advanced skills in world career exposure and experience with student academic and personal needs. Accredited both languages. Bilingual professionals graduate with emphasis on employability and workplace skills. non-public schools hold memberships in bachelor or master’s degrees in several professional Students can earn numerous career certifications organizations such as the Southern Association of areas including management, human resources, including Microsoft Industry Certification at more Colleges and Schools (SACS), the Florida Council accounting, fnance and criminal justice. than a dozen schools across the county. of Independent Schools (FCIS), the Association • BCPS is a national leader in innovative of Independent Schools of Florida (AISF), the Broward College educational initiatives, such as offering scholastic Florida Kindergarten Council (FKC), and several Broward College is the oldest and largest institution chess to all second grade students to develop accrediting organizations for religious, proprietary of higher learning in Greater Fort Lauderdale, critical thinking, problem-solving and social skills, and special needs programs. Te major accrediting serving more than 68,000 students annually. With plus access and support for K-12 chess clubs. organizations in Florida are approved by the Florida campuses throughout the region, it is the principal Chess is provided in partnership with Chess4Life. Association of Academic Nonpublic Schools provider of undergraduate higher education for • BCPS offers the largest debate initiative in (FAANS), which in turn is recognized by the county residents, while attracting scholars from the world, with approximately 13,000 students Florida Department of Education. throughout the U.S. and more than 175 nations. It More than 30,000 children in Broward attend ofers a dynamic learning environment with campus- participating in debate programs in elementary, non-public schools, which ofer programs from based and online educational and career programs, middle and high schools. BCPS students consistently earn local, state and national recognition for their debate skills. STUDENTS ENROLLED IN BROWARD COUNTY • 100 percent of BCPS high schools offer computer science courses and all schools PUBLIC SCHOOLS - (2017/2018) participated in the Hour of Code, celebrating 26.21% Pre-K: 5,939 computer science by participating in coding activities. 17.52% Elementary Schools (K-5): 96,374 • In the 2017/18 school year, 38 schools offered Middle Schools (Grades 6 – 8): 48,335 dual language programs, providing students with High Schools (Grades 9 -12): 70,686 the opportunity to become bilingual with classes 16.10% in language arts, social studies and math taught 36.22% Centers: 5,090 in both English and Spanish. The dual language Charter Schools: 45,093 program promotes multicultural awareness and 1.99% appreciation for other languages and cultures. TOTAL 271,517 (Including charters) 1.96% Source: Broward County Public Schools, 2018

48 GFLA ECONOMIC SOURCEBOOK | www.gflalliance.org EDUCATION including certifcations, associate and bachelor’s is the most diverse institution in Florida’s State degrees, as well as technical and occupational training. University System. More than 50 percent of its World Class Faculty Broward College’s recent highlights include: 30,000 students are classifed as minority or • Named as a Top Ten Finalist for the 2019 Aspen international. Demonstrate Prize for Community College Excellence, the nation’s Students can select a major from more than 170 preeminent recognition of high achievement in degree programs, with courses taught by over 1,000 Educational Excellence community colleges. full-time faculty members. Recent highlights: Since 2006, the Greater Fort Lauderdale • Ranked #1 in the state for the number of industry • FAU was ranked as the top-performing public Alliance has showcased the high quality of certifcations awarded to students for the third year university in the state by Te Florida Board of Greater Fort Lauderdale’s preK–20 education in a row. Governors, which oversees the State University System. system and the outstanding quality of the local • Ranked #2 in the Nation by CollegeChoice.Net • FAU was selected as a network partner by the workforce through several partnerships between • Named the most afordable online college in the Veterans Florida Entrepreneurship Program. with educational institutions. One initiative is state, according to OnlineColleges.com. • FAU’s College of Business was named one of the spotlighting South Florida’s “world-class” faculty • Ranked #1 in the nation for the number of associate “Best Business Schools” by Te Princeton Review. by recognizing educators who are nationally degrees awarded to minority students in the Liberal • FAU’s Hospitality & Tourism Management program or internationally known in their fields. The following educators have been honored within Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities ranks as a “Best Value for Online Colleges” by Online the last 10 years. discipline U and one of the top 10 programs in Florida by • 2018: Dr. Manhar R. Dhanak, Professor • Named a Top Four-Year Vocational and Trade School besthospitalitydegrees.com. & Director, Institute for Ocean and Systems by the Community for Accredited Online Schools. • FAU’s Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing Engineering at SeaTech, Department of Ocean received a $1.4 million federal grant to prepare nurse and Mechanical Engineering, Florida Atlantic DeVry University practitioners to deliver primary care services for University in Dania Beach From its campus in Miramar, DeVry University helps underserved populations in Broward County. • 2017: Dr. Bob Speth in the Department of students prepare for workplace challenges by bringing Pharmaceutical Sciences of the College of the real world into the classroom, enabling them to Keiser University Pharmacy at Nova Southeastern University • 2016: Dr. Nancy Klimas, Professor and Chair receive an education that can lead to meaningful Founded in 1977, Keiser University celebrated its of the Department of Clinical Immunology in career success. Students may select from associate’s, 40th anniversary in 2017 as a leading statewide the College of Osteopathic Medicine at Nova bachelor’s and master’s degree programs in the provider of career-focused, post-secondary Southeastern University university’s Colleges of Business & Management, education. Keiser is Florida’s second largest, • 2015: Dr. David Serrano, Biological Science/ Engineering & Information Science or Media Arts private, not-for-profit university, serving nearly Environmental Science Bachelors Program at & Technology at either local campus and/or online. 20,000 students at 20 Florida campuses, online, Broward College Recent highlights: and internationally. Students benefit from the • 2014: Dr. Keith Van de Riet, Assistant • Ranked among “Best Online Bachelor’s Degree school’s philosophy of a practical, hands-on Professor in the School of Architecture and Programs” by U.S. News & World Report, 2015. approach to education, with small class sizes Planning at Florida Atlantic University • 2013: Dr. Nwadiuto Esiobu, Director of the • 90 percent of graduates with associate and bachelor’s ensuring a more personal learning experience. Microbial Biotechnology Laboratory at the Davie degrees actively seeking employment had careers in Classes are offered during the day, evening and campus, Florida Atlantic University their feld within six months of graduation. online to accommodate students’ schedules. Keiser • 2012: Dr. Pierre-Philippe Jean Beaujean, offers associate’s, bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral Associate Professor, Department of Ocean Florida Atlantic University degrees in high demand, career-related fields such and Mechanical Engineering, Florida Atlantic Florida Atlantic University’s Davie campus ofers as business, information technology, health care, University more than 40 “2+2” degree programs in partnership biotechnology, culinary arts, education, and legal • 2011: Dr. Ann-Margaret Esnard, Professor and with Broward College. Te two institutions share studies. Recent news: Director of the Visual Planning Technology Lab the same campus, which is home for the innovative • Keiser is Florida’s number one producer of nurses at Florida Atlantic University’s School of Urban and Regional Planning Teaching & Leadership Center. FAU places a high who passed the national boards. • 2010: Dr. Nan-Yao Su, Professor of priority on ofering the complete upper-division • Approximately 62 percent of Keiser University Entomology at the Institute of Food and portion of high-demand undergraduate degree students graduate in the science, technology, Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida programs, and is sensitivity to the needs of students engineering, math, (STEM) and health care felds. • 2009: Dr. Frederick “Rick’ Driscoll, Associate of nontraditional ages and culturally diverse Professor, Department of Ocean Engineering, backgrounds. Graduate programs in education, Nova Southeastern University Director of Technology, Center of Excellence public administration, and business, are available Nova Southeastern University is the nation’s for Ocean Energy Technology, Florida Atlantic on the Davie campus as well. FAU’s Dania Beach ninth largest independent university with 24,000 University campus, also known as SeaTech, serves as a research students, more than 172,000 alumni, a sprawling For more information about the Educational Excellence Builds Business campaign, go to and educational center for programs in ocean 314-acre Fort Lauderdale-Davie campus, regional www.gflalliance.org/educationalexcellence engineering. It is headquarters for the Southeast locations around Florida and the Caribbean, and National Marine Renewable Energy Center. FAU a presence in nine countries around the world.

NUMBER OF SCHOOLS 30.21% 11.73% Elementary Schools: 136 Middle Schools: 37 9.68% High Schools: 33 Combination Schools: 8 40.18% 5.57% Adult/Vocational/Centers: 17 1.76% Colleges: 3 Charter Schools: 93 0.88% Source: Broward County Public Schools, 2018 Photo courtesy of Broward County Public Schools

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NSU awards associate’s, bachelor’s, master’s, Education Programs. • NSU’s 17 intercollegiate athletic teams compete educational specialist, graduate, doctoral and • NSU ranked 5th in the U.S. for the largest in the NCAA’s Sunshine State Conference. frst-professional degrees in a wide range of felds. number of minority graduate degree recipients. Classifed as a university with “high research • NSU’s College of Allopathic Medicine (M.D. University of Phoenix activity” by the Carnegie Foundation for the College) began classes for its inaugural class in University of Phoenix provides access to higher Advancement of Teaching, NSU ofers more than the fall 2018 semester. Te college is aiming to be education opportunities that enable students to 150 degree programs including arts and sciences, the eighth M.D.-degree awarding institution in develop knowledge and skills necessary to pursue their education, health professions, law, and business Florida. professional goals, improve the performance of their and entrepreneurship. Recent highlights: • NSU provides cultural enrichment to the organizations, and provide leadership and service to • NSU’s Shepard Broad College of Law launched a community through the Museum of Art | Fort their communities. University of Phoenix has campuses Master of Laws (LL.M.) program for attorneys to Lauderdale, the Miniaci Performing Arts Center in Fort Lauderdale and Miramar. enhance their knowledge and skills. and academic programs in the performing and For a more comprehensive list, see chart • NSU ranked as one of the nation’s Best Online visual arts. on pages 52.

BROWARD COUNTY: PRIVATE SCHOOLS BY ENROLLMENT

School City Phone Website Grades Enrollment Tuition

American Heritage School Plantation 954-472-0022 www.ahschool.com PreK 3-12 2,400 $23,410-35,911 Saint Thomas Aquinas Fort Lauderdale 954-581-0700 www.aquinas-sta.org 9-12 2,200 $12,600

University School of Fort Lauderdale 954-262-4400 http://uschool.nova.edu PreK-12 2,000 $17,000-32,200 Nova Southeastern University Calvary Christian Academy Fort Lauderdale 954-905-5100 www.ccaeagles.org PreK-12 2,000 $7,030-12,875

Pine Crest School Fort Lauderdale 954-492-4100 www.pinecrest.edu PreK-12 1,750 $21,770-31,930 North Broward Coconut Creek 954-247-0179 www.nordangliaeducation.com PreK 3-12 1,650 $22,825-30,825 Preparatory School Archbishop McCarthy High School Southwest Ranches 954-434-8820 www.mccarthyhigh.org 9-12 1,586 $11,190-11,610 Cardinal Gibbons High School Fort Lauderdale 954-491-2900 www.cghsﬂ.org 9-12 1,100 $12,200

Westminster Academy Fort Lauderdale 954-771-4600 www.wa.edu PreK 2 - 12 905 $4,900-15,200

St. Gregory School Plantation 954-473-6261 www.cherubim.org PreK 2-8 900 $7,850-8,200

Coral Springs Christian Academy Coral Springs 954-752-2870 www.coralspringschristianacademy.com PreK 3 - 12 800 $5,605-12,465

The Sagemont School Weston 954-389-2454 www.sagemont.com PreK - 12 800 $9,500-18,550

St. David Catholic School Davie 954-472-7086 www.saintdavid.org PreK - 8 680 $7,116-7,868

St. Andrew Catholic School Coral Springs 954-752-3950 www.standrewscatholicschool.com PreK - 8 600 $7,200-7,330

St. Bonaventure Catholic School Davie 954-476-5200 www.stbonaventurechurch.com PreK - 8 600 $6,980-7,120

Chamanade-Madonna College Hollywood 954-989-5150 www.cmlions.org 9 - 12 575 $12,500-14,200 Preparatory David Posnack Jewish Day School Davie 954-583-6100 www.posnackschool.org K - 12 500 $18,350-22,700

Summit-Questa Montessori School Davie 954-584-3466 www.summitquesta.com PreK - 8 450 $8,800-12,600

St. Anthony Catholic School Fort Lauderdale 954-467-7747 www.saintanthonyschoolﬂ.org PreK 3 - 8 450 $8,900

St. Mark’s Episcopal School Fort Lauderdale 954-563-4508 www.saintmarks.com PreK 1 - 8 400 $9,000-17,530

Hollywood Christian School Hollywood 954-322-4375 www.hollywoodchristianschool.org PreK 3-12 331 $3,950-9,850

Gloria Dei Lutheran Academy Davie 954-475-8584 www.gloriadeiacademy.org Infant - 8 225 Varies

Fort Lauderdale Preparatory School Fort Lauderdale 954-485-7500 www.ﬂps.com PreK-12 200 $9,925-12,425

Our Savior Lutheran School Plantation 954-370-2161 www.oursaviorplantation.org 18mos. - 8 200 $7,400-7,530

The Blake School Plantation 954-584-6816 www.blakeschool.org 3yrs - 8 180 $7,500-8,875

Glades Christian Academy Coral Springs 954-755-6405 www.gladeschristianacademy.com PreK2 - 7 120 $7,500-8,875

Lighthouse Christian Academy Oakland Park 954-564-8950 www.lcaofbroward.com 2-12 30 $6,800

Sunset Sudbury School Fort Lauderdale 954-404-7785 www.sunsetsudbury.org K-12 17 $7,500

50 GFLA ECONOMIC SOURCEBOOK | www.gﬂalliance.org Beach & Downtown Development Opportunities

Vibrant Beachfront • Dynamic Downtown & Commercial Corridors

Office, retail and commercial from 200 to 20,000 sq. ft. New construction and renovated. Variety of locations.

Hollywood Community Redevelopment Agency 1948 Harrison Street, Hollywood, FL 33020 954.924.2980 • www.HollywoodCRA.org EDUCATION

SACS or Regionally Accredited Schools, Broward Technical Centers & Other Institutions

SACS or Regionally Accredited Schools

Educational Institution Custom Locations Workforce Contact Website / Email Associates Bachelors Masters Doctorate Certiﬁcate Training

•• Miramar 954-885-5595 www.suagm.edu

Davie, Fort Lauderdale, 305-899-3956 www.barry.edu ••• Pembroke Pines

Coconut Creek, Dania Beach, Davie, Fort Mildred Coyne [email protected] •• •• Lauderdale, Hollywood, 954-201-7811 Pembroke Pines

Fort Lauderdale, 954-499-9800 www.devry.edu ••• • Miramar

Dania Beach, Davie, Roberto Santiago [email protected] ••••• Fort Lauderdale 954-236-1003

KEISER Fort Lauderdale 954-776-4456 keiser-education.com UNIVERSITY ••• •

Davie, 954-262-7202 [email protected] •••••• Fort Lauderdale

••• Davie 954-577-6300 ﬂrec.ifas.uﬂ.edu

Fort Lauderdale, 866-766-0766 www.phoenix.edu •• • Miramar

Broward Technical Colleges

Educational Institution Custom Locations Workforce Contact Email Associates Bachelors Masters Doctorate Certiﬁcates Training

Lynn Goldman lynn.goldman@ Coconut Creek •• 754-321-5728 browardschools.com

Lynn Goldman lynn.goldman@ Davie •• 754-321-5728 browardschools.com

Lynn Goldman lynn.goldman@ Hollywood •• 754-321-5728 browardschools.com

Other Institutions

Educational Institution Custom Locations Workforce Contact Website Associates Bachelors Masters Doctorate Certiﬁcates Training

Fort Lauderdale 954-492-5353 www.citycollege.edu •• •• Hollywood 954-280-0049

52 GFLA ECONOMIC SOURCEBOOK | www.gﬂalliance.org Work, live, and play with a mix of office and residential options, convenient shopping and The Promenade at Coconut Creek entertainment, and relaxing park and water elements. This MainStreet concept received a planning award for its integration of urban living with sustainable, green construction.

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“Greater Fort Lauderdale is extremely attractive because of its outstanding quality of life and the great variety of activities for individuals and families alike. Te strength of the community is truly unique.” Luciano Macagno MANAGING DIRECTOR - LATIN AMERICA AND CARIBBEAN, DELTA AIR LINES

54 GFLA ECONOMIC SOURCEBOOK | www.gﬂalliance.org Photo by Jock Fistick - South Florida Business Journal QUALITY OF LIFE Enjoy an Appealing Lifestyle in a Welcoming Community With year-round outdoor activities and a long list of cultural, shopping and dining options, Greater Fort Lauderdale is an outstanding place to live and play as well as work

Greater Fort Lauderdale is an ideal “hometown” to raise a family, make friends, and nationally for their high quality of life, including pursue your personal passions. Along with a variety of condominium and single- “family friendliness,” top schools, recreational family home communities, new downtown developments ofer a “walk-to-work programs and housing programs, including the lifestyle” are adding a new dimension to beachfront, urban and suburban neighborhoods. following: • Fort Lauderdale, Hollywood, Lauderhill, Pembroke Pines and Pompano Beach have all been named “All-America Cities.” With many miles of sandy beaches, hundreds of town or in Everglades National Park. • Fort Lauderdale – long known as the “Venice of parks, golf courses and tennis courts, gardens, • Heading out to the Gulf Stream for deep-sea America” for its canals and nautical ambiance – was festivals, as well as miles of waterways and the fshing. recently named one of the top 25 best places to live Atlantic ocean for boating, diving, paddleboarding • Enjoying live music every night of the week at and as having one of the top 10 downtowns in the and other waterborne activities, residents of Greater many local hotspots. U.S. by Livability.com, Te city was named one of Fort Lauderdale can enjoy the outdoors any time In Greater Fort Lauderdale, it’s easy to pursue the country’s “100 Best Places to Live and Launch of the year. Located at the center of a cosmopolitan favorite leisure-time experiences or explore new and a Business” by CNN Money and the “2nd Happiest urban region, Greater Fort Lauderdale also ofers exciting activities. City for Young Professionals in the U.S.” by FORBES an abundance of music, art, culture, sports, theater, magazine. dance and multicultural attractions. For instance, Award-Winning Communities • Cooper City was named “One of the Ten Best a typical weekend might include these kinds of Greater Fort Lauderdale encompasses a wide Towns for Families” by Family Circle. inviting cultural and recreational options: array of communities with their own distinctive • Coconut Creek, Fort Lauderdale, Hallandale • Taking in a Broadway musical at the Broward characteristics. Tere are cozy bungalows near Beach, Lauderhill, Margate, Oakland Park, Center for the Performing Arts or enjoying musical the beach, historic estate homes along the New Parkland, Sunrise, Tamarac and West Park have and cultural performances at the Pompano Beach River, family-oriented suburban neighborhoods, all been named a “Playful City USA,” an honor for and Miramar Amphitheaters or Lauderhill and western-style ranches, and many LGBT-friendly cities and towns that make play a priority and use Pembroke Pines Performing Arts Centers. neighborhoods. innovative programs to get children active, playing, • Getting brunch with friends at one of the area’s Many Broward cities have been recognized and healthy. many foodie hotspots. • Strolling through the Riverwalk Sunday Jazz Brunch along the New River, listening to live bands and sampling local fare. • Taking part in a 5k run, or competing in a half marathon, marathon, triathlon or other sporting event. • Sampling the latest small-batch beers at craf breweries throughout the community. • Enjoying an art walk at galleries or mural districts in Coral Springs, Fort Lauderdale, Wilton Manors or Hollywood. • Jogging along the Atlantic Ocean in an oceanfront community. • Shopping and dining along Las Olas Boulevard. • Spending “family time” at a favorite bistro in Coconut Creek, Coral Springs, Weston or Plantation. • Playing a challenging round of golf. • Watching the Florida Panthers National Hockey League team at the BB&T Photo courtesy Center in Sunrise. of the Florida • Biking to the beach, around Panthers

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• Hollywood has been ranked among the best places to live in Florida, according to Livability.com. • North Lauderdale and Plantation were named among the “100 Best Communities for Young People” by America’s Promise Alliance, the nation’s largest organization dedicated to children and youth. • Pembroke Pines, Coconut Creek and Coral Springs were named among the top 100 cities to live in America by Money magazine. Te magazine also ranked Coral Springs, Miramar and Weston as among the 100 best small cities in America. • Pembroke Pines, Tamarac and Sunrise were recognized by Businessweek magazine as best places to raise children. Green Initiatives One of the priorities of the Broward County Board of County Commissioners is the Greenways System. Tis is a countywide network of safe, clean bicycle and equestrian paths, nature trails and waterways that connect each neighborhood, from the Everglades to the Atlantic Ocean to conservation lands, parks and recreation facilities, cultural and historic sites, schools and business areas. • Green city advisory boards hundreds of parks Photo courtesy of the Another transportation initiative is Broward • Incentive programs for developers of sustainable ofering a wide range Broward Center for the B-cycle, a fast-growing bike-sharing service with buildings of activities including Performing Arts multiple rental stations. For a modest enrollment • LEED-certifed ofce buildings and residential aquatics, nature walks, fee, members can use Broward B-cycle for an properties batting cages, boat rides, racquet centers, water unlimited number of short trips. More than • Mandatory environmentally friendly standards for skiing, horseback riding, target ranges, skate parks 26,000 people have explored Broward cities by building construction and renovations — you name it! B-cycle, which is one of the most afordable major • Municipal hybrid car feets Central Broward Regional Park in Lauderhill bike-sharing programs in the country. For more • Projects receiving Florida Green Building hosts some of the nation’s most important information, go to www.browardbcycle.com. Coalition Certifcation professional cricket matches, supported by Greater On a municipal level, many Broward cities have • Recycling requirements Fort Lauderdale’s large Caribbean communities. signed the U.S. Mayors Climate Protection • Solar-powered lighting requirements Te regional park is also home to the new Agreement to reduce greenhouse gases. Other • Trees, shrubs and planting projects and requirements 47,585-square-foot Lauderhill Performing Arts recent “green” initiatives being embraced in area • Water reclamation programs Center and Library. communities include: • City incentives to encourage residents to adopt Parks in Greater Fort Lauderdale Broward County Parks and Recreation energy-saving practices With year-round sunshine and an average daily Te division manages almost 6,500 acres, • Creation and preservation of public green spaces high of 78°F in the winter, it’s almost always a encompassing nearly 50 regional parks and nature and wetlands great day to go to a park centers, neighborhood parks, and natural areas at • Earth-friendly building designs in Broward County. Local Photo courtesy various stages of development. Facilities include • Energy-efcient programs municipalities – as well as of the City of water parks, campgrounds, a target range, a • Environmentally friendly town centers county government – operate Hollywood stadium, a skate park, an observatory, mountain bike trails, an educational farm with stables, and a velodrome and other sports facilities. Te division is a past winner of the National Gold Medal Award for Excellence in Park and Recreation Management. Te division also ofers classes for many leisure activities. For information about any county facilities, classes or activities, call the park directly or contact:

Broward County Parks and Recreation Division 950 N.W. 38 Street Oakland Park, FL 33309 954-357-8100 www.broward.org/parks Riverwalk Fort Lauderdale Riverwalk Fort Lauderdale (www.goriverwalk. com) is a nonproft organization that oversees Riverwalk Linear Park, a lush tropical oasis in the city’s downtown center with a year-round calendar of events and activities, in partnership with the City of Fort Lauderdale, Downtown Development Authority, Broward County and local

56 GFLA ECONOMIC SOURCEBOOK | www.gﬂalliance.org QUALITY OF LIFE area associations, businesses and organizations (www.ren-fest.com) ofers a reenactment of activities for students of all ages. Guests are now that are integral in the success of Fort Lauderdale’s Renaissance life in February and March. able to enjoy a casual walk down the hillside, grab downtown. Fort Lauderdale’s Day of the Dead Festival ( a bite in Marti’s New River Bistro, relax or dine www.dayofhedeadforida.com) is South Florida with friends in a courtyard, and enjoy an outdoor Golf Courses region’s tribute to the Mexican celebration Día performance by the river. Golfers of all skill levels can choose from more de los Muertos, as well as a unique puppetry than 40 courses, including exclusive private clubs, festival. Tis procession of oversized skeletons and South Florida Symphony Orchestra premier municipal facilities and leading resort nocturnal beings from beyond the grave winds Led by music director and conductor Sebrina María courses. For more information, contact the Greater through city streets in early November, ending in Alfonso, the South Florida Symphony Orchestra Fort Lauderdale Convention & Visitors Bureau a carnival-like atmosphere at its fnal destination, (www.southforidasymphony.org) brings world- at www.sunny.org. Click on Sports, then Golf, usually a local and well-known location in the class musicians and performances to the region. for a directory of courses and a free Greater Fort downtown area. Founded in 1997 as the Key West Symphony Lauderdale Golf Guide. For a listing of festivals, visit www.broward.org/ Orchestra, the organization expanded in 2010 arts and click on Cultural Directory and then on to include the entire South Florida region. Te Festivals Festivals. symphony’s goal is to provide an enriching cultural Each year, Greater Fort Lauderdale residents can experience and to provide educational programs enjoy hundreds of local festivals that celebrate ARTS AND CULTURE that build an appreciation of classical music in the various themes, anniversaries and cultures from the Broward Center for the Performing Arts next generation of performers and concert-goers. Seminole Tribal Festival and the Orange Blossom Te Broward Center for the Performing Arts (www. Trough its education and outreach activities, Festival, to the Unifest multicultural event and browardcenter.org) is a large, multivenue arts and the South Florida Symphony Orchestra touches Sistrunk Historical Festival. Te Broward County entertainment complex featuring the 2,700-seat many lives. Providing music education programs Fair (www.browardfair.org) is an annual event that Au-Rene Teater, the intimate 590-seat Amaturo has been a key objective of the South Florida includes headliner concerts, more than 100 rides, Teater and the fexible 250–400-seat Abdo New Symphony Orchestra’s mission since its inception. games, concerts and other attractions. River Room. Internationally recognized as one of the Tese programs are designed to provide an enriching For many residents, one of the highlights of the nation’s most visited theaters, the Broward Center cultural experience that is uniquely diferent from December holiday season is the Winterfest Boat is ranked high among its peers in terms of ticket opportunities provided by other local sources and to Parade (www.winterfestparade.com), which features sales according to leading industry trade publication develop future audiences and performers to ensure an evening parade of lighted boats along the surveys, with a recent #4 ranking by Venues Today the survival of this great art form. Intracoastal Waterways and has become renowned and a consistent place in the top ten in Pollstar. as the “World’s Most Watched Boat Parade.” A $44 million remodeling project was Symphony of the Americas Arts lovers throughout South Florida fock to the completed in 2014, including theater renovations, Founded in 1987, Symphony of the Americas (www. Las Olas Art Fair ( www.artfestival.com), one of the a new Huizenga Pavilion for special events and symphonyofheamericas.org) has experienced state’s most popular outdoor festivals for the arts. parties, and the Rose Miniaci Arts Education Center continuous growth, bringing the best of classical Each year the Florida Renaissance Festival with classes, performances and arts-in-education music blended with new Latin compositions to

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the multi-cultural population of South Florida. SOTA provides a subscription concert series in its performance home at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts, ofers educational experiences, and performs on three continents during its summer music festival. Dr. James Brooks-Bruzzese, the founding artistic director of SOTA, is a winner of the prestigious National Hispanic Heritage Arts Award presented annually at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC. SOTA programming includes internationally recognized guest artists, world premieres of new works by Latin American composers, and a European chamber orchestra summer residency program. Its educational concert experiences serve 20,000 South Florida students, with summer educational experiences for 10,000 Latin American students. NSU Art Museum Fort Lauderdale Founded in 1958, NSU Art Museum (nsuartmuseum.org) is a premier destination for exhibitions and programs in the visual arts. Located in Fort Lauderdale’s Arts and Entertainment For details about other art Photo courtesy District, the museum is a short walk to the shops, The Place for venues and events, including a of the City of restaurants and galleries of vibrant Las Olas list of museums in Greater Fort Wilton Manors Boulevard as well as the Riverwalk waterfront Entertainment! Lauderdale, visit Broward.org/ promenade. NSU Art Museum’s 83,000 square-foot Arts or ArtsCalendar.com. building contains 25,000 square feet of exhibition Top acts and shows appear regularly in Greater space, a 256-seat auditorium, store and cafe Its Fort Lauderdale at venues such as the BB&T Broward Cultural Division international exhibition program aims to challenge Center, Hard Rock Live, Revolution Live and Te Broward Cultural Division enhances Greater viewers’ perceptions of the world around them, and the Broward Center for the Performing Arts. Fort Lauderdale’s cultural environment by providing its permanent collection contains more than 6,000 fnancial, technical and marketing assistance to Following are a few recent examples: works. Among its highlights is the country’s largest artists, organizations and programs. Te division collection of 19th and early 20th century paintings • Alice In Chains supports the area’s creative industries, including and drawings by the American realist William • Anderson East media, design and technology as well as cultural Glackens, the most extensive holding in the U.S. of • Brian Wilson arts districts. works by post-World War II, avant-garde CoBrA • Elton John Te Cultural Division includes the county’s artists from Copenhagen, Brussels and Amsterdam, • Death Cab for Cutie Public Art & Design program, a national leader in developing public art policies and practices, and extensive holdings of works by leading Latin • P!NK American artists. producing exemplary public artworks synthesizing • JJ Grey & Mofro design excellence. It also ofers 10 grant programs, Museum of Discovery and Science • Jim Jeffries operating and capital, designed to promote Te Museum of Discovery and Science (www. • Kristin Chenoweth the development of Broward-based cultural mods.org) provides experiential pathways to • Maxwell organizations and artists, by providing more than $4 lifelong learning in science for children and adults • Riptide Music Festival million in annual funding. Another directive of the through exhibits, programs and flms. Currently • Sebastian Maniscalco division is engaging the community in education concluding a $9 million renovation, new additions and advocacy initiatives that support arts education • Soweto Gospel Choir to the museum within the past several years include at the local, state and federal levels. For more • Snow Patrol a 34,000-square-foot EcoDiscovery Center, which information on programs, grants, calls-to-artists includes interactive technology exhibits and a new • Tortuga Music Festival and more, visit Broward.org/Arts. habitat for river otters. Founded in 1976 as Te • Tracy Morgan Discovery Center, the nonproft Fort Lauderdale • Twenty One Pilots Public Art & Design Program (PAD) facility includes a wide variety of exhibits and the Broward County’s Public Art & Design Program AutoNation IMAX Teater, home of the largest The 2018-2019 lineup of aims to enhance architecture and urban spaces movie screen in South Florida. Currently under through the ideas and creations of visual artists with Broadway shows includes: development is a 27,000-square-foot Science Park major projects at airports, ports, roadways, libraries, surrounding the museum, where visitors will • Phantom of the Opera parks and other County buildings. enjoy engaging opportunities to learn about basic • The King and I Today, more than 260 artworks are installed principles of physics and engineering in a high- • Hamilton at 90 locations, the Public Art & Design Program energy atmosphere. • Fiddler on the Roof continues to grow. This past year, Wavelength, • Dear Evan Hansen a site-specific, awe-inspiring, suspended Young At Art Museum • Anastasia sculpture by artist Emily White was installed in Two decades afer its founding, Young At Art the newly built Concourse A at Terminal 1 of • A Bronx Tale Museum (www.youngatartmuseum.org) opened Broward County’s Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood a new 55,000-square-foot Gold LEED-certifed International Airport and was honored by the museum for children, teens and families. Young Americans for the Arts as a 2017 outstanding At Art Museum is only the sixth children’s Davie, the facility includes four galleries, painting, public art project through the Public Art Network museum in the nation recognized by the American drawing and ceramics studies, as well as video and Year in Review program, the only national Association of Museums, earning the highest recording centers, outdoor gardens, and a Broward program that specifically recognizes the most national recognition in 2011. 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Celebrating the Arts In the City of Hollywood, one can enjoy a and more. A guided mural tour occurs from 6:00 In 2017, the South Florida Cultural Consortium Symphony of the Americas concert under the to 7:00 p.m., and a new addition called the Artisan (SFCC) recognized three Broward artists stars in the ArtsPark at Young Circle, catch a Market recently debuted, featuring pop-up shops, through its Visual and Media Artists Program: contemporary art exhibition at the Art and Culture artist showcases, handmade items and more. For Marielle Plaisir, Samantha Salzinger and Keisha Center of Hollywood, experience live theater at the more information, call 954-924-2980 or visit Witherspoon. Te SFCC grants the largest awards Hollywood Central Performing Arts Center or stroll www.foridashollywood.org/ArtWalk/. to local arts agencies for visual and media artists in along the historic downtown Hollywood Boulevard • East Village Uncorked in Pompano Beach is a the United States. monthly art walk and experience live music, mid- monthly art walk on the frst Friday of each month in Eastern dancing and a myriad of gallery openings. the Harbor Village Shoppes. Tis Art & Wine walk Artist Enclaves For a full calendar of events, visit hollywoodf. convenes at 6:00 p.m. under the newly redeveloped Greater Fort Lauderdale has a number of facilities org/65/ArtsPark-at-Young-Circle. arcade. Musicians, artists and local vendors line the and enclaves that support artists and other creative Te Bailey Contemporary Arts (BaCA), located walkway while merchants ofer a tasting tour of wine. professionals. One example is Studio 18 in the in the heart of Pompano Beach’s new Creative For more information, call 954-786-5535 or visit Pines, an 11,000-square-foot renovated 1950s Arts District, is a place for artists, residents and pompanobeachf.gov/pages/cra/cra. hospital laundry in Pembroke Pines that reopened business to come together and use the power of • Te FAT/Flagler Village Arts District ArtWalk as studio space for fne artists through a juried the arts to uplif, revitalize and build a stronger in downtown Fort Lauderdale is presented by process. Also in Fort Lauderdale is Sailboat Bend community. Te center ofers the experience of FAT (Flagler Arts and Technology) Village, Artist Lofs, a 37-unit artist live/work space close pairing new artists with established professionals, MASS District and Sailboat Bend Artist Lofs and to the Riverwalk Arts & Entertainment District as well as ofering a space for residents to explore regularly draws hundreds of residents and visitors ofering monthly gallery exhibitions of residents their creative expression through an array of to this creative Saturday night showcase of arts, and special guest artists. For more information, visit workshops, studio visits and exhibitions. To fnd community and neighborhood collaboration. ppines.com/285/Studio18. out about exhibitions, events, classes and more, visit It is held the last Saturday of the month (except Just north of downtown is Wilton Manors, an baileyarts.org/. December) and is connected by free trolleys with a LGBT-friendly city with a thriving arts community hop-on/hop-of system. For more information, call that supports outdoor festivals and gallery night Art Walks 954-760-5900. walks. To fnd out more information about Wilton Tere are many monthly art walks located • MASS District Art Walk showcases local, unique Manors’ cultural oferings, visit wiltonmanors. throughout Greater Fort Lauderdale where residents artists and vendors during the neighborhood art com/638/Art-Culture. and visitors can explore artists’ studios and galleries, walk every fnal Saturday of the month. For more For a fun, ofeat evening, Savor Cinema ofers attend theater productions, enjoy spoken word information visit www.massdistrict.com. year-round screenings of independent flms from poetry or experience an art installation. around the globe highlighted by flmmaker lectures • Downtown Hollywood ArtWalk is held on the third Arts and Culture Calendar and international festivities. Visit www.fif.com/ for Saturday of each month from 5:00 to 10:00 p.m., and ArtsCalendar.com is South Florida’s online information on upcoming screenings and events. features cultural entertainment, live music, murals resource for events and happenings in the local BROWARD BEATS YOUR LOCAL GUIDE TO SOUTH FLORIDA’S BEST!

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arts, culture and entertainment Photo courtesy Cultural Center and the Alvin Photo courtesy of scene. It ofers an easy access, of Conrad Fort Sherman Library, Research, the Convention mobile-ready platform for Lauderdale and Information Technology and Visitors interactive navigation. Event Center at Nova Southeastern Bureau Film, postings for artists and organizations, and access University (the largest library Music and for the public are free. To stay current with the arts in Florida). Te African- Creative Culture scene, visit ArtsCalendar.com. American Research Library Housing Choices and Cultural Center is one of a handful of libraries Broward County Library of its kind in the nation, and houses over 85,000 Greater Fort Lauderdale also offers As the ninth-largest library system in the United books, manuscripts, artifacts and documents with business professionals a wide selection States, Broward County Library (www.broward. special emphasis on the history of people of African, of corporate housing options. This org/library) touches the lives of the public once African-American and Caribbean descent. concept provides temporary lodging every second during its regular operating hours. with all of the comforts of a home With 38 locations, more than 3 million items and Leading Shopping Venues away from home. Strategically located 2,000 computers for public use, Broward County Shopping is a favorite activity for Greater Fort throughout the area, corporate housing Library places a strong emphasis on literacy, afer- Lauderdale/Broward County residents and visitors. can be found near almost any major school programs and electronic access. In addition While every neighborhood has its retail centers, business operation. to circulating materials and information access, the largest mall in the region is Sawgrass Mills in Broward County Library brings a rich and diverse Sunrise, one of the state’s most popular shopping selection of programs, special events and classes destinations. Other major suburban centers throughout the year. Each year, the community include Coral Ridge Mall, Westfeld Broward Mall, Corporate Housing looks forward to annual library events such as the Pembroke Lakes Mall, Weston Town Center and Children’s Reading Festival, Pan African Bookfest the Pompano Square Mall. In the eastern part of in Greater and Cultural Conference, Literary Feast and the county, Te Galleria at Fort Lauderdale is an StoryBook Festival. upscale shopping center, while Las Olas Boulevard Fort Lauderdale Te library system encompasses a Main Library, is a favorite location for outdoor dining, shopping and regional, branch and specialized libraries and entertainment. Along the New River, the • Extended Stay America like the African-American Research Library and Riverwalk Arts & Entertainment District includes 800-804-3724 www.extendedstayamerica.com

• Oakwood Greater Fort Lauderdale Rental Market 877-902-0832 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 www.oakwood.com Efﬁciency/Studio $1,002 $1,080 $1,145 $1,196 $1,244 $1,290 • Stress Free Corporate Housing One bedroom $1,210 $1,292 $1,356 $1,417 $1,473 $1,503 954-436-1050 Two bedroom $1,471 $1,588 $1,667 $1,742 $1,817 $1,962 www stressfreecorporate housing.com Three bedroom $1,772 $1,929 $2,006 $2,096 $2,179 $2,254 Four bedroom $1,860 $2,008 $2,068 $2,175 $2,269 $2,322 • The Perfect Place 954-796-7748 Note: Rental rates per month through end of 1st Quarter 2018. www.perfectplace.net Source: McCabe Research & Consulting, Deerfield Beach, Florida.

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Miami Dolphins play at Hard Rock Stadium. A healthcare system in South Florida. Since 1953 short drive down I-95 in downtown Miami is Henderson has helped hundreds of thousands of American Airlines Arena, home court for the children, adults and families. Miami Heat, who captured the 2006, 2012 and Founded more than 30 years ago as a haven for 2013 NBA championships. Fans can also enjoy immigrants and refugees, Hispanic Unity of Florida the Miami Marlins baseball team (World Series has grown to serve diverse and multi-cultural champions in 1997 and 2003). working families from the United States as well Gaming and Pari-Mutuels as more than 25 other countries. Tey provide a diverse range of wrap-around services to help more Greater Fort Lauderdale residents and guests can enjoy harness, thoroughbred and greyhound than 20,000 clients of all ages, from preschoolers to racing, as well as jai alai, “the world’s fastest sport,” adults successfully transition to a productive new life. in a variety of pari-mutuel facilities. In addition, Te non-proft Executive Alliance of Broward these venues, including the Seminole Hard Rock consists of more than 70 members representing Casino, ofer fast-paced gaming action, including a broad array of health and human services slot machines, table games and poker. providers, employing nearly 4,000 individuals, and contributing $350 million to the local economy. Nonproﬁt Health and Human Services Tis group comes together to collaborate, learn, Numerous non-proft organizations provide network, collectively advocate, and stay ahead of health and human services to those in need, the curve in rapidly changing times in health and improving the overall quality of life in Greater human services needs. Fort Lauderdale. Tey also provide a variety of Recognizing the need for more afordable volunteer opportunities for residents to contribute workforce housing, the Coordinating Council of cafés, boutiques and outdoor entertainment in to the future of the community. Broward has taken the lead in building awareness downtown Fort Lauderdale. For example, MISSION UNITED, a program and consensus on how to address the issue, of United Way of Broward County, supports U.S. Professional and Spectator Sports military veterans and their families in Broward engaging leaders across government, business and Professional football, baseball, hockey and County by helping them re-acclimate to civilian nonproft sectors. As a result, Broward County’s basketball are readily accessible to Greater Fort life. Key focus areas include employment readiness, frst comprehensive plan for housing is moving Lauderdale sports fans. In Sunrise, BB&T Center education, health, legal assistance, emergency forward with solutions being implemented across is home to the National Hockey League’s Florida fnancial aid, and housing. the community. Panthers. Henderson Behavioral Health is the oldest and Tese are just a few examples of agencies serving Just to the south, the National Football League’s largest, community-based not-for-proft behavioral the needs of Broward residents.

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Greater Fort Lauderdale has one of the state’s most attractive commercial real hiring workers and begin their operations. estate markets, including downtown Class A ofce towers, suburban corporate For assistance with locating real estate sites, permitting, and fnding sources for capital, parks and modern distribution and manufacturing facilities. visit www.gfalliance.org. Permitting and ‘Green’ Initiatives Businesses of all sizes can fnd the right space in market continued a positive trend. Approximately Many Broward cities have adopted permitting Greater Fort Lauderdale’s ofce, industrial, retail, 242,000 square feet of new ofce space was under excellence ordinances and have been named hospitality, healthcare and mixed-use real estate construction in the downtown and Southwest “Platinum Cities” by the Alliance. Te permitting properties. Te region’s diverse real estate market Broward submarkets. Broward County continues excellence process is intended to make the includes: to be an attractive market as steady growth in development, permitting and inspections process • High-rise and mid-rise Class A ofce buildings in employment creates demand for ofce space,” said the more business friendly for targeted industry Broward’s central business districts report. “Future ofce development and construction companies looking to relocate or expand. • Suburban business parks that ofer companies an is likely to continue.” Broward County’s ePermits Portal – a centralized appealing campus-like setting Broward’s industrial market contained 93.8 source of online information on permits, licenses and • Industrial sites and warehouse and distribution million square feet of space with a 3.9 percent approvals makes it easier than ever to do business space near major transportation arteries vacancy rate, according to CBRE. Te average asking with Broward County. Contractors, businesses, • Medical and healthcare ofce facilities leasing rate was $8.29 per square foot. Approximately design professionals and residents can use the • Resorts and hotels from the beach to the Everglades 1.15 million square feet of new space was under ePermits site to identify their project type and obtain • A wide range of regional, neighborhood and construction. Te county’s industrial market has information on required permits. specialty retail centers tightened signifcantly over the last year, said the For more information, go to www.broward.org/ • Vibrant mixed-use developments, including high- CBRE report. “It is clear that developers have strong epermits. profle “town center” projects confdence in this market,” said the report. Under a program designed to reward contractors Investors also like Greater Fort Lauderdale’s and homeowner-builders whose plans are designated demographics, economic strength and market Site Selectors “green” by a recognized certifcation program, advantages. In a 2018 report “Emerging Trends in Te Alliance provides extensive support for site the Broward County Permitting, Licensing and Real Estate” by PwC and the Urban Land Institute, selectors and companies interested in locating or Consumer Protection Division has announced that Fort Lauderdale ranked No. 6 among 78 U.S. markets. expanding in Greater Fort Lauderdale, including: it will speed those projects through the permitting Te report cited positive sentiment regarding various • GreaterFortLauderdaleProperties.com. Tis process in less than fve business days. market segments as well as capital availability. free online searchable database identifes available In addition, Broward County amended its Code of properties – both buildings and sites – in Greater Ordinances to create a new specialty builder category Ofﬁce and Industrial Space Fort Lauderdale, as well as performs demographic for solar contractors. Te new classifcation supports Both new and existing ofce and industrial buildings analyses and fnds business and workforce data for the growing “green building” industry in Broward by incorporate cost-saving, energy-efcient systems each of Greater Fort Lauderdale’s 31 municipalities establishing certifcation and licensing requirements designed to reduce the cost of occupancy for owners or county-wide. Te demographics package allows for contractors installing solar energy systems. and tenants. For example, Stiles recently completed a users to tie important economic statistics to specifc $2 million refurbishment and rebranding of 200 East real estate parcels and fnd other information helpful Broward Smart Growth Partnership Las Olas, a 21-story, 287,043-square-foot ofce tower in making a site location decision. Te Broward Smart Growth Partnership is a in downtown Fort Lauderdale that was formerly • Community research. Te Alliance produces collaborative initiative that promotes livable and known as New River Center. Te Class A building is client-ready overviews on Broward County that sustainable communities. Guided by Smart Growth now LEED Gold certifed. provide the latest detailed data, including population, America principles, the group fosters sustainable One of Greater Fort Lauderdale’s business assets employment, income, cost of living and general growth in ways such as: is an abundant supply of ofce real estate with highly characteristics. • Encouraging the development of consensus driven, competitive leasing rates. As of mid 2018, Broward • Permitting and regulatory assistance. Te community based growth and redevelopment plans County had 28.59 million square feet of ofce space Alliance facilitates pre-submission meetings and • Promotion of transportation alternatives with an overall vacancy rate of 11.5 percent, including communications between prospect companies and • Identifying and promoting alternatives for school sublease space, according to a report from CBRE. Te various municipal and Broward County permitting sprawl average asking leasing rate was $21.59 per square foot and regulatory agencies once a relocation or • Providing more high quality afordable housing on a triple net basis. expansion project is active. Tis helps companies • Adopting “smart” building codes About 89,000 square feet of ofce space was work through the permitting and regulatory • Encouraging developers to build places with quality absorbed in the frst half of 2018, as the Broward requirements process so they can quickly begin designs, diverse materials, and product variety

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• Asking citizens to locate within neighborhoods Photo courtesy Places to Live” by Money with transportation options of Stiles magazine, is a 24 square- • Asking citizens to support neighborhood businesses mile community located Te partnership provides a forum to raise public at the edge of Everglades awareness, promote smart growth best practices, National Park. Culture is at the heart of this vibrant develop and share information, policies, tools, and city, ofering world-class entertainment at its own ideas and cultivate strategies to address barriers to Museum and Center for the Arts. Te city’s new advance opportunities for smart growth. Municipal Complex features a great lawn, which is For more information: www.smartgrowthpartnership.org the site of family-friendly events including festivals, outdoor concerts and jazz brunch throughout Municipal Initiatives the year. A world class Aquatics Center, 49 parks, In collaboration with its 31 municipalities, the competitive athletic programs and a Charter School Broward County Commission has made regional – which was recognized by the Washington Post as redevelopment and placemaking a major priority. one of the nation’s most challenging and innovative Te county ofers a wealth of resources to assist in high schools – makes Coral Springs the ideal place making neighborhoods more aesthetically appealing to live, work, and raise a family. Te city recently and enjoyable, thereby creating a stronger “sense welcomed one of nation’s leading healthcare of place.” Current programs identify ways local providers - Cleveland Clinic. Developers have governments, builders and neighborhood and civic invested in the 136-acre mixed-use downtown area associations can improve local urban environments – with plans for a retail and hospitality center. including architecture, design, transportation, Te 442-acre Corporate Park of Coral Springs landscape and signage. 201 East Las Olas ofers a scenic setting and direct access to major One example is the “Complete Streets” program highways like the Sawgrass Expressway, Florida approved by Broward County Commissioners to 201 East Las Olas is being developed Turnpike, I-95, and only a short drive from all create streets that are safer for pedestrians and by Stiles, a leader in commercial and major seaports and airports. Te park is ideal cyclists and more efcient in terms of transportation. residential development in the Southeast for emerging technology, logistics, professional Te Complete Streets program provides specifc U.S. Perfectly situated within the urban business services, corporate headquarters, life community design standards when planning and fabric of Fort Lauderdale’s dynamic sciences, and pharmaceuticals. From great weather building roads throughout the county. Te overall Las Olas Blvd., the city’s newest ofﬁce to spectacular sunsets, “Business is Brighter” in the mission is to plan for streets that are accessible icon presents a collaborative workplace City of Coral Springs. to people and all modes of transportation with a inspired by cutting edge technology diversity of uses such as street festivals, farmers and today’s most innovative business Dania Beach markets and public gathering places. environments. Sustainability, technology Dania Beach is attracting new investment with Most Broward cities have undertaken initiatives and engineering ﬂow seamlessly to several recently constructed hotels and the in areas such as the preservation of parks and green provide users with the opportunity to ongoing development of Dania Pointe, a 102-acre space, innovation in recreation, entertainment interact, connect and create. mega-mixed use development that will become a and cultural facilities, city core redevelopment, premier regional destination. Dania Beach is also the creation of walkable, livable communities, an attractive location for multinational corporate transportation innovation, afordable housing, at Coconut Creek will be the frst residential headquarters and has attracted many new companies, public art projects, cultural tourism and historic property in MainStreet, with a proposed 308 midrise including Chiquita Brands International, which preservation. units. Overall, MainStreet will include up to 6,450 relocated its banana division headquarters from units, more than 1,000 hotel rooms, 1.2 million Charlotte, North Carolina. Te city also continues to CREATIVE AND INNOVATIVE CITIES square feet of fashion retail, 425,000 square feet of support its locally grown economy and has invested Here is a sampling of the innovation and creativity neighborhood and big box retail, 800,000 square feet tens of thousands of dollars in incentives to existing found in Broward cities, including recent business of Class A ofce suitable for Fortune 500 companies businesses as a part of its business retention and and economic development initiatives. and regional headquarters, and a wide range of expansion initiatives. New afordable and workforce entertainment, recreational and transit amenities. housing projects have been approved and will Coconut Creek increase housing choice and opportunity. Coconut Creek is an award-winning “green” city Cooper City known as “Te Butterfy Capital of the World.” It was Cooper City ranked ninth in the nation in Coldwell Davie one of three South Florida fnalists for the GalaVerde Banker Real Estate’s survey of “Top Booming Te Town of Davie prides itself on being the place award for Outstanding Green Government; Gold- Suburbs in America.” Te real estate frm rated 1,500 to live, work, learn and play. Davie is the largest level certifcation under the Florida Green Building communities based on increased year-over-year levels municipality, spanning 36 square miles with a Coalition’s Florida Green Local Government in employment and unemployment percentages below population of nearly 101,000 permanent residents. designation; and Complete Streets Community the national norm, along with a range of attributes Davie is a crossroads for commerce and transportation Award from the Broward Metropolitan Planning that include access to suburban staples such as with three major interstates traversing the town (I- Organization. grocery stores, banks, etc., proximity to good schools, 75, I-595 and Florida’s Turnpike). Davie is located Named as a top “Best Place to Live in America” commuting by car and community safety. just minutes from Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood by Money magazine and Movoto, an online real Contributing to this “boom” is the 500-acre International Airport (FLL) and Port Everglades. estate brokerage frm, and one of Florida’s fastest mixed-use Monterra development project, which Te town’s economic development priorities growing cities by NerdWallet, Coconut Creek include 1,652 residential units and up to 270,000 include diversifying the tax base, enhancing the supports both business growth and a top-notch square feet of ofce and commercial space. Along quality of life and promoting sustainable growth. Te residential quality of life. Coconut Creek is creating with single-family homes, multi-family units and town’s development focus is its two redevelopment a landmark green town center called MainStreet on 300 units of afordable housing, the development areas, the Regional Activity Center (RAC) and the one of the county’s last large development parcels. includes a linear park and 240 acres of open space. Transit-Oriented Corridor (TOC). Te RAC is Te 200+ acre MainStreet is currently home to the Construction of the residential phases of the project designed to accommodate large-scale development Seminole Casino Coconut Creek and Te Promenade is complete. and includes 853 acres of land zoned for research and at Coconut Creek, a silver LEED-certifed retail, development and more than 1,300 acres zoned for restaurant and ofce development that recently Coral Springs educational, commercial, industrial and residential added a luxury movie theater. Midtown Residences Te City of Coral Springs, named “100 Best uses. Te TOC accommodates a wide range of uses

64 GFLA ECONOMIC SOURCEBOOK | www.gﬂalliance.org that promote interaction with FLL and Fort Lauderdale Port Everglades. Fort Lauderdale’s robust economic Te Town of Davie is the nexus engines continue spur record growth of higher education in South Florida in tourism, marine commerce, where several nationally known colleges, construction, aviation, high-tech, and technical institutes, and universities transportation. Residential property make up the South Florida Educational values have increased for six consecutive Center (SFEC). Nova Southeastern years, and Fort Lauderdale saw more University, Broward College, University than $341 million in new construction of Florida, Florida Atlantic University, added to the tax roll. Fort Lauderdale’s McFatter Technical/Vocational School millage rate of 4.1193 ranks as the lowest and several Broward County Public among the 25 largest cities in Florida. School facilities make up the SFEC. Clearly, Fort Lauderdale is booming with more than 60 buildings Deerﬁeld Beach under construction, including over Deerfeld Beach is actively implementing 1.4 million square feet of new retail a new economic development strategy and ofce space. Last year over to grow existing businesses and open 25,800 building permits were issued, the door for new ones. New advanced representing approximately $1.5 billion industries coming to the city will join of construction value. Currently, there the cluster of 388 existing frms that call are over 7,000 residential units under Deerfeld Beach home. Deerfeld Beach construction, approved, or in the review has an enviable location advantage as process. In addition, Fort Lauderdale with direct access to I-95, the Turnpike was the only city in Florida to make the and the Sawgrass Expressway. Top 10 Hot Markets for 2018 list in the Ofce parks along the highly visible PwC and Urban Land Institute report. I-95 corridor are transforming with National publications are taking note several major projects. Te downtown of Fort Lauderdale’s economic vitality Pioneer Grove District is ready to and building boom. Te Wall Street welcome mixed-use residential and Journal recently profled Fort Lauderdale commercial development, and plans are in a report highlighting the array of ENJOY LIFE AT THE CROWN JEWEL underway for a future FEC passenger rail upscale hotels, resorts, and residential station near the intersection of Hillsboro developments taking place along the OF FORT LAUDERDALE Boulevard and Dixie Highway. Te world-class beachfront. Experts lauded world-class Hillsboro Technology Center Fort Lauderdale for projects like the – is under construction with one million Conrad, Four Seasons, Paramount, and square feet of new space. JM Family Auberge, which are strengthening Fort Set on 22 tropically-landscaped acres, Enterprises recently announced a $125 Lauderdale’s reputation as an upscale Pier Sixty-Six Hotel & Marina is the ultimate million redevelopment of its Deerfeld destination and helping the city attract a waterfront retreat. Located just minutes from Beach Corporate Headquarters campus. record number of U.S. and international Te Federal Highway and Hillsboro tourists, foreign condominium buyers, Fort Lauderdale Beach, guests experience Boulevard corridors are undergoing and visiting families from all over the incredible amenities, culinary options, and a commercial renaissance as new world. Te record number of visitors our full-service marina. Simply relax and restaurants and retailers redevelop old selecting Fort Lauderdale as their sites. Te city’s western ofce parks and destination of choice will be enhanced enjoy spectacular views. industrial centers have seen an infux of by the Greater Fort Lauderdale/Broward – new companies as well. An eight-acre County Convention Center $550 million transit-oriented development directly expansion, adding 400,000 square feet of adjacent to the city’s Tri-Rail station is meeting space and an upscale 800-room underway with 350 units of new housing headquarters hotel. P 954 / 728 / 3535 in addition to complementary ofce Industry experts have showcased PIER66HOTELMARINA.COM and commercial uses. And in response Fort Lauderdale with high national to the city’s bustling tourism industry, rankings, including All-America the city is experiencing a boom in hotel City (National Civic League), Top 10 development with several new hotels Best Downtowns (Livability.com), underway. # 4 Best City for Small Business in Te city’s newly opened and America (Biz2Credit), Best Places 2301 SE 17TH ST, FORT LAUDERDALE, FL 33316 highly popular Sullivan Park includes for Business and Careers (Forbes a children’s splash pad, playgrounds, Magazine), #3 Least-Costly Place public marina and a scenic pedestrian to do Business (KPMG), Top 25 promenade along the Intracoastal High-Tech Cities (Business Week), Waterway that connects to the Cove and #2 Best Small City for Business Shopping Center. S.R. A1A has Friendliness (fDi Magazine) to name a undergone a major facelif with a new few. In Fort Lauderdale, 13.4 percent roadway, landscaping, bike lanes and of the companies are less than three pedestrian friendly sidewalks. Te years old, which is an indication of Deerfeld Beach International Fishing a booming economy. Companies are Pier Welcome Center continues to be a attracted by easy airport connectivity popular gateway to the Atlantic Ocean and a large number of international and a model for sustainability. visitors to the area.

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Fort Lauderdale is home to FTZ No. 241, a thriving Foreign Trade-Zone that can defer, reduce, or eliminate U.S. Customs duties on foreign products, making companies more competitive with those abroad, generating signifcant savings, enhancing revenue, and freeing up resources for job growth and business development. Using Fort Lauderdale’s Alternate Site Framework, the city recently established a FTZ for the marine industry – the frst of its kind in the United States. Tremendous progress is being made on several game-changing initiatives to redefne downtown Fort Lauderdale’s future, including the $2.5 billion Brightline high speed passenger rail project; and more than $70 million in upgrades and enhancements to Fort Lauderdale beach. Hallandale Beach Hallandale Beach is a city on the move. Within the past year, $100s of millions in commercial, ofce, mixed use and residential developments have redevelopment opportunities for mixed-use, transit- Lauderhill Photo courtesy been approved and over $1 billion in projects are oriented projects that provide the urban lifestyle Conveniently located near of Metropica currently in the pipeline. Class A ofce projects many residents and visitors are seeking. three international airports such as Accesso, a 28,000-square-foot ofce building Hollywood attracts visitors from around the and three international seaports, Lauderhill’s have been recently completed, with Optima II, a world who come to stay along its historic oceanfront accessibility to the Florida Turnpike, Interstate 95, 300,000-square-foot LEED-platinum, Class A ofce Broadwalk. Tis 2.5-mile pedestrian walkway is and the Sawgrass Expressway facilitates business complex and Beacon Hallandale, a 76,000-square- just steps from the Atlantic and is lined with shops, development from local to global levels. To foot Class A ofce and retail development both restaurants and accommodations to ft every taste complement this competitive advantage, the city currently under construction. Te Village at Atlantic and budget. Te city boasts a high quality of life with is implementing an initiative that will encourage Shores is a 31,000-square-foot mixed retail and ofce more than 60 parks, including three municipal golf businesses to launch, relocate, and expand. center that has also been recently completed. courses and a wide variety of recreational amenities The City of Lauderhill has more than Other mixed-use projects include OASIS, with including a nearly 10-acre urban park and the Arts 100 acres of planned redevelopment projects 500 residential units and 93,910 square feet of ofce Park at Young Circle in the heart of its downtown, within its Central and State Road 7/U.S. and retail space, and Art Square, a three city block which hosts outdoor concerts, special events, and a 441 redevelopment districts. IMC Property project that includes 358 townhomes, live-work units, burgeoning arts scene. Management has completed the fourth and and mid-rise apartments, as well as more than 10,000 From its beaches to its lively downtown, to its final phase of renovation and expansion of square feet of retail space that is near completion. distinctive neighborhoods, Hollywood is a City the Lauderhill Mall. It has attracted several To target the hospitality industry, new hotel focused on the future where businesses discover nationally recognized tenants and is designing developments are also being proposed, which a welcoming climate for economic growth and new outparcel locations for further expansion. would add hundreds of new hotel rooms to the sustainable development. Te city’s projects include the creation of a City’s current inventory. Hallandale Beach is also Commercial Entertainment and Arts district, where seeking to develop its Fashion, Art and Design Lauderdale-By-the-Sea patrons can enjoy everything – from restaurants District (FADD) by promoting such uses as food With 2.5 miles of beautiful beaches, an iconic pier to breweries to galleries – before or afer catching halls, microbreweries, live entertainment restaurant/ and scenic ocean vistas, Lauderdale by the Sea is a a show at the Lauderhill Performing Arts Center lounges and local specialty retailers. In order to small community that attracts visitors from around (LPAC). Te LPAC is kicking of an exciting year, continue to encourage this level of tremendous the world. Here low-rise downtown buildings and having contracted in-house company Stagedoor interest and investment on the part of the mid-century modern architecture exude old Florida Teater to produce 180 shows annually. Lauderhill’s private sector, the Hallandale Beach Community charm, even as they celebrate the town’s present-day Commercial Façade Grant (CFG) Program is Redevelopment Agency has approved a series of connection to the ocean — most hotels, restaurants designed to enhance the S.R. 7/U.S. 441 corridor, extensive incentives to revitalize commercial districts and shops are just a few minutes’ walk from Anglin’s especially in the vicinity of the LPAC, by providing throughout the CRA. Square and its active nightlife. façade grants to businesses and commercial property owners. Hollywood Lauderdale Lakes Lauderhill will attract residents, tourists, and Broward’s third largest city is strategically located Businesses in the City of Lauderdale Lakes enjoy business owners alike with its array of annual on the South Florida coast between Fort Lauderdale the beneft of a central location that puts them at signature events as well as the launch of an and Miami. Hollywood is adjacent to the Fort the heart of South Florida. Within a 15-minute Entrepreneurship Center catering to technology Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport and drive are a labor force of nearly 1 million workers frms and start-ups. is the primary home to Port Everglades. In addition and a consumer market of more than 500,000 to its proximity to I-95 and Florida’s Turnpike, households. More than 100,000 vehicles pass Lighthouse Point Hollywood is home to two commerce/industrial through the city’s boundaries each day. Nearly Lighthouse Point is a small town with a leisurely parks and has a growing niche in professional 550 acres of prime development opportunities lifestyle that appeals to its residents. Characterized by services and healthcare. Tere is more than $1.65 are available within the city of Lauderdale Lakes’ informal afuence and a leisurely pace, the attractive billion in real estate development recently completed, Community Redevelopment Agency boundaries. neighborhoods are safe, quiet, tree-shaded, and planned or under construction throughout the city One example is Bella Vista at Lauderdale Lakes, water-laced. Eighty percent of the residences are with key commercial corridors ofering additional a large-scale new urbanism redevelopment single-family homes, many of which front on the redevelopment opportunities. project on the State Road 7/U.S. 441 corridor that city’s 18 miles of waterways. Te city continues to Downtown Hollywood is easily accessible to incorporates the traditional neighborhood design grow and fourish with ongoing enhancements to the South Florida’s major cities and will ofer new of walkable, livable cities. Te city also has more bridges, landscaping, waterway vistas and parks. convenient connections through the planned than 200,000 square feet of supportable retail space Te east door of Lighthouse Point opens to the Tri-Rail Coastal Link passenger service creating throughout the commercial district. Intracoastal Waterway, sitting under the beam

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recreational, and conservation uses to more than Corridor, providing an interconnected transportation 55,000 residents. Margate is ideally located in the system, and increasing cultural resource heart of Broward County with easy access to the opportunities for both its residents and visitors. Florida Turnpike, I-95, and the Sawgrass Expressway. In addition, three international airports and three Miramar deep water seaports are within an hour drive. Te Miramar is a full-service community of more than city is currently home to over 1,800 businesses 136,000 residents centrally located between Miami and is strategically positioned to serve the growing and Fort Lauderdale. For years this has made it an population of the tri-county area. appealing location for people of diverse nationalities Te Margate Community Redevelopment Agency and backgrounds who desire an attractive, well (CRA) controls more than 36 acres of which the planned and managed suburban community in majority of the land will be developed as the Margate which to establish roots, pursue their lifestyle and City Center – a mixed-use development project that professional interests and raise families. Businesses will give Margate an identifable downtown and have followed, using the close proximity to the coastal attract numerous visitors. Te CRA is also working cities to establish their ventures, strengthen business on landscaping street improvements, upgrading connections, expand operations and extend their reach single-family neighborhoods and also in the process into Caribbean and Latin America markets. More than of revitalizing area commercial plazas. ever, “It’s Right Here in Miramar.” In addition, the city has seen a residential boom with more than 500 luxury apartment units recently North Lauderdale of the famed Hillsboro Photo courtesy constructed, and another 160 town homes currently Te city is working with businesses, residents Lighthouse. Federal Highway, City of the City of underway. Major employers, such as Northwest and visitors to write an economic development with its shopping centers, Hallandale Beach Medical Hospital, JM Lexus and Global Response strategy that will guide its growth through the restaurants, and other business continue to expand their operations within the city. next fve years. Tere are many redevelopment establishments, is the west door. Te full-service Also, one of the city’s most active plazas, Peppertree projects already underway, including the continued city achieved a Standard & Poor’s fnancial rating of Plaza, recently completed façade improvements expansion on the outparcels surrounding the full- AA+ and has the county’s third lowest tax rate, an and has recently completed the build out of two service Wal-Mart Center and the construction of indicator of a strong and vibrant community. infll buildings, totaling 15,400 square feet, to the various townhome projects that had been dormant. center. Several new freestanding retail and restaurant New site plans for Spin Car Wash, Promenade Margate buildings have been constructed, and more are in the Shoppes and Peter Piper Pizza were approved. Te Margate, a city where “Together We Make It Great,” review or construction process. city completed its frst commercial renovation is re-establishing its prominence through a variety Te city has a strong commitment to the future, project with a matching grant to create a new façade of redevelopment and program eforts. Te city investing in the redevelopment of the 441 corridor, and signage for one of the older plazas along the ofers a mix of residential, commercial, industrial, encouraging continual growth of the Educational 81st Avenue corridor. Te creation of the joint

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Chamber of Commerce with Tamarac is perhaps on current projections, the city anticipates almost events, tradeshows and banquets with maximum the biggest accomplishment that will impact small 5,000 new residents over the next few years. seating around 3,200. Te complex also features an and large businesses alike. Te city’s residential market consists of over 63,000 11,000-square-foot two-story art gallery nicknamed residential units. Te city is still growing with new “Te Frank,” as well as a fully programmed outdoor Oakland Park for-sale and rental communities in various stages plaza. Te city has partnered with the Terra Group, Te Downtown Culinary Arts District continued its of development. Lennar is developing the Raintree the Related Group and Mill Creek Residential Trust successful redevelopment with the addition of the community composed of 198 single-family homes to complete the adjacent components of City Center. Grand Plaza linking Main Street with Jaco Pastorius and 300 townhouse units spread over 120 acres. Label Te frst 1,065 residential units of the project are Park. Several new events – Te Taste of Oakland Park, and Company is developing two projects: Central Falls already completed and are being leased. Te Terra Dancing in the Street and Holiday Village – joined the featuring 150 luxury townhome units and Chapel Group has completed frst phase of the commercial already successful Music on Main and Culinary Art Cove featuring 125 townhome units. Other for-sale development. Te project is anchored by a Publix series, bringing many new people to the downtown. A projects include 125 single-family homes being supermarket and features a mixture of restaurant, number of new businesses have opened or are under developed by the Terra Group and 58 infll townhome retail and entertainment spaces. Upon completion, construction, ofering new culinary delights to visitors units being developed by Stellar homes. Developers the project will feature over 300,000 square feet of to the Downtown. Several new housing developments will also deliver nearly 600 rental units over the next 24 commercial development, up to 350 hotel rooms and were started and are showing great sales. Other areas months. Additional development sites will also being nearly 1,500 residential units. Te City Center project of the city are also seeing redevelopment and improved coming to market over the next two years providing is located on the 13-mile Pines Boulevard corridor, quality of life, due to continued infrastructure new locations for residential development. a premier destination for commercial and restaurant improvements. Many major corridors have In the ofce sector, Duke Realty completed the establishments within southwest Broward County. incorporated bike lanes and landscaping. A Mobility frst building of the Pembroke Pointe ofce park. Plan was adopted for the downtown emphasizing Te environmentally friendly Class A ofce building Plantation walkability and creating strategies for parking and all has nearly 148,000 square feet with direct exposure Tere continues to a furry of development activity, modes of transportation. to I-75 and is home to numerous corporations. especially in the 860-acre Midtown District. A Directly south of Pembroke Pointe, the TPA Group number of development proposals are going through Parkland has begun construction of the Edison, which will the approval process, under construction, or near Te City of Parkland, known as the “Great Northwest have nearly 350,000 square feet of Class A ofce in completion. of Broward County,” is committed to creating a a campus setting. Both ofce projects are located Amli’s 287-unit apartment complex is under thriving business community and strong local along the 145th / I-75 corridor which also includes construction and will have a dramatic visual impact economy. Recently the city created a Business the Shops at Pembroke Gardens, Pembroke Centre, on Peters Road just of University Drive. Lakeside Ambassador Program to assist new businesses and Keiser University, the Fairfeld Inn and the recently recently received permit approval to provide 271 was named a Platinum Permitting City for taking completed 280-unit Altis Pembroke Gardens apartment units along Cleary Boulevard and NW extra steps to ensure new businesses have a frst-rate apartment project. Te corridor provides a complete 82nd Avenue adjacent to the Manor. Plantation Walk experience when going through the development live, work and play scenario with direct access to I-75. (old Fashion Mall property) was recently approved and review/permitting process. Toll Brothers, Lennar Te city’s industrial sector is seeing tremendous will contain a mix of restaurant, retail, ofce, hotel and Homes, CalAtlantic Group and WCI all have new growth over the past year with nearly 500,000 square a total of 700 apartment units in an integrated mixed- residential communities within the city’s boundaries, feet of new development. Te industrial area is use development. providing a wide variety of quality home choices for strategically located near U.S. 27 and I-75 with the Cornerstone/Millcreek is obtaining permits to future city residents. ability to serve nearly fve million people within a build 312 apartment units within the Cornerstone In the past year, Parkland received many awards one hour drive time. New projects include the South Ofce Park of Pine Island Road and I-595. Plantation and recognitions, including being named a Tree City Florida Distribution Center (SFDC), being developed Midtown Square has recently been approved providing USA for the 23rd straight year and a Playful City by Core5 and Helms Development and the Bergeron 598 apartment units with a retail component at the USA for the ninth consecutive year. In addition, Distribution Building. SFDC will be composed of corner of Cleary Boulevard and Pine Island Road. a new Western Fire Station was recently added to three buildings with nearly 750,000 square feet. Te Broadstone, a 250-unit garden apartment style serve the growing population and the fnal 30 acres frst 225,000 square foot building has been completed development on Sunrise Boulevard, is now leasing of Pine Trails Park, which has four new multi-use and construction will begin on the second building in units. Strata a 150-unit townhome development sports felds, four baseball felds and associated uses the 1st quarter of 2019. Te Bergeron Distribution located of Sunrise Boulevard is sold out pre- including parking, lighting, and bathrooms, was building has over 170,000 square feet with outdoor construction. completed, making Pine Trails Park a premiere park storage capabilities and is one component of the New retail includes Lucky’s Market at University in Broward County. 300-acre Bergeron Park of Commerce and Industry. Drive and Peters Road. A new Starbucks and Other smaller industrial projects are underway which additional retail stores will be located at Pine Island Pembroke Pines are helping to diversify the city’s economy. and Broward Boulevard. Further afeld is the Pembroke Pines is located in southwest Broward In 2017, city government moved into the Charles completion of the retail cluster at Plantation Pointe County with access to the Florida Turnpike, I-75 F. Dodge City Center at the corner of Sunrise Boulevard and University and U.S. 27. Te city is home to over 170,000 people building, a 175,000-square- Photo courtesy Drive. Te following retail and restaurants are open: making it the second largest city in Broward County foot facility designed to of the City of Walgreens, Pieology Pizzeria, Starbucks, McAlister’s and the 11th largest city in the state of Florida. Based accommodate performance Pembroke Pines Deli, Panda Express, Chipotle, Habit Burger, and AT&T. Virgin Voyages, a new cruise company by the global Virgin brands, has selected Plantation for its new headquarters, and anticipates creating 300 new jobs. Te company will invest $15.9 million in the local community as it expands in a 60,000-square-foot space at 1000 South Pine Island Road. Also, banking on the growing popularity of co-working spaces, Quest Workspaces, just expanded into Plantation with a $4.9 million long-term 22,000-square-foot lease at 150 South Pine Island Road. Pompano Beach With its multimodal transit links, Pompano Beach

68 GFLA ECONOMIC SOURCEBOOK | www.gﬂalliance.org REAL ESTATE OPPORTUNITIES has evolved into a major industrial/warehouse/ Weston parks and bike lanes, Cleveland Clinic’s world-class distribution center with an inventory of more than Located at the crossroads of I-75, I-595, and the health care, and a housing stock ranging from estate 28 million square feet of space. Its housing types Sawgrass Expressway, the City of Weston has more homes to town homes appealing to a wide-range range from executive homes to workforce and than 7 million square feet of frst-class industrial, ofce of buyers. Te city is a diverse family-oriented afordable housing. Te city has targeted two primary and commercial space easily accessible to Florida’s community whose residents take great pride in Community Redevelopment Areas: the East CRA east and west coasts, Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood calling Weston their hometown. includes East Atlantic Boulevard and the main public International Airport, Miami International Airport, beach area; the Northwest CRA encompasses the Port Everglades, and Port Miami. Wilton Manors innovation district, which includes city hall and the Weston was recently included in TripAdvisor’s Wilton Manors is a vibrant city that provides a Library/Cultural Arts Center in the Civic Campus, old list of “16 Great Towns to Visit in 2018.” Money pedestrian-friendly environment for afordable downtown and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard magazine ranked Weston No. 8 in its “Best Places living, shopping, dining, arts, culture, and corridor to I-95. With more than 3,000 acres, the to Live in America” listing in 2016, and Family entertainment. With 13 miles of waterways and 29 NWCRA is the largest in the state and encompasses Circle named Weston one of the “Ten Best Towns acres of waterfront property, this two-square-mile industrial, commercial and residential areas. for Families in the United States” in 2015. Weston city is known to locals as the Island City. Fifeen is secure in its fnancial strength with AAA bond national wildlife habitat-certifed parks, 15 art Sunrise ratings from two agencies, and secure in its public galleries and museums as well as more than 20 Te City of Sunrise in western Broward is home safety with a fre rescue department having an community group classes and 40 festivals and events to about 90,000 residents and host to more than ISO Class One rating. Weston has the lowest ad per year are just some of the reasons why Life’s Just 30 million national and international visitors valorem tax rate of any municipality in Broward Better Here in the Island City. Ofering all the big- each year. Sunrise is known for its business, County. Weston has pioneered the contract style city amenities, yet maintaining a small-town feel residential, retail, hospitality and entertainment of municipal management by having only ten that is welcoming to all has led to the city’s stable oferings, including Broward’s largest ofce park, employees and contracting for all services via public residential environment perfect for young families Sawgrass International Corporate Park; Florida’s and private providers. as well as retirees. In addition, Wilton Manors has largest mall, Sawgrass Mills; and the 20,000-seat Weston has one of the lowest crime rates in the become a nationally known destination for the BB&T Center Arena. Major new projects under region, along with “A” rated public schools, vast LGBT community. development include Westerra, with 750,000 square feet of ofce, 50,000 square feet of retail, and 750 residential apartment units, and 1.6 acres of park OFFICE MARKET Source: CBRE Research, Q2 2018 and open space. Metropica is a $1.5 billion mixed Rentable Vacancy YTD Net Under us project with 400,000 square feet of retail, 460,000 Submarket square feet of ofce, 500 apartment units, 1,833 Area Rate % Absorption (SF) Construction SF condominiums with parking, 250 hotel rooms and a Commercial 1,904,497 22.3% 52,332 0 parking garage with 5,340 spaces. Sunrise is the 26th largest of Florida’s 400+ Cypress Creek 4,091,962 12.3% (11,825) 0 municipalities, as well as one of its most progressive. Deerﬁeld Beach 1,011,292 9.0% (11,148) 0 Yet, it remains a friendly place where natural beauty is valued and lush landscaping is used to enhance Downtown (CBD) 5,146,578 14.0% (85,499) 77,100 neighborhoods, thoroughfares and public places. Fort Lauderdale 2,668,224 11.2% 8,333 0 Sunrise also maintains its long-standing commitment to be a sustainable community that preserves the past Hollywood 2,250,225 6.8% 12,605 0 while planning for the future. Northwest Broward 1,295,746 16.2% 7,830 0 Tamarac Plantation 3,893,616 9.2% 71,871 0 Tamarac is an attractive community of residential, Pompano Beach 732,536 17.6% (9,405) 0 commercial and recreational areas, nestled in the center of Broward County. Convenient access to Sawgrass 2,482,597 6.7% 60,018 0 major highways, airports and ports, an excellent Southwest Broward 3,071,006 7.2% (5,505) 165,000 quality of life, and a variety of housing options at the right price have made Tamarac “Te City For Your TOTAL Suburban 23,382,701 10.9% 175,106 165,000 Life” for 63,000 residents and nearly 1,900 businesses. TOTAL Broward 28,592,279 11.5% 89,607 242,100 With a business-friendly attitude and a central focus on economic development and redevelopment, our diverse and vibrant community ofers abundant INDUSTRIAL MARKET Source: CBRE Research, Q2 2018 opportunities for a variety of business needs. Options include the City’s bustling Commerce Park, new Rentable Vacancy YTD Net Under Market upscale and successful existing retail and ofce Building Area Rate % Absorption (SF) Construction SF plazas, the upcoming Tamarac Village mixed-use development, and prime redevelopment locations. Central Broward 15,491,969 2.3% 117,597 54,791 With its sound fnances, safe neighborhoods, excellent Coral Springs 4,953,600 1.5% 159,113 215,486 parks and business opportunities, Tamarac is a community of choice for living and business. Northeast Broward 10,650,321 4.9% 315,379 275,155 Pompano Beach / 22,221,831 2.2% 46,992 65,500 West Park Ft. Lauderdale Te City of West Park is expecting major changes over the next few years with the development of Southeast Broward 18,210,585 3.7% (359,744) 284,321 a quality, mixed-use district on State Road 7/U.S. Southwest Broward 16,660,604 7.3% 72,014 240,722 441. Plans include development of available acres of land for ofce spaces, banking, fnancial West Sunrise 5,689,356 6.3% 44,864 20,000 institutions, restaurants, hotels, mixed development, TOTAL 93,878,266 3.9% 396,215 1,158,975 condominiums and townhouses.

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“Greater Fort Lauderdale ofers world-class healthcare for children, adolescents and adults of all ages.” Andrew Bowers EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS, SEMINOLE TRIBE OF FLORIDA

70 GFLA ECONOMIC SOURCEBOOK | www.gﬂalliance.org Photo by Jock Fistick - South Florida Business Journal HEALTHCARE Serving Patients and Families Greater Fort Lauderdale’s healthcare institutions provide state-of-the-art care for acute and chronic conditions, along with a wide variety of wellness programs

From treatment of injuries and chronic conditions to health-enhancing programs, designation as part of the Blue Distinction Specialty Greater Fort Lauderdale’s healthcare organizations strive for excellence in delivering a Care program for higher quality in maternity care. full continuum of services. Many providers are investing in leading-edge medical technology Memorial Healthcare System and modernizing their facilities to better serve patients and their families. Founded in 1953, Memorial Healthcare System (MHS) is one of the largest public healthcare systems in the nation delivering highly regarded patient- and family-centered care. Memorial’s Healthcare is also a major employment sector, – and the only hospital in Florida – to receive a patient, physician and employee satisfaction rates accounting for more than 70,000 direct jobs in the maximum score of fve points in the outcome are some of the most admired in the country, and South Florida region, including physicians, nurses, assessment for liver transplants by the Scientifc the system is recognized as a national leader in therapists and other healthcare professionals. Registry of Transplant Recipients. quality healthcare. Greater Fort Lauderdale is served by two public • Broward Health North was voted Best Emergency Te fagship facility of the healthcare system is health systems: Broward Health and Memorial Room by City News/Boca’s Best magazine 2017 and Memorial Regional Hospital, whose centers include Healthcare System. also received the Reader’s Choice Award in June 2018. Memorial Cardiac and Vascular Institute, Memorial • Broward Health Imperial Point earned Exemplar Cancer Institute, and Memorial Neuroscience Broward Health status by NICHE (Nurses Improving Care for Institute. Te system’s other hospitals are Memorial Broward Health, providing service for more than Healthsystem Elders) for geriatric care. Regional Hospital South, Joe DiMaggio Children’s 80 years, is a nationally recognized South Florida • Broward Health Coral Springs’ minimally invasive Hospital at Memorial, Memorial Hospital West, system that ofers world-class healthcare to all. colorectal surgery program achieved full Joint Memorial Hospital Miramar, Memorial Hospital Te Broward Health system includes the statutory Commission re-accreditation with zero defciencies Pembroke and Memorial Manor nursing home. teaching hospital Broward Health Medical Center – the only hospital in Florida with this achievement Memorial Healthcare System has received (BHMC), Broward Health North, Broward Health and one of two nationwide. accreditation for medical Imperial Point, Broward Health Coral Springs, • Broward Health Coral Springs was recognized Photo courtesy residency programs in physical Salah Foundation Children’s Hospital, Broward with a Blue Distinction ® Center+ for Maternity Care of Kaplan, Inc. medicine and rehabilitation, Health Weston, Broward Health Community Health Services, Broward Health Physician Group, Broward Health Urgent Care, Broward Health International, and Broward Health Foundation. Te Broward Health system features more than 30 locations throughout Broward County, including a Level I trauma center, an award-winning children’s hospital, comprehensive cancer care, a joint replacement center, cardiovascular services, stroke care, maternity care, a network of community healthcare centers and much more. Recent awards, recognitions and accreditations include: • BHMC is a 2018 Aetna Designated Institute of Quality ® (IOQ) Cardiac Care Facility for comprehensive heart and vascular treatment, and a 2017 designated institute for total joint replacement. • BHMC, Broward Health North and Broward Health Coral Springs received the Get With Te Guidelines recognition from the American Heart Association and the American Stroke Association. • BHMC achieved 5 stars for its performance in Pacemaker Procedures from Healthgrades. • BHMC was one of only 10 hospitals in the country

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internal medicine and pediatrics. Future residency programs will include psychiatry, neurology, general surgery, obstetrics and gynecology, and emergency medicine. Memorial Healthcare System and its facilities have earned many prestigious healthcare awards. Te accolades include Modern Healthcare magazine’s Best Places to Work in Healthcare, Florida Trend’s Best Companies to Work for in Florida, Computer World 2018 Best Places to Work in IT. Other recent highlights: • All Memorial facilities earned an “A” grade, the highest possible ranking in the “Leapfrog Hospital Safety Guide,” a respected source that includes data from more than 2,500 hospitals. • Memorial launched an adult and pediatric kidney transplant program at Memorial Regional Hospital and Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital in Hollywood. • Moftt at Memorial Hospital West has been accredited by Te Foundation for the Accreditation of Cellular Terapy (FACT) for compliance with Other Healthcare Systems named to the prestigious list, Photo courtesy the FACT-JACIE International Standards for Baptist Health South Florida is the largest not- which is based on employee of Florida Blue Hematopoietic Cellular Terapy. for-proft healthcare organization in the region, ratings of their workplace. In • Memorial Healthcare System’s Graduate Medical with more than a million patient visits every addition, Baptist Health has been recognized by Education program welcomed its frst class of year. Patients and their families from around the Ethisphere as one of the World’s Most Ethical residents in 2018 to its medical residency programs world travel to South Florida for Baptist Health’s Companies for eight consecutive years. in physical medicine and rehabilitation, internal medical expertise. In Broward County, Baptist HCA East Florida is the largest health system medicine and pediatrics. Future residency programs Health operates a growing network of ambulatory from the Treasure Coast to Miami-Dade County in development include psychiatry, neurology, care, urgent care, diagnostic imaging and sleep with 15 afliated hospitals, in addition to multiple general surgery, obstetrics and gynecology, and services in Coral Springs, Davie, Pembroke Pines, ambulatory surgery centers and imaging centers, emergency medicine. Sunrise and Weston. physician practices, four freestanding emergency • Te Adult Congenital Heart Program, part of Baptist Health South Florida was ranked #25 on care facilities, fve urgent care centers, a supply the Memorial Cardiac and Vascular Institute, at Fortune magazine’s 2018 list of 100 Best Companies chain center and an integrated regional laboratory. Memorial Regional Hospital is now nationally to Work For, according to global research and In Broward, HCA manages four hospitals, a accredited by the Adult Congenital Heart consulting frm Great Place to Work® and Fortune. freestanding emergency room and two outpatient Association (ACHA). Tis is the 18th time Baptist Health has been surgery centers: Northwest Medical Center in

Baptist Eye Surgery Center Broward Health Weston Major Healthcare Providers 3737 North Pine Island Road 2300 N. Commerce Parkway Sunrise, Florida 33351 Weston, FL 33326 Baptist Medical Plaza Baptist Health Urgent Care (Weston) 954-572-5888 954-217-5000 at Coral Springs 1642 Town Center Circle www.baptisthealthbroward.com www.browardhealth.org 6264 W. Sample Road Weston, FL 33326 Coral Springs, FL 33067 954-837-1150 Broward Health Coral Springs Cleveland Clinic Florida 954-837-1020 www.baptisthealthbroward.com 3000 Coral Hills Drive 2950 Cleveland Clinic Boulevard www.baptisthealthbroward.com Coral Springs, FL 33065 Weston, FL 33331 Baptist Sleep Center 954-344-3000 954-659-5000 Baptist Medical Plaza at Pembroke Pines www.browardhealth.org www.my.clevelandclinic.org at Davie 7261 Sheridan Street, Suite 210B 4741 S. University Drive Pembroke Pines, FL 33024 Broward Health Imperial Point Holy Cross Hospital Davie, FL 33328 954-432-0207 6401 N. Federal Highway 4725 N. Federal Highway 954-837-1060 www.baptisthealthbroward.com Fort Lauderdale, FL 33308 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33308 www.baptisthealthbroward.com 954-776-8500 954-771-8000 Baptist Endoscopy Center www.browardhealth.org www.holy-cross.com Baptist Medical Plaza at Coral Springs at Pembroke Pines 3001 Coral Hills Drive - Suite 200 Broward Health Medical Center Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital 15885 Pines Blvd. Coral Springs, FL 33065 1600 S. Andrews Avenue 1005 Joe DiMaggio Drive Pembroke Pines, FL 33027 954-837-1201 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33316 Hollywood, FL 33021 954-837-1330 www.baptisthealthbroward.com 954-355-4400 954-265-JDCH (5324) www.baptisthealthbroward.com www.browardhealth.org www.mhs.net Baptist Davie | Miami Orthopedics & Baptist Health Urgent Care Sports Medicine Institute Broward Health North Kindred Hospital South Florida (Sawgrass) 4741 South University Drive, 201 E. Sample Road – Fort Lauderdale 12472 W. Sunrise Boulevard Suite 140 Deerﬁeld Beach, FL 33064 1516 E. Las Olas Boulevard Sunrise, FL 33323 Davie, FL 33328 954-941-8300 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 954-837-1240 954-392-1725 www.browardhealth.org 954-764-8900 www.baptisthealthbroward.com www.baptisthealthbroward.com www.kindredhealthcare.com

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Center, an ambulatory surgical center with 17 medical specialties, imaging and diagnostic services. Cleveland Clinic Florida ranked frst in Broward and eighth in Florida in U.S. News & World Report’s 2017-2018 ranking of Best Hospitals. Holy Cross Hospital in Fort Lauderdale has been serving Broward patients since 1955. Te non-proft, 557-bed Catholic hospital operates in the spirit of the Sisters of Mercy and a member of Trinity Health. Holy Cross is afliated with the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine’s internal medicine residency program. U.S. News & World Report has named Holy Cross Hospital as a nationally high-performing hospital in both hip and knee replacement surgery. Te hospital also received the Get With Te Guidelines®-Stroke Gold Plus Achievement Award with Target: Stroke™ Honor Roll Elite designation. Kindred Hospitals in Fort Lauderdale and Hollywood are part of Kindred Healthcare, a national healthcare company that uses an innovative Margate, Plantation General Hospital in Plantation, providers of healthcare Photo courtesy of approach to long-term acute care for patients with University Hospital and Medical Center in Tamarac, services, operates 10 Broward Health Salah multi-system failures. Its hospitals and pulmonary Westside Regional Medical Center in Plantation, acute care hospitals in Foundation Children’s units feature an interdisciplinary environment a Freestanding Emergency Room in Davie, the tri-county region, Hospital where physicians, nurses, therapists, nutritionists Outpatient Surgical Services in Plantation and a including Florida and social workers combine their expertise to Surgery Center at Coral Springs. Medical Center, a campus of North Shore in provide quality care. HCA East Florida is investing over $830 Fort Lauderdale, and several surgery, outpatient, Nova Southeastern University is expanding million in the region, including a new hospital that imaging and urgent care centers. and changing the healthcare landscape of South will be built on the campus of Nova Southeastern Cleveland Clinic Florida in Weston is a Florida. As a world-class research university based University (NSU) in Davie. HCA already operates not-for-proft, multi-specialty, academic medical in Broward County, NSU is focused on educating a free-standing emergency room facility on the center that integrates clinical and hospital care our community on how to live healthier, longer and NSU campus. Other investments in HCA facilities with research and education. Te medical campus better. Te university is partnering and integrating include $70 million for Westside Regional Medical includes diagnostic centers, outpatient surgery and resources with key stakeholders, including business Center and $75 million for Northwest Medical a 24-hour emergency department located in the and government leaders, community partners, Center. state-of-the-art hospital. In 2018, Cleveland Clinic private organizations and other healthcare entities to Tenet Healthcare, one of the nation’s largest opened the $33 million Coral Springs Family Health improve community health. NSU’s Fort Lauderdale campus is transforming with the construction of a new HCA teaching and Kindred Hospital South Florida – Memorial Regional The Salah Foundation research hospital and a medical education complex. Hollywood Hospital South Children’s Hospital Tis will spark major growth and opportunity with 1859 Van Buren Street 3600 Washington Street at Broward Health NSU’s economic impact in Florida projected to reach Hollywood, FL 33020 Hollywood, FL 33021 1600 S. Andrews Avenue $5 billion by 2020. 954-920-9000 954-966-4500 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33316 NSU’s Health Professions Division (HPD) is www.kindredhealthcare.com www.mhs.net 954-355-4400 playing a pivotal role in leading the university to www.browardhealth.org new levels of excellence. Te division comprises Memorial Hospital Miramar Florida Medical Center eight distinctive colleges— osteopathic medicine, 1901 S.W. 172nd Avenue 5000 W. Oakland Park Boulevard University Hospital pharmacy, optometry, medical sciences, dental Miramar, FL 33029 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33313 & Medical Center medicine, health care sciences, nursing, and 954-538-5000 954-735-6000 7201 N. University Drive allopathic medicine. Te newest of the colleges, the www.mhs.net www.tenethealth.com Tamarac, FL 33321 Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Allopathic Medicine 954-721-2200 (NSU MD) welcomed its frst class of Doctor of Memorial Hospital Pembroke Northwest Medical Center www.uhmchealth.com Medicine (M.D.) students in July 2018, adding to 7800 Sheridan Street 2801 N. State Road 7 NSU’s ofering of more than 60 health-related degree Pembroke Pines, FL 33024 Margate, FL 33063 Westside Regional and certifcate programs. 954-962-9650 954-974-0400 Medical Center www.mhs.net www.northwestmed.com 8201 W. Broward Boulevard Support Organizations Plantation, FL 33324 Many Broward residents and businesses play provide Memorial Hospital West Plantation General Hospital 954-473-6600 support to community healthcare organizations such 703 N. Flamingo Road 401 N.W. 42 Avenue www.westsideregional.com as American Cancer Society, American Red Cross, Pembroke Pines, FL 33028 Plantation, FL 33317 Aging and Disability Resource Center of Broward 954-436-5000 954-587-5010 County, Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, American Heart www.mhs.net www.plantationgeneral.com Association, Juvenile Diabetes Foundation, Kidney Foundation of South Florida, United Way of Broward Memorial Regional Hospital County and Henderson Behavioral Health Services. 3501 Johnson Street 2-1-1 Broward is a 24-hour informational hotline Hollywood, FL 33021 that refers callers to the appropriate service agencies 954-987-2000 for assistance. Te combined strength of these www.mhs.net organizations helps make Broward County a healthy place to live and work.

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“Greater Fort Lauderdale’s multimodal transportation network makes it easy to do business in our region, the nation and overseas.” Ken Stiles CEO, STILES

74 GFLA ECONOMIC SOURCEBOOK | www.gflalliance.org Photo by Jock Fistick - South Florida Business Journal TRANSPORTATION & INFRASTUCTURE A Fast and Efcient Platform for Success With one of the nation’s leading airports and busiest ports, and a comprehensive fiber-optic network, Greater Fort Lauderdale offers businesses the benefits of global connectivity

Greater Fort Lauderdale has an exceptional transportation, data and utility To meet the corporate community’s infrastructure that supports businesses in a wide range of industries. transportation needs, the City of Fort Lauderdale operates the John Fuhrer Downtown Helistop, which operates 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Highlights of the area’s robust infrastructure include: ranks 19th in the U.S. in total passenger trafc. FLL A fully furnished lobby located just below the • Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood International is also a major air cargo hub, with about 90,000 tons elevated Helistop platform provides travelers with Airport (FLL) ofers an ideal combination of passing through the airport annually. a comfortable area to converse and conduct short domestic and international service in conjunction With more than 350 departure fights a day, FLL business meetings. Te Downtown Helistop is just with nearby Miami International and Palm Beach ofers nonstop service to 140 U.S. cities and fights to three miles north of Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airports. Canada, Bahamas, Caribbean, Mexico, Latin International Airport and six miles south of Fort • Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport (FXE) provides America, and Europe. British Airways recently added Lauderdale Executive Airport. Miami International convenient general aviation services. service to London-Gatwick, and more than 25 other Airport is 25 miles to the south. Tis makes the • Port Everglades is one of the world’s busiest routes were added in 2017. Helistop a strategic link for business travelers and cruise and cargo ports, with ocean freight service FLL is in the middle of a $3.2 billion improvement visitors needing fast, efcient transportation to other to global locations. program that includes terminal expansions, adding Florida cities, including West Palm Beach, Orlando • Two regional commuter rail services now operate more than 30 new gates, building an elevated people- and Tampa. in the South Florida region. mover, widening the terminal roadway and eventually • A comprehensive fber-optic network supports adding a new hotel and parking garage with conference North Perry Airport high-bandwidth data, video and voice trafc. space and a courtyard. 954-359-1016 • One of the Internet’s few global network access www.broward.org/airport/northperryairport points is located in the region. Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport (FXE) Twice honored as “General Aviation Airport • Convenient commuter transit services provide 954-828-4966 • www.fyfxe.com of the Year” by the Florida Department of options for the workforce. For more than 70 years, Fort Lauderdale Transportation, North Perry is devoted exclusively • Cost-efective “green-oriented” utility services help Executive Airport (FXE) has been serving private, to private and business light-plane activity with an businesses operate more efciently. corporate and government aviation needs. Formerly estimated $133 million economic impact on the Recognizing the strategic location of South a training center for World War II Navy pilots, community. Concessionaires ofer fuel, service, air Florida, CityAge brought its 2017 “city building” including former President George H.W. Bush, today charter, fight instruction, aircraf sales, maintenance, national summit to Fort Lauderdale in 2017. Te FXE is home to more than 1,000 aircraf. With more storage and other services for the fying public. More conference focused on the need for public and than 163,000 take-ofs and landings each year, FXE than 300 aircraf are based at the airport, which private sector investment in transportation and ranks as one of the top ten busiest general aviation had approximately 175,000 operations last year. Te other infrastructure projects – a process that’s well airports in the country. airfeld system consists of four runways with two underway in Greater Fort Lauderdale. Centrally located just minutes from downtown, lighted for 24-hour operations. FXE ofers easy access to I-95 and Florida’s TRANSPORTATION Turnpike. Five full-service, fxed base operators Pompano Beach Air Park Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood provide fueling, maintenance, management and 954-786-4135 International Airport (FLL) professional services to Fortune 500 companies and http://pompanobeachf.gov/index.php/pages/ 954-359-1200 • www.fl.net small businesses alike. FXE has a 24-hour FAA air pw_airpark/airpark twitter:@FLLFlyer trafc control tower, instrument landing system Pompano Beach Air Park serves the general Centrally located between Miami-Dade and and U.S. Customs & Border Protection Service. In aviation needs of northern Broward. Te 946-acre Palm Beach Counties, Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood addition to its aviation operations, Fort Lauderdale airport, which is owned and operated by the City of International Airport (FLL) is a fast-growing Executive Airport features a 200-acre Industrial Pompano Beach, has multiple fxed base operators passenger and cargo hub ofering a low-cost structure Airpark with more than 1.5 million square feet of (FBOs) and provides general aviation services to airlines, tenants and passengers. FLL also plays a prime ofce, warehouse and manufacturing space. including fight training, aircraf rental, air taxi/charter, major economic role in the region, contributing more scenic rides, air ambulance, aerial photography, than $13.2 billion to the economy and providing Downtown Helistop mapping and surveying, search and rescue, more than 139,000 direct and indirect jobs. 954-523-4354 maintenance, avionics repairs and ramp services. Te In 2017, FLL served a record 32.5 million www.fyfxe.com/pilot-guide/ airport is home to about 235 aircraf, ten helicopters passengers, up 11.3 percent from the prior year, and dt1-helistop-information and a blimp housed at a Goodyear facility.

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Port Everglades Photo courtesy 954-523-3404 • www. of Brightline porteverglades.net Located In the heart of Greater Fort Lauderdale, Port Everglades is one of the world’s busiest cruise ports with 3.8 million passengers in fscal year 2017. Te port recently completed a $24 million project to renovate, expand and update Cruise Terminal 4, the sixth terminal to be updated in recent years. Port Everglades ranks second among cruise ports worldwide and has more homeported cruise ships than any other port, including Royal Caribbean’s “Harmony of the Seas” and “Allure of the Seas,” two of the largest cruise ships in the world. Te much anticipated, $1 billion Celebrity Edge sails from Port Everglades starting in winter of 2018. Port Everglades is also Florida’s top container port and the region’s main seaport for receiving petroleum products, including gasoline and jet fuel. In fscal year 2017, the port surpassed 1 million TEUs (20-foot equivalent units, the industry’s standard measurement for containers), and ranked 10th in the nation. About 15 percent of all U.S.-Latin American one of the largest hurricane-proof commercial NAP of the Americas® trade moves through Port Everglades, the number facilities in South Florida. Flexential provides a local 305-961-3200 one refrigerated cargo port in Florida. Overall, the solution for outsourcing data center services with www.verizonenterprise.com/infrastructure/data- port’s shippers serve more than 150 ports in 70 a secure local center with 24 by 7 engineering and centers/north-america/nap/nap-americas.xml countries around the world. support from a geographically diverse company that NAP of the Americas® is one of the most Te port’s 20-year Master/Vision Plan includes operates data centers in multiple markets. signifcant telecommunications centers in the expansions to support future growth in containerized world. Te Tier-IV facility was the frst purpose- global trade, and the deepening and widening of the Florida LambdaRail built, carrier-neutral Network Access Point and Port’s channels and the expansion of the Southport 850-385-1250 • www.frnet.org is the only facility of its kind specifcally designed Turning Notch. Another key draw is Florida’s frst Florida LambdaRail, LLC (FLR) facilitates to link Latin America with the rest of the world. and largest Foreign-Trade Zone, conveniently advanced research, education, and economic Based in Miami and operated by Verizon, NAP of situated in the heart of Port Everglades. development activities in Florida, utilizing next the Americas provides secure, reliable backbone Overall, Port Everglades supports more than generation network technologies, protocols and access to 160 global carriers, making this facility the 13,000 direct jobs and more than 222,000 jobs services. Te FLR complements the National unrivaled gateway to the Americas. statewide, and generates nearly $30 billion worth of LambdaRail initiative, a national high-speed economic activity, according to a recent study. research network initiative for research universities MASS TRANSIT and technology companies. Te FLR provides Brightline COMMUNICATIONS opportunities for Florida university faculty 305-520-2300 • www.gobrightline.com Crown Castle Fiber members, researchers and students to collaborate Brightline is an express commuter train service 866-787-2637 • https://fber.crowncastle.com with colleagues around the world on leading edge that is reinvigorating a century-old railway and Crown Castle Fiber, an award-winning provider research projects. connects the cities of Miami, Fort Lauderdale and of end-to-end bandwidth infrastructure services, West Palm Beach, with an expansion to Orlando owns and operates its state-of-the-art fber-optic Hotwire Communications in the works. Developed by All Aboard Florida, network in Greater Fort Lauderdale and other 800-355-5668 • www.hotwirecommunication.com Brightline is the only privately funded express major metropolitan areas in Florida and Texas. Hotwire Communications is the nation’s leading passenger rail system in the country, Brightline eases Crown Castle Fiber is the nation’s largest provider of provider in Fiber-to-the-Unit (FTTU) technology, the stress of trafc for residents and visitors with ride shared wireless infrastructure and ofers a full range providing seamless end-to-end data connections to sharing, taxi and shuttle options available at each of of fber-optic solutions. residential, commercial, hospitality, government, the three downtown South Florida stations. and institutional customers. As an all-in-one Flexential provider headquartered in Fort Lauderdale, its Tri-Rail 866-473-2510 • www.fexential.com award-winning services are independently ranked 800-TRI-RAIL Flexential (formerly Peak 10) ofers cloud and recognized for outstanding service speed, www.tri-rail.com services, systems management, managed storage, performance, and feature a revolutionary customer Te South Florida Regional Transportation data backup and restore, managed security, experience, with unique packages to suit every Authority (SFRTA) operates Tri-Rail, a 72-mile application management and other services in customer’s needs. commuter rail system serving 18 stations between

SCHEDULED AIRLINES SERVING FLL • Air Canada • Bahamasair • IBC Airways • Sunwing Airlines • Delta Air Lines Cargo • Air Transat • British Airways • JetBlue Airways • TAME Airlines • Federal Express • AirTran Airways • Canjet Airlines • Norwegian Air Shuttle • United Airlines • Mountain Air Cargo • Alaska Airlines • Caribbean Airlines • Silver Airways • Westjet Airlines • Southwest Airlines Cargo: • Allegiant • Copa Airlines • Skybahamas Airlines • United Parcel Service, Co. (UPS) • American Airlines • Delta Air Lines • Southwest Airlines CARGO • United States Postal Service • Avianca Airlines • Emirates Airline • Spirit Airlines • Aero Lauderdale • Azul Airlines • Florida Coastal Airlines • Sun Air International • Air Jamaica, Ltd. Source: Broward Aviation, 2018

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US Cities and International Cities Served from Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport

Domestic Destinations • Aguadilla • Dallas/Love • Memphis • Providence • Akron • Denver • Milwaukee • Raleigh Durham • Albany • Detroit • Minneapolis • Richmond • Allentown • Grand Rapids • Myrtle Beach • Rochester • Asheville • Greenville-Spartanburg • Nashville • Salt Lake City • Atlanta • Hartford • New Orleans • Atlantic City • Houston • New York - JFK • San Diego • Austin • Indianapolis • New York - LGA • San Francisco • Baltimore • Jacksonville • Newark • San Juan, P.R. • Boston • Kansas City • Newburgh • Seattle • Buffalo • Key West • Niagara Falls • St. Louis • Charleston • Knoxville • Norfolk • St. Thomas, V.I. • Charlotte • Las Vegas • Ogdensburg • Syracuse • Chicago • Latrobe • Orlando • Tallahassee • Cincinnati • Lexington • Philadelphia • Cleveland • Long Beach • Phoenix • Tampa West Palm Beach and Miami Photo courtesy • Columbus • Long Island/Islip • Pittsburgh • Washington, D.C International Airport. of FPL • Concord, NC • Los Angeles • Plattsburgh • White Plains Tri-Rail, which recently • Dallas/Ft. Worth • Louisville • Portsmouth • Worcester celebrated its 25th anniversary, operates seven days a week, providing a convenient alternative to International Destinations regional commuters. An extensive bus service, run by • Armenia, Colombia • Guayaquil, Ecuador • Port au Prince, Haiti Broward County Transit, connects Tri-Rail stops to • Barcelona, Spain • Halifax, Canada • Port of Spain, Trinidad major business, shopping, educational and residential • Belem, Brazil • Havana, Cuba • Providenciales, Turks and Caicos centers, as well as to Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood • Belize City, Belize • Holguin, Cuba • Punta Cana, Dominican Republic International Airport. • Bimini, Bahamas • Kingston, Jamaica • Quebec, Canada • Bogota, Colombia • Lima, Peru • Quito, Ecuador Broward County Transit - • Bridgetown, Barbados • London (Gatwick), England • Recife, Brazil Bus Transportation • Calgary, Canada • Managua, Nicaragua • San Jose, Costa Rica 954-357-8400 • www.broward.org/bct • Camaguey, Cuba • Marsh Harbour, Bahamas • San Pedro Sula, Honduras • Cancún, Mexico • Medellin, Colombia Broward County Transit (BCT) provides regular • San Salvador, El Salvador • Cap Haitien, Haiti • Mexico City, Mexico bus service throughout the county, meeting the needs • Santiago, Dominican Republic • Cartagena, Colombia • Montego Bay, Jamaica of commuters, visitors and residents of all ages. BCT’s • Santo Domingo, • Copenhagen, Denmark • Montreal, Canada total active feet – including biodiesel buses – makes • Dubai, United Arab Emirates • Nassau, Bahamas Dominican Republic 36.6 million passenger trips annually and travels 14 • Fort-de-France, Martinique • North Eleuthra, Bahamas • Sao Paulo, Brazil million annual service miles. BCT’s routes include • Freeport, Bahamas • Oranjestad, Aruba • St. Maarten, St. Maarten Broward workplaces, schools, shopping, libraries, • George Town, Bahamas • Oslo, Norway • Stockholm, Sweden parks, cultural and civic activities, and other places • George Town, Grand Cayman • Ottawa, Canada • Toronto, Canada of interest. BCT works in partnership with Broward • Governor’s Harbour, Bahamas • Panama City, Panama • Treasure Cay, Bahamas municipalities to provide community bus services, • Guantanamo Bay, Cuba • Paris, France • Veradero, Cuba and also provides links to Tri-Rail and the Miami- • Guatemala City, Guatemala • Pointe-a-Pitre, Guadeloupe • Winnipeg, Canada Dade and Palm Beach County transit systems. Source: Broward Aviation, 2018 South Florida Commuter Services 800-234-RIDE • www.1800234ride.com NextEra Energy, Inc. FPL consistently outperforms while maintaining a high quality of life through Supporting area carpools and vanpools, national averages for service reliability while sound environmental practices. Broward County South Florida Commuter Services (SFCS) is a customer bills are below the national average. A clean Water & Wastewater Services provides retail water comprehensive rideshare management system that energy leader, FPL has one of the lowest emissions and sewer services for 59,000 customers, regional provides instant access and matches for regional profles and one of the leading energy efciency wastewater services for more than 600,000 residents, commuters. SFCS provides free assistance to programs among utilities nationwide. and storm water and canal management services employers in the tri-county area that would like FPL ofers integrated energy services to supporting aquifer recharge and food management to implement transportation solutions within help businesses develop, design and install cost- throughout Broward County. their company. SFCS also provides other services/ efective money-saving projects. FPL’s turnkey information on park-n-ride lots, public transit, bike solutions are saving millions of dollars by lowering South Florida Water Management District partners and routes, and even highway construction operating costs and increasing proft margins 561-686-8800 or 800-432-2045 (Florida only) information. through reducing overall energy consumption and www.sfwmd.gov identifying areas of improvement. A regional agency of the State of Florida, the UTILITIES South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD) Florida Power & Light (FPL) Broward County Water is charged with managing and protecting water 954-797-5000 • www.fpl.com & Wastewater Services resources on behalf of 7.5 million South Floridians, Known for its national leadership in developing 954-831-3250 • www.broward.org/waterservices and is the lead agency in restoring America’s renewable sources of energy, Florida Power & Light Broward County Water & Wastewater Services Everglades – the largest environmental project in Company (FPL) serves 4.8 million customers, or is committed to providing cost-efective water and the nation’s history. Te SFWMD spans 16 counties, about half the state of Florida. It is a subsidiary of wastewater management services and programs including Broward, covering 17,930 square miles.

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“By fostering a business-friendly environment, Broward County’s civic leaders help companies achieve success in a wide range of industries.” Beam Furr MAYOR, BROWARD COUNTY

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Te Broward County Board of County Commissioners is the legislative branch Broward County Board of Broward County government, while the county administrator handles of County Commissioners the administrative functions. In addition to county government, Broward has 31 Government Center, Room 421 115 S. Andrews Avenue municipalities that serve local residents and businesses. Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 954-357-7000 www.broward.org At the center of a metropolitan area of more than procedures, while building and maintaining a 6 million people, Broward County operates Fort solid infrastructure for Greater Fort Lauderdale 2018 Broward County Commission Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport and businesses and residents. (Pictured below. Standing left to right) Tim Ryan, District 7; Port Everglades, as well as dozens of other county Te county commission is comprised of Nan H. Rich, District 1; Michael Udine, District 3; departments and a wide range of programs. nine members who are elected by district. Each For expanding and relocating businesses, commissioner must be a resident of the particular Vice Mayor Mark D. Bogen, District 2; Mayor Beam Furr, county agencies vigilantly pursue opportunities district for which seat he/she seeks election. Each District 6; Barbara Sharief, District 8; Steve Geller, District 5; to streamline and expedite permitting year, the commission elects a mayor who serves as Chip LaMarca, District 4; Dale V.C. Holness, District 9

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BROWARD COUNTY Board of County Commissioners

DISTRICT 1 Nan H. Rich 954-357-7001 [email protected]

the county’s ofcial representative and ceremonial and expanding targeted Photo courtesy DISTRICT 2 dignitary and provides leadership on issues facing industries, including a of Port Everglades Mark D. Bogen the county. special focus on small 954-357-7002 Te commission appoints the county business growth, and [email protected] administrator, county attorney and commission thereby, enhance the auditor. Te commission also appoints numerous quality of life for Broward County residents and DISTRICT 3 advisory and regulatory boards. Te County visitors. OESBD works closely with key partners to Michael Udine Commission meets in formal session the frst four accomplish its mission, including the Greater Fort 954-357-7003 Tuesdays each month at 10 a.m. in Room 422 of the Lauderdale Alliance. OESBD is responsible for the Broward County Governmental Center. Te public protocol and international trade desk that includes [email protected] is encouraged to attend commission meetings. the Diplomatic Services Room for Broward County, located at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood DISTRICT 4 Broward County Administrator International Airport. Chip LaMarca Bertha Henry Te ofce also handles export and trade 954-357-7004 954-357-7362 | www.broward.org including trade missions and conducts quarterly [email protected] Te county administrator is the chief executive export workshops to increase exports. Broward ofcer of Broward County and directs the County, through OESBD, also currently ofers two DISTRICT 5 government functions under the auspices of the certifcations for small businesses, the County Steve Geller county commission. Business Enterprise (CBE) and the Small Business Enterprise (SBE), or Sheltered Market. Broward 954-357-7005 Broward County Ofﬁce of Economic and County is also part of the Florida Department of [email protected] Small Business Development Transportation’s Unifed Certifcation Program Sandy-Michael McDonald, Director (UCP) and certifes frms located in Broward and DISTRICT 6 (MAYOR) 954-357-5673 | www.broward.org/econdev Palm Beach counties for Beam Furr Te mission of the Ofce of Economic and Small the Federal Disadvantaged Photo courtesy 954-357-7006 Business Development (OESBD) is to stimulate Business Enterprise (DBE) of the City of [email protected] economic development by attracting, retaining program. Dania Beach

DISTRICT 7 Tim Ryan 954-357-7007 [email protected]

DISTRICT 8 Barbara Sharief 954-357-7008 [email protected]

DISTRICT 9 Dale V. C. Holness 954-357-7009 [email protected]

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BROWARD COUNTY MUNICIPALITIES From attractive tax incentives to beach- ties as well as their government structure front views, dynamic retail centers and and a short list of businesses that have spacious business parks, Broward County’s chosen to call each city home. For more diverse municipalities offer a wide array of detailed information on a particular munici- business opportunities. Here is a snapshot pality, contact the Greater Fort Lauderdale of each of Broward County’s 31 municipali- Alliance at 954-524-3113 or the city itself. Photo courtesy of the City of Coral Springs

Municipality Address Form of Governemnt Ofﬁcials Stats

COCONUT CREEK 4800 West Copans Road City Commission/City Mayor: Joshua Rydell Square Miles: 12 Al Hendricks Toyota, Allstate, Broward College (North Campus), 1st Line Oncology, 2 major county parks and 20 active and passive city Coconut Creek Coconut Creek, FL 33063 Manager Population: 53,761 CSSI, Cusano’s Bakery, El Dorado Furniture, Enterprise Rent-a- parks, Broward College (North Campus), Butterfly World, City Community Chamber of Commerce: 954-973-6770 Chief Administrator: A-rated Schools: 5 Car (regional offices), Food for the Poor, Gunther VW, Motion- and Fitness Centers, Junior Achievement, Lyons Business Park, Lyons www.coconutchamber.com www.coconutcreek.net Mary Blasi, City Manager Muni. Millage Rate: 6.3857 Point, Seminole Coconut Creek Casino, Vista BMW Technology Center, Promenade at Coconut Creek, Seminole Coconut Creek Total Millage Rate: 20.825 Casino COOPER CITY 9090 S. W. 50th Place City Commission/City Mayor: Greg Ross Square Miles: 8.5 Broward County School Board, City of Cooper City, Publix, Bill Lipps Sports Complex, Brian Piccolo Park, Cooper Colony Golf Course, Davie-Cooper City Cooper City, FL 33328 Manager Population: 33,758 Steinmart, Integrated Medical Center, Walmart Cooper City Commons, Cooper City Sports Complex, Embassy Lakes Com- Chamber of Commerce: 954-434-4300 Chief Administrator: A-rated Schools: 5 munity, Monterra Community, Rock Creek Community www.davie-coopercity.org www.coopercityfl.org Bruce D. Loucks, City Manager Muni. Millage Rate: 6.5272 Total Millage Rate: 20.456 CORAL SPRINGS 9551 W. Sample Road City Commission/City Mayor: Skip Campbell Square Miles: 23.94 ABB Optical, Blue Stream, Broward County Schools, City of Betti Stradling Park, Coral Springs Center for the Arts, Coral Springs Coun- Coral Springs Economic Coral Springs, FL 33065 Manager Population: 127,381 Coral Springs, Coral Springs Auto Mall, Coral Springs Medical try Club, Coral Square Mall, Coral Springs Municipal Complex, Corporate Development Office: 954-344-1000 Chief Administrator: A-rated Schools: 5 Center (Broward Health), Dick’s Sporting Goods, First Data, Park of Coral Springs, Cypress Park Pool, Heron Bay Marriot Hotel, Golf http://CoralSpringsEDO.com www.coralsprings.org Michael Goodrum, City Manager Muni. Millage Rate: 5.873 Hobby Lobby, Home Depot, JELD-WELD Millwork Distribution, Club and Convention Center, Florida Panthers Ice Den, Museum of Art, Total Millage Rate: 20.435 KB Electronics, Lowe’s Home Center, Lucky’s Market, Lupin, Northwest Regional Library, Sawgrass Nature Center, Sportsplex Aquatic Coral Springs Regional Marriott, Nordis Direct Marketing, Publix Supermarket, Roofing Complex & Tennis Center, TPC Eagle Trace, The Walk Chamber of Commerce: Concepts Unlimited, Showcase Provisions, Surefit LLC, Target, www.cschamber.com TekPartners/MedPartners, Tridien Medical, Vantage Hospitality, Vutec Corporation, Walmart/Sam’s Club, Walgreens, Waveguide Communications, Whole Foods DANIA BEACH 100 W. Dania Beach Blvd. City Commission/City Mayor: Tamara James Square Miles: 8.5 American Maritime Officers (AMO) National Headquarters, Bass American Maritime Officers (AMO) National Headquarters, Arts and Vintage Greater Dania Beach Dania Beach, FL 33004 Manager Population: 32,030 Pro Shops, Casino at Dania Beach, City of Dania Beach, Chewy. District, Bass Pro Shops, Broward College Tigertail Lake Recreational Chamber of Commerce: 954-924-6800 Chief Administrator: A-rated Schools: 2 com, Chiquita, Cruise.com, Cross Pointe Care Center, Derecktor Center, County and City Parks, Dania Beach Marina, Dania Beach PATCH www.daniabeachchamber.org http://daniabeachfl.gov Robert Baldwin, City Manager Muni. Millage Rate: 5.9998 Florida, Holiday Inn, Marriott Hotels, Magic Leap, Publix, RTM Urban Farm and Community Garden, Dania Beach Pier, Casino at Dania www.daniabeachCRA.org Total Millage Rate: 19.379 Star Center, TQL Logistics, Wyndham Hotels Beach, Design Center of The Americas, FAU SeaTech Campus, Frost Park, Gallery of Amazing Things, Harbour Towne Marina, Holocaust Education and Documentation Center, Hurricane Harbor, IT Parker Community Center, Nova Southeastern University Oceanographic Center, Port Everglades, Stirling Road Design District, Weiner Museum of Decorative Arts DAVIE, TOWN OF 6591 Orange Drive Town Council /Town Admin- Mayor: Judy Paul Square Miles: 35.6 Allegran, Broward College, Broward County School Board, Bergeron Rodeo Grounds, Buehler Planetarium, Davie Business Center, Davie-Cooper City Davie, FL 33314 istrator Population: 99,440 Costco, Florida Atlantic University, Home Depot, Manheim Auc- Davie Golf and Country Club, Flamingo Gardens, Grande Oaks Country Chamber of Commerce: 954-797-1000 Chief Administrator: A-rated Schools: 5 tions, Nova Southeastern University, Pirtle Construction, Publix, Club, Miami Dolphins Training Facility, New Town Commerce Center, Old www.davie-coopercity.org www.davie-fl.gov Richard J. Lemack, Town Administrator Muni. Millage Rate: 5.322 Rick Case Automotive Group, Signature Grand, Stryker, Town of Davie School House, Robbins Lodge, South Florida Education Center, Tower Total Millage Rate: 20.135 Davie, Target Stores, Wal-Mart, Whole Foods Shops, Young at Art Museum DEERFIELD BEACH 150 N.E. 2nd Avenue City Commission/City Mayor: Bill Ganz Square Miles: 16.27 JM Family Enterprises, Fidelity Warranty Services, World Omni Blue Wave Award Winning Deerfield Beach, Deerfield Beach International Pier, City of Deerfield Beach: Deerfield Beach, FL 33441 Manager Population: 80,571 Financial, Publix Distribution, Broward Health North, Republic Sullivan Park, Deerfield Island County Park, Quiet Waters Regional Park, Deer- www.DFB.City; Deerfield Beach 954-480-4200 Chief Administrator: A-rated Schools: 2 National Distributing, Campbell Property Management, UM- field Beach Historical Society, Deerfield Beach Train Museum, Deerfield Beach www.deerfield-beach.com Burgess Hanson, City Manager Muni. Millage Rate: 6.501 Sylvester Cancer Institute, LIST Industries, SHL Pharma, People’s Tri-Rail/Amtrack Station, Broward Health North, Florida Atlantic Research and Chamber of Commerce: Total Millage Rate: 20.7876 Trust Insurance, Toyota of Deerfield Beach, Double Eagle Development Park, Hillsboro Technology Center, The Arboretum and Rainforest www.deerfieldchamber.com Distributors at Constitution Park, The Shoppes at Deerfield Beach, Pioneer Grove Deerfield Beach Economic Development Council: www.deerfieldedc.com FORT LAUDERDALE 100 N. Andrews Avenue City Commission/City Mayor: Dean Trantalis Square Miles: 35.5 Allied Marine/Ferretti Group, AutoNation, Baxter International, Amtrak, Brightline, Broward Center for the Performing Arts, Broward Greater Fort Lauderdale Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 Manager Population: 178,590 Bayview Asset Management, BFC Financial, Broward County County Main Library, Carter Park, Fort Lauderdale Aquatics Complex, Fort Chamber of Commerce: 954-828-5000 Chief Administrator: A-rated Schools: 10 School Board, Broward Health Medical Center, CHG Healthcare Lauderdale Beach, Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport, Fort Lauderdale- www.ftlchamber.com www.fortlauderdale.gov Lee Feldman, City Manager Muni. Millage Rate: 4.1193 Services, Citrix, Governmental agencies (city, county, state, Hollywood International Airport, Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show, Total Millage Rate: 18.561 federal), Hotwire Communications, Holy Cross Hospital, Galleria Mall, Greater Fort Lauderdale/Broward County Convention Center, Greater Fort Lauderdale Jetsmarter, Kaplan Higher Education, Microsoft Latin America, Holiday Park, Las Olas Boulevard Shopping District, Las Olas Municipal Convention and Visitors Bureau: Prolexic Technologies, Randstad, Republic Industries, SATO Marina, Mills Pond Park, Museum of Art, Museum of Discovery and Sci- www.sunny.org Global Solutions, Sixt Rent A Car, South African Airways, Stiles, ence, Osswald Park, Port Everglades, Riverwalk, Snyder Park, Stranahan Templeton Worldwide, Trividia Health, Zimmerman House, Tri-Rail, War Memorial Auditorium

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HALLANDALE BEACH 400 S. Federal Highway City Commission/City Mayor: Keith London Square Miles: 4.4 Diplomat Golf & Country Club, Gulfstream Park Racing and Diplomat Golf & Country Club, Fashion Row Art District, Hallandale Beach Hallandale Beach Hallandale Beach, FL 33009 Manager Population: 37,133 Casino, Mardi Gras Gaming Commerce Park, Historic Village, Mardi Gras Gaming & Casino, North & Chamber of Commerce: 954-458-3251 Chief Administrator: Muni. Millage Rate: 5.1918 South Beach, The Village at Gulfstream Park www.hallandalebeachchamber.org www.hallandalebeachﬂ.gov Roger M. Carlton, City Manager Total Millage Rate: 19.988 HILLSBORO BEACH, 1210 Hillsboro Mile Town Commission Mayor: Deborah Tarrant Square Miles: 0.47 Residential Community United States Coast Guard Lighthouse at Hillsboro Inlet N/A TOWN OF Hillsboro Beach, FL 33062 Population: 1,905 954-427-4011 Chief Administrator: Muni. Millage Rate: 3.39 www.townofhillsborobeach.com Robert Lellogg, Town Clerk Total Millage Rate: 17.873

HOLLYWOOD 2600 Hollywood Blvd. City Commission/City Mayor: Josh Levy Square Miles: 28.87 City of Hollywood, Chewy, HEICO Corporation, Margaritaville Hol- Art & Culture Center of Hollywood, ArtsPark at Young Circle, Barry Univer- Greater Hollywood Hollywood, FL 33022-9045 Manager Population: 143,273 lywood Beach Resort, Memorial Healthcare System, Memorial sity College of Health Sciences, City of Hollywood Marina, Joe DiMaggio Chamber of Commerce: 954-921-3211 Chief Administrator: A-rated Schools: 7 Hospital South and Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital, Memorial Children’s Hospital, Diplomat Resort & Spa, Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood www.hollywoodchamber.org www.hollywoodfl.org Dr. Wazir Ishmael, City Manager Muni. Millage Rate: 7.4479 Regional Hospital, Interbond Corp. of America d/b/a BrandsMart International Airport, Hillcrest Golf & Country Club, Hollywood Beach Golf Total Millage Rate: 20.887 U.S.A., Royal Caribbean Cruise Line, Seminole Hard Rock Hotel Course and Resort, Hollywood Public Beach and Historic Beach Boardwalk, Hollywood Community & Casino, Diplomat Resort & Spa Dr. Von D. Mizell-Eula Johnson State Park, Margaritaville Hollywood Beach Redevelopment Agency: Resort, Memorial Regional Hospital, Nova Southeastern University Guy www.hollywoodcra.org Harvey Oceanographic Center, Orangebrook Golf and Country Club, Port Everglades, Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, Sheridan Technical Col- Hollywood Office of Tourism: lege, T.Y. Park, West Lake Park/Anne Kolb Nature Center www.visithollywood.org LAUDERDALE- 4501 Ocean Drive Town Commission/Town Mayor: Chris Vincent Square Miles: 1.5 Hotels and Restaurants Beaches, Downtown Pavilion, Fishing Pier, Municipal Park Lauderdale-By-The-Sea BY-THE-SEA Lauderdale-By-The-Sea, FL 33308 Manager Population: 6,056 Chamber of Commerce: 954- 640-4220 Chief Administrator: Muni. Millage Rate: 3.6873 www.lbts.com www.lauderdalebythesea-fl.gov Bud Bentley, Town Manager Total Millage Rate: 17.972 LAUDERDALE LAKES 4300 N.W. 36th Street City Commission/City Mayor: Hazelle Rogers Square Miles: 4 Aldi Food Market, Bank of America, BankUnited, Burlington Coat C-13 Canal Trail, City of Lauderdale Lakes Educational and Cultural Center, www.lauderdalelakes.org Lauderdale Lakes, Fl 33319 Manager Population: 34,790 Factory, Chase Bank, Dollar Tree, Enterprise Car Rental, Florida Cypress Preserve Park, Lakes Mall, Lauderdale Lakes Swimming Complex, 954-535-2700 Chief Administrator: Muni. Millage Rate: 8.5000 Medical Center, SunTrust, Walgreens, Walmart Supercenter Northgate Park, Vincent Torres Memorial Park, Willie Webb Sr. Park www.lauderdalelakes.org Phil Alleyne, City Manager Total Millage Rate: 23.8819 LAUDERHILL 5581 W. Oakland Park Blvd. City Commission/City Mayor: Richard J. Kaplan Square Miles: 8.6 Children’s Services Council, Inverrary Vacation Resort, LaStrada Lauderhill Performing Arts Center, Central Broward Regional Park, City of Lauderhill Regional Lauderhill, FL 33313 Manager Population: 70,452 Furniture, the Lenox on the Lake, Publix, Swap Shop, UPS, Winn Lauderhill Golf Course, Lauderhill Mall, Lauderhill Sports Park, Sadkin Chamber of Commerce: 954-730-3000 Chief Administrator: A-rated Schools: 1 Dixie, Fassmer Service of America, Select Foods, Life Care Community Center, Swap Shop, Veterans Park Community Center www.lauderhillchamber.com www.Lauderhill-fl.gov Charles Faranda, City Manager Muni. Millage Rate: 7.5898 Center at Inverrary, Pacifica Senior Living Forest Trace Total Millage Rate: 23.8233 LAZY LAKE, VILLAGE OF 2250 Lazy Lane Village Council Mayor: Caroline White Square Miles: 0.07 Residential Community Residential Community N/A Lazy Lake, FL 33305 Population: 25 Chief Administrator: Muni. Millage Rate: 4.3490 Joe Fodera, Village Clerk Total Millage Rate: 19.0800 LIGHTHOUSE POINT 2200 N.E. 38th Street Mayor/City Commission Mayor: Glenn Troast Square Miles: 2.49 Residential Community Cap’s Place Restaurant, Lighthouse Point Marina, Lighthouse Point Yacht Lighthouse Point Lighthouse Point, FL 33064 Population: 10,510 and Racquet Club Chamber of Commerce: 954-943-6500 Chief Administrator: Muni. Millage Rate: 3.5893 www.lhpchamber.com www.lighthousepoint.com John Lavisky, City Administrator Total Millage Rate: 18.1532 MARGATE 5790 Margate Blvd. City Commission/City Mayor: Arlene R. Schwartz Square Miles: 9.17 AutoNation, Broward County Public Schools, City of Margate, Calypso Cove Aquatic Facility, Carolina Golf Course, Firefighters Park, Margate Chamber of Commerce: Margate, FL 33063 Manager Population: 55,456 Global Response Corporation, JM Lexus, Nationwide Reloca- Margate Sports Complex, Northwest Medical Center www.margatechamber.org 954-972-6454 Chief Administrator: A-rated Schools: 1 tion Services, Northwest Medical Center, Penn Dutch, Publix, www.margatefl.com Samual A. May, City Manager Muni. Millage Rate: 7.3093 Walmart Total Millage Rate: 21.3462 MIRAMAR 2300 Civic Center Place City Commission/City Mayor: Wayne M. Messam Square Miles: 31 Aero Accessories, American Express, American Medical Depot, Fairway Business Center, Flamingo Park of Commerce, Huntington Miramar-Pembroke Pines Miramar, FL 33025 Manager Population: 136,246 AT&T Broadband, Carnival Cruise Lines, Comcast, Disney, Ecolab, Corporate Park, Huntington Square Office Park, Miramar Business Center, Regional Chamber of Commerce: 954-602-3123 Chief Administrator: A-rated Schools: 12 EDS, FedEx, Humana, I HEART Media, JL Audio, Kellstrom, Miramar Center Business Park, Miramar Center Corporate Park, Miramar www.MiramarPembrokePines.org www.miramarfl.gov Vernon E. Hargray, Interim City Manager Muni. Millage Rate: 6.7654 Lucent Technologies, Memorial Healthcare, Memorial Hospital, Commerce Park, Miramar Executive Center, Miramar Park of Commerce, Total Millage Rate: 19.9536 NBC6,WTVJ/Telemundo, Nissan, Premier Beverages, Quest Diag- Miramar Professional Plaza, Monarch Lakes Industrial Center, Parkway nostics, Royal Caribbean, Siemens, SIMTEC, SmithKline Beecham, Professional Building, Veneto Corporate Island and Professional Center at Sealand, Southern Glazer’s Wine & Spirits, Spirit Airlines, Turbine Riviera Point Controls, United Data Technologies, WAI Global, 3Z Telecom NORTH LAUDERDALE 701 S.W. 71st Avenue City Commission/City Mayor: Jack Brady Square Miles: 5.2 Bravo Supermarket, Broward Meats, City of North Lauderdale, Hampton Pines Park, North Lauderdale Sports Complex, Veterans Memo- www.nlauderdale.org North Lauderdale, FL 33068 Manager Population: 44,923 Home Depot, Publix Supermarket, Teleperformance, Ross, rial, Wyland Wall 954-722-0900 Chief Administrator: A-rated Schools: 2 Walmart Full Service Center www.nlauderdale.org Ambreen Bhatty Muni. Millage Rate: 7.5 Total Millage Rate: 21.687 OAKLAND PARK 3650 N.E. 12th Avenue City Commission/City Mayor: Tim Lonergan Square Miles: 8.04 Broward County Public Schools, Broward Paper & Packaging Collins Community Center, Dillon Tennis Center, Dog Park, Jaco Pastorius Oakland Park/Wilton Oakland Park, FL 33334 Manager Population: 44,000 Inc., CareerSource Broward, City of Oakland Park, Funky Buddha Park Community Center, Oakland Park Athletic Complex, Royal Palm Park, Manors Chamber of Commerce: 954-630-4200 Chief Administrator: A-rated Schools: 1 Brewery, Holy Cross Hospital, Home Depot, L.A. Fitness, Lipton Veteran’s Park, Wimberly Athletic Field www.ftlchamber.com www.oaklandparkfl.org David Hebert, City Manager Muni. Millage Rate: 6.1555 Toyota, Lowe’s Home Improvement, Lucky’s Market, Publix Su- Total Millage Rate: 20.385 permarket, Safeway, Steel Fabricators LLC, U.S. Postal Service Oakland Park Business Group: www.oaklandparkbusinessgroup. com

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PARKLAND 6600 University Drive City Commission/City Mayor: Christine Hunschofsky Square Miles: 12.7685 Aston Gardens, BJ’s, Broward County School District, City of Audubon Garden, Equestrian Center, Pine Trails Park, Terramar Park, Park- Parkland Chamber of Commerce: Parkland, FL 33067 Manager Population: 32,000 Parkland, Publix, and various retail land Recreation and Enrichment Center www.parklandchamber.com 954-753-5040 Chief Administrator: A-rated Schools: 4 www.cityofparkland.org Caryn Gardner-Young, City Manager Muni. Millage Rate: 3.9890 Total Millage Rate: 18.2649 PEMBROKE PARK, 3150 S.W. 52nd Avenue Mayor: Ashira Mohammed Square Miles: 1.6 Coca Cola Bottling, Grainger, Home Depot, Home Depot Dis- A.J. Ryan, Jr. Park, McTyre County Park, Patrick Behan Park, Pembroke Hallandale Beach/Pembroke Park TOWN OF Pembroke Park, FL 33023 Population: 6,199 tribution Center, Marinize Products, ME Productions, Mohawk Park of Commerce, The Raymond P. Oglesby Preserve at Pembroke Park, Chamber of Commerce: 954-966-4600 Chief Administrator: Muni. Millage Rate: 8.5 Carpets, Stratton Framing, Sun Sentinel Publishing, Window Seneca Industrial Park www.pembrokeparkchamber.com www.townofpembrokepark.com Dr. Robert Levy, Town Manager Total Millage Rate: 21.688 Classics www.hallandalebeachchamber. com PEMBROKE PINES 601 City Center Way City Commission/City Mayor: Frank C. Ortis Square Miles: 34.8 Allied Industries, AutoNation, Baptist Health South Florida, Barry University, Bergeron Business and Industrial Park, Broward College, Cha- Miramar-Pembroke Pines Regional Pembroke Pines, FL 33025 Manager Population: 170,172 Bergeron Land Development, Broward College, Calvin Giordano pel Trail Industrial Park, Chapel Trail Wetlands Preserve, Charles F. Dodge City Chamber of Commerce: 954-450-1060 Chief Administrator: A-rated Schools: 19 and Associates, Cintas, City of Pembroke Pines, Claris Corpora- Center, City owned/operated charter school system, C.B. Smith Regional Park, www.MiramarPembrokePines.org www.ppines.com Charles F. Dodge, City Manager Muni. Millage Rate: 5.6736 tion, Discovery Schools, Elizabeth Arden, GDKN Corporation, Department of Homeland Security, Florida Career College, Golf Courses, Keiser Total Millage Rate: 19.3840 Geo Care Inc, Global Medical Management, Holman Enterprises, University, Memorial West Hospital, Memorial Pembroke Hospital, North Perry Keiser University, Linder Industrial Machinery, Macy’s, Memorial Airport, Pembroke Lakes Golf and Racquet Club, Pembroke Lakes Regional Healthcare System, Power 1 Financial, Publix Supermarkets, Mall, Pembroke Pines Academic Village, Pembroke Pointe Office Complex and School Board of Broward County, Target, Walmart, Waste Pro the Edison, Rueter Recycling Facility, Senator Howard Forman Health Center, USA Inc., Zinn Automotive Group Shops at Pembroke Gardens, Social Security Administration, South Florida State Hospital, Southwest Focal Point Senior Center, Studio 18, The Frank C. Ortis Exhibition Hall and Gallery PLANTATION 400 N.W. 73rd Avenue Strong Mayor/ City Council Mayor: Diane Veltri Bendekovic Square Miles: 21.77 Virgin Voyages, Broward County, DHL, Magic Leap, City of Broward County Governmental Offices, The Fountains Shoppes of Distinc- Greater Plantation Plantation, FL 33317 Population: 88,619 Plantation, Consolidated Credit Counseling, Motorola, Plantation tion, Jim Ward Community Center, Pine Island Park, Plantation Central Chamber of Commerce: 954-797-2200 Chief Administrator: A-rated Schools: 4 General Hospital, Precision Response Corporation, Team Health, Park, Plantation General Hospital, Plantation Heritage Park, Plantation Pre- www.plantationchamber.org www.plantation.org Horace McHugh, Chief Administrative Officer Muni. Millage Rate: 5.75 TradeStation, Baptist Health, Westside Regional Medical Center, serve Golf Course & Club, Sunset Park, West Regional County Courthouse, Total Millage Rate: 20.525 Quest Workspaces Westfield Mall, Westside Regional Hospital, Volunteer Park POMPANO BEACH 100 W. Atlantic Blvd. City Commission/City Mayor: Lamar Fisher Square Miles: 23.57 Accudock, Complete Marine, City of Pompano Beach, Sigma Ali Cultural Arts, Air Park and the Goodyear Blimp Base, Aqua Marina, Aquatic Greater Pompano Beach Pompano Beach, FL 33060 Manager Population: 109,441 Plastics/Flexsol Group, FedEx Ground, Flexsol Packaging Corp., Center, Bailey Contemporary Arts, Community Park and Baseball Complex, Chamber of Commerce: 954-786-4600 Chief Administrator: A-rated Schools: 1 Freshpoint Produce, Gold Coast Beverage Distributors, Isle Cultural Arts Center, Festival Flea Market, Greg Norman designed Pompano Mu- www.pompanobeachchamber.com www.pompanobeachfl.gov Greg Harrison, City Manager Muni. Millage Rate: 5.32 Casino and Harness Track, John Knox Village, Latite Roofing and nicipal Golf Course, Hillsboro Inlet Park, Historic Downtown/Green Market, the Isle Total Millage Rate: 19.773 Sheet Metal, Point Blank Enterprises, Stimpson Manufacturing, Casino and Harness Track, Merritt Boat Yard, Pompano Citi Centre, Public Beach Supervalu, Walmart, Ofra Cosmetics, Wayfair and Fishing Pier, Tennis Center and Amphitheatre, Alsdorf Park and boat ramps SEA RANCH LAKES #1 Gatehouse Road Village Council/Mayor Mayor: Alexander Soto Square Miles: 0.23 Residential Community Residential Community N/A Sea Ranch Lakes, FL 33308 Population: 673 954-943-8862 Chief Administrator: Muni. Millage Rate: 7.5000 Donald Doody, City Attorney Total Millage Rate: 21.8729 SOUTHWEST RANCHES, 13400 Griffin Road Town Council / Mayor: Doug McKay Square Miles: 13 Bank of America, Lowe’s, McDonalds, Publix, Walgreens Equestrian Park, Private equestrian facilities for training/boarding, Newly N/A TOWN OF Southwest Ranches, FL 33330 Town Administrator Population: 7,958 converted scenic Barn and Park 954-434-0008 Chief Administrator: Muni. Millage Rate: 4.4629 www.southwestranches.org Andrew “Andy” Berns, Town Administrator Total Millage Rate: 17.651 SUNRISE 10770 W. Oakland Park Blvd. City Commission/City Mayor: Michael J. Ryan Square Miles: 18.1 Actavis, American Express, BioHeart, Bolton Medical, Broadspire, BB&T Center Arena, Broward Lakes Business Park, City Owned Satellite Greater Sunrise Sunrise, FL 33351 Manager Population: 90,116 Centene Healthcare, Cigna, Colodny Fass, Comcast, Cross Farm, The Colonnades, Markham Park, Metropica, Sawgrass International Chamber of Commerce: 954-746-3440 Chief Administrator: A-rated Schools: 3 Country Services, Emerson - Latin America, Ford, Fortinet, Corporate Park, Sawgrass Mills, Seven Bridges at Springtree Golf Club, www.sunrisechamber.org www.sunrisefl.gov Richard Salamon, City Manager Muni. Millage Rate: 6.0543 Grant Thornton, HBO Latin America, HealthTrust, IKEA, Mednax, Sunrise Civic Center Theater, Sunrise Commerce Park, University of Florida Total Millage Rate: 20.671 NationsHealth, New York Life, Norwegian Cruise Lines, Parallon, MBA Program, Veterans Administration Medical Clinic, Westerra Pet Supermarket, Process Map, Rick Case Automotive Group, Sawgrass Mills, Sprint PCS, Team Health, T-Mobile, United Healthcare, The Wendy’s Company - Latin America TAMARAC 7525 N.W. 88th Avenue City Commission/City Mayor: Harry Dressler Square Miles: 12 3dcart, Arrigo Dodge Chrysler Jeep, City Furniture, Interplex Caporella Aquatic Center, Caporella Park, Colony West Golf Club, Gary B. Greater Tamarac Tamarac, FL 33321 Manager Population: 63,000 Sunbelt, KSM Electronics Inc., Richline Group, State Farm, Jones Park for People and Pups, Mainlands Park, Sunset Point Park, Tamarac Chamber of Commerce: 954-597-3510 Chief Administrator: A-rated Schools: 2 Unipharma, University Hospital and Medical Center Commerce Park, Tamarac Community Center, Tamarac Commons Park, www.tamaracchamber.org www.tamarac.org Michael C. Cernech, City Manager Muni. Millage Rate: 7.2899 Tamarac Library, Tamarac Park/Multi-Purpose Center, Tamarac Sports Com- Total Millage Rate: 21.577 plex, Tamarac Village - Coming Soon, Veterans’ Memorial Park, Tephor Park WEST PARK 1965 South State Road 7 City Commission/City Mayor: Eric H. Jones, Jr. Square Miles: 2.22 Home Depot, Bravo Supermarket DEALS, HGreg.com Dealership City Hall, Historic McTyre Park (formerly known as Tower Park), Mary N/A West Park, FL 33083 Manager Population: 15,112 Saunders Park, and mostly residential Community 954-989-2688 Chief Administrator: Muni. Millage Rate: 8.5 www.cityofwestpark.org W. Ajibola Balogun, City Administrator Total Millage Rate: 21.838 WESTON 17200 Royal Palm Boulevard City Commission/City Mayor: Daniel J. Stermer Square Miles: 25.8 Actavis, Cleveland Clinic Florida, Publix, School Board of Bro- Cleveland Clinic Florida, Midtown Athletic Club, Nicklaus Children’s Hospi- Weston Business Weston, FL 33326 Manager Population: 66,603 ward County, Ultimate Software tal’s Dan Marino Outpatient Center, Weston Regional Park, Weston Tennis Chamber of Commerce 954-385-2000 Chief Administrator: A-rated Schools: 11 Center, Weston YMCA Family Center, Weston Town Center, 46 Miles of Bike www.ftlchamber.com www.westonfl.org John R. Flint, City Manager Muni. Millage Rate: 2.39 Lanes Total Millage Rate: 16.677 WILTON MANORS 2020 Wilton Drive City Commission/City Mayor: Gary Resnick Square Miles: 2.04 City of Wilton Manors, Kids in Distress, Marrinson Senior Care City Hall & Police Station Complex, Colohatchee Park, Hagen Park Com- Wilton Manors Wilton Manors, FL 33305 Manager Population: 12,960 Residences, Moss, Publix munity Park & Tennis Center, Island City Park, Richardson Historical Park Business Association: 954-390-2100 Chief Administrator: Muni. Millage Rate: 5.99 and Nature Preserve, Stonewall Museum & National Archives, Wilton Drive www.wiltonmanorsbusinessas- www.wiltonmanors.com Leigh Ann Henderson, City Manager Total Millage Rate: 20.772 Arts & Entertainment District sociation.com

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Major Employers Important Sites / Facilities Business Websites

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“Our community provides strong support for relocating and expanding businesses, including valuable incentives and assistance to qualifed companies.” Tim Rubin, CPA DIRECTOR OF CLIENT SERVICES, KAUFMAN ROSSIN

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Financial and Tax Advantages A wide range of beneﬁts are available to relocating and expanding businesses in Greater Fort Lauderdale

Low taxes, fnancial assistance, streamlined regulatory processes and access capital resources, including angel investors, venture capital, experienced commercial lenders, innovative talent development programs provide important support for and support from federal and state programs. business success in Greater Fort Lauderdale. Venture Capital Venture capitalists can provide the funding needed to jump-start a business. Tese venture capital frms or Tose fnancial advantages carry over to the qualify for sales tax exemption upon purchase angel investors are willing to provide an entrepreneur personal side, where individuals pay no state or local • Electricity used in the manufacturing process with seed capital in the hopes of gaining a substantial personal income taxes, giving companies an added • Aircraf parts, modifcation, maintenance and return when the business takes of. Florida’s enticement in recruiting executives, professionals repair, sale or lease of qualifed aircraf entrepreneurial networking group – Te Florida and technology specialists and other talent. • Commercial space activity – launch vehicles, payloads Venture Forum – is a resource of proven value. and fuel, machinery and equipment for production of For more information, visit www.fventure.org. TAX ADVANTAGES items used exclusively at Spaceport Florida A stable and highly favorable tax climate enhances • Labor component of research and development Business Incubators/Accelerators proftability for a wide variety of businesses looking expenditures Te Innovation Hub, located at Broward College, to grow and prosper in a Florida location. • Any facility, device, fxture, machinery or is a 5,400-square-foot facility designed to be a equipment required for pollution control, abatement mixed-use business incubator, focused on housing Florida has . . . or monitoring of equipment used in manufacturing a dynamic community of entrepreneurs, start- • NO corporate income tax on limited partnerships processing or compounding items for sale ups, mentors, advisors • NO corporate income tax on subchapter and investors, and serving Photo courtesy S-corporations Access to Capital as a one-stop resource of the City of • NO state personal income tax guaranteed by Florida ofers business leaders a variety of ways to for business owners, Hollywood constitutional provision • NO corporate franchise tax on capital stock • NO state-level property tax assessed • NO property tax on business inventories • NO property tax on goods-in-transit for up to 180 days • NO sales and use tax on goods manufactured or produced in Florida for export outside the state • NO sales tax on purchases of raw materials incorporated in a fnal product for resale, including non-reusable containers or packaging • NO sales/use tax on boiler fuels • NO sales/use tax on co-generation of electricity Florida Offers Sales and Use Tax Exemptions On . . . • Semiconductor, defense and space technology- based industry transactions involving manufacturing or research equipment • Purchases of machinery and equipment used by a new or expanding Florida businesses to manufacture, produce or process tangible personal property for sale • Labor, parts and materials used in repair of and incorporated into machinery and equipment that

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innovators and committed individuals pursuing their entrepreneurial ambitions. It ofers access to mentors – through Broward College’s collaborative partnerships with Broward SCORE, the Small Business Development Center and the Enterprise Development Corporation – as well as angel investors, including New World Angels. Te South Florida Accelerator is also a part of the innovation hub. Tere are seminars and workshops on various business topics focused on specifc skills helpful to startup companies that will also be open to the public. Te Innovation Hub seeks to serve as a business ecosystem that fosters efciency and innovation. For more information: www.broward.edu/ academics/ce/Pages/innovationhub.aspx FAST-TRACK PERMITTING Broward County and municipal partners ofer fast-track permitting, a process that accelerates the normal time it takes to acquire permits. Te Greater Fort Lauderdale Alliance can provide assistance to expanding and relocating companies.

Platinum Cities company through the permitting process. An online • Provide customer options Photo courtesy Broward County and many of its municipalities permitting system also allows applicants to review for email and document of Rick Case have been named “Platinum Cities” afer approving the status of their permits on a real-time basis upload Automotive Group a permitting excellence process recommended throughout the process. • Allow professionals to by the Greater Fort Lauderdale Alliance. Tose process digitally or electronically signed and sealed municipalities include Coconut Creek, Cooper Broward County’s ePermits Initiative plans and documents City, Coral Springs, Dania Beach, Davie, Multiple Broward County agencies have • Allow concurrent reviews by multiple reviewers Deerfeld Beach, Fort Lauderdale, Hallandale collaborated on an electronic permitting • Provide electronic permits and approvals Beach, Hillsboro Beach, Hollywood, Lauderhill, “ePermits” system. Contractors, businesses, design • Provide access to archived documents and plans Margate, Miramar, Oakland Park, Parkland, professionals and residents can visit www.broward. Pembroke Pines, Plantation, Pompano Beach, org/ePermits to identify their project type and TARGETED INDUSTRIES Sunrise, Tamarac, West Park, Wilton Manors and obtain information on required permits. Qualiﬁed Target Industry Refund (QTI) unincorporated Broward County. Te ePermits cloud-based platform is an example Tax refund incentives are available to companies Te purpose of the permitting excellence of how the county is moving forward to improve that create high-wage, value-added jobs in targeted process, designed for high-impact, targeted industry operational efectiveness, efciency and transparency. industries such as corporate headquarters; life businesses that are relocating or expanding in It allows Broward residents and customers to submit sciences; infotech; aviation/aerospace; homeland Broward County, is to provide businesses with applications to a permitting agency with signifcantly security/defense; fnancial/professional services; a streamlined, frst-rate experience when going reduced turnaround review time. Still under long-term marine sciences; research and development; and through the development, permitting and inspection development, the ePermit program is a one-stop shop manufacturing. Pre-approved applicants who create process for ofce and industrial properties. for electronic submittal of plans, projects, permits, and jobs in Florida can be eligible to receive tax refunds Steps communities are taking to provide an licenses that will: from $3,000 to $5,000 per new Florida full-time excellent permitting experience include pre- • Allow permit applicants Photo courtesy equivalent job created. development meetings and designating a city staf to use one permit system to of the City of Qualifying companies must pay a minimum of member as a single point of contact to assist the submit applications Hollywood 115 percent ($55,990) of Broward County’s private sector average wage of $ 48,687. New or expanding businesses in selected targeted industries, including corporate headquarters, are eligible. High Impact Performance Incentive Grant (HIPI) Te High Impact Performance Incentive is a negotiated grant used to attract and grow major high impact facilities in Florida. Grants are provided to pre-approved applicants in certain high-impact sectors designated by the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity (DEO). In order to participate in the program, the project must: operate within designated high- impact portions of the following sectors– clean energy, corporate headquarters, fnancial services, life sciences, semiconductors, and transportation equipment manufacturing; create at least 50 new full-time equivalent jobs (if a R&D facility, create at least 25 new full-time equivalent jobs) in Florida in a three-year period; and make a cumulative

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equipment manufacturing; create at least 100 new jobs in Florida in connection with the project; and make a cumulative capital investment of at least $25 million in connection with the project from the beginning of construction to the commencement of operations. Te amount of the annual credit is up to 5 percent of the eligible capital costs generated by a qualifying project, for up to *20 years. Te annual credit may not exceed a specifed percentage of the annual corporate income tax liability generated by the project. Tose percentages are: 100 percent for a project with a cumulative capital investment of at least $100 million; 75 percent for a project with a cumulative capital investment of at least $50 million but less than $100 million; and 50 percent for a project with a cumulative capital investment of at least $25 million but less than $50 million. *For select projects, unused portion of tax credit may be extended for up to 30 years. WORKFORCE INCENTIVES A variety of workforce training grants and resources are available. For more information see the Talent investment in the state of at least $50 million (if a the Governor’s Ofce Photo courtesy Hub chapter. R&D facility, make a cumulative investment of at prior to commencement of City Furniture least $25 million) in a three-year period. of operations. To qualify ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE for consideration under Economic Development Capital Investment Tax Credit (CITC) the program, an applicant must operate within Transportation Fund To encourage investment, Florida ofers a Capital designated high impact portions of the following Te Economic Development Transportation Fund, Investment Tax Credit to qualifying companies. sectors: clean energy, corporate headquarters, commonly referred to as the “Road Fund,” is an To participate in the program, a company must fnancial services, information technology, life incentive tool designed to alleviate transportation apply to Enterprise Florida and be certifed by sciences, semiconductors, and transportation issues related to a specifc company’s location or

The Greater Fort Lauderdale Alliance 2018 Economic Broward Development Partner Cultural of the Year Division

“At a time when Broward is growing rapidly, this award is particularly deserving as the Cultural Division’s work is so critical for continually increasing the quality of life for both our residents and visitors.”

BEAM FURR Mayor, Broward County

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expansion decision. Eligible projects are those that facilitate economic development by eradicating location-specifc transportation problems (e.g., access roads, signalization, road widening, etc.) on behalf of a specifc eligible company (e.g., manufacturing, corporate/regional headquarters, and certain other multi-state business services). Up to $3 million may be provided to a local government to implement the improvements. PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS Te State of Florida welcomes public-private partnerships for a wide range of infrastructure projects, including roads, bridges, ports and healthcare facilities. Under state law, businesses can submit unsolicited proposals to local governments. If approved by the public sector, the project can begin, creating new jobs and business opportunities for contractors, designers and other professionals. Te law also authorizes public-private partnerships to contract for public service work with a not-for- proft-organization or charitable youth organization, and provides certain requirements for contracts specifc to park land and public education buildings. Additionally, it creates an alternative procurement process and requirements for public-private largest electric utility in Florida, ofers discounted provide fnancial aid to small Photo courtesy partnerships to facilitate the construction of public- service for new or expanding businesses that add a businesses. A few of the most of Zimmerman purpose projects. minimum of 350-KW demand of new electric load popular programs are Basic Advertising Since industry leaders gathered in Fort and create at least 25 new jobs per 350-KW demand 7(a) Business Loan, Micro- Lauderdale in 2012 to share ideas and build of added load. FPL’s economic development rate Loans and the CDC/504 relationships, the Florida Council for Public can potentially save a 350-KW demand business Program. Private Partnerships has become a key source customer $9,500 to $12,000 in the frst year to help Micro-loan lenders and Certifed Development of information on these programs. Te council ofset costs associated with the start-up, expanding Companies (CDC) work with the SBA to provide holds regular networking events, webinars and or moving their operations to Florida. fnancing to small businesses. Te Micro-Loan conferences that focus on opportunities in this Visit PoweringFlorida.com or email Program provides very small loans to start-up, growing feld. [email protected] for more information. newly established or growing small business For more information, visit www.fcp3.org. concerns. Under this program, SBA makes funds FINANCE available to non-proft community-based lenders SPECIAL OPPORTUNITIES Below-Market-Rate Loans (intermediaries) that, in turn, make loans to eligible Urban Incentives A wide array of sound fnancial institutions and borrowers in amounts up to a maximum of $35,000. Florida ofers increased incentive awards and specialized government fnancing programs are Te average loan size is about $10,500. Applications lower wage qualifcation thresholds for businesses available in Greater Fort Lauderdale. Short-term are submitted to the local intermediary and all locating in many urban core/inner city areas that loans for real estate, equipment or operating capital credit decisions are made at the local level. are experiencing conditions afecting the economic are available for qualifed applicants. viability of the community and hampering the self- Industrial Revenue Bonds sufciency of the residents. SBA Loans Industrial Revenue Bonds (IRBs) provide a source Te U.S. Small Business Photo courtesy of long-term, sub-prime market fnancing of FPL Incentives Administration (SBA) ofers of he City of capital requirements for relocating or expanding Florida Power & Light Company (FPL), the several loan programs that Coral Springs manufacturing and tax-exempt 501(c)(3) facilities. IRBs are securities issued by local governments or government agencies for the purpose of fnancing the capital costs of private and not for proft projects. Although the bonds are considered special obligations of a government unit and therefore exempt from federal income tax on the interest, the bonds are not backed by the faith and credit of the government or the government agency. Te private borrower is responsible for the debt and must provide adequate security and guarantee the bond as outlined in section 18.62 of the Broward County Administrative Code. Several examples of capital costs that can be fnanced are land acquisition and construction costs, the acquisition of a building and a minimum renovation of 15 percent of the facility, as well as machinery and equipment. For more information, call the Broward County Ofce of Economic and Small Business Development at 954-357-8075.

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secure conventional fnancing frst before applying; must show proof of denial from a conventional fnancier; and the owner must have a 10 to 20 percent equity stake in the project. Funding cannot be used for the acquisition of a business, business assets or stock. For more information visit www.sfrpc.com/rlf.htm. TAXES Corporate Income Tax Florida’s corporate income tax rate is one of the nation’s lowest at 5.5 percent of Florida net income. In Florida, that amounts to just over 6 percent of total state tax revenue. Te national average is nearly 8.5 percent. In Broward County, businesses pay no corporate income tax on foreign source dividends (as defned in the federal tax code). Tey can also receive tax credits by hiring individuals from targeted groups. Adjusted federal income is apportioned to Florida, in accordance with a three-factor formula, which is the ratio of Florida’s portion of property, payroll and sales taxes to the totals of those factors in the frm’s entire operation. For more information, call the Florida Department of Revenue at 800-352-3671. South Florida Regional Planning Council of loan uses include fnancing Photo courtesy Revolving Loan Fund to expand to a new location, of Duke Realty Florida Emergency Excise Tax Te South Florida Regional Planning Council upgrading equipment and All businesses must fle a Florida Emergency Excise Revolving Loan Fund provides loans of $50,000 to providing needed working Tax return, which is found in the Florida corporate $300,000 to small to medium-sized businesses in capital. Te loans provide opportunities for tax form package. Other excise taxes are imposed Broward, Miami-Dade and Monroe Counties. Te businesses to obtain fnancing where credit is not on motor fuels, cigarettes, oil and gas at the port loans are for existing businesses looking to expand otherwise granted. Some of the criteria for receiving of production. Taxes also are levied on operating or relocate, create jobs and/or retain jobs. Examples the loans include: the applicant must attempt to terminal facilities and handling pollutants.

In today’s global business environment, service is essential, convenience is mandatory, security is vital, and time is more valuable than ever. That’s why general aviation professionals and business travelers depend on Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport (FXE). Conveniently located in Uptown Fort Lauderdale, FXE is positioned to enhance your business travel experience.

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Additional Services addition, the Alliance provides site selection availability, taxes, cost of living comparisons and Te Greater Fort Lauderdale Alliance helps assistance and can work as an intermediary for research on request; workforce, recruitment and businesses navigate through the relocation introductions to local real estate experts. training assistance can also be provided. or expansion process by serving as a liaison Te Alliance also provides key market For assistance from the Alliance, please call to government to expedite project activity. In intelligence including demographics, labor 954-524-3113.

General Business Assistance Greater Fort Lauderdale Alliance Florida Virtual Entrepreneur Center services to assist small and mid-size U.S. businesses The Alliance’s mission is to lead Greater Fort An online directory of resource agencies that serve export their products and services. Lauderdale/Broward County in building a stronger entrepreneurs, organized for each stage of business. 1850 Eller Drive, Suite 401 and more diversified economy by promoting https://flvec.com Fort Lauderdale, FL 33316 increased public/private sector collaboration; http://export.gov/florida/ | (954) 356-6640 delivering business development initiatives focused Metro Broward Economic on new investment and job growth; enhancing the Development Corporation U.S. Small Business Administration competitiveness of Broward’s business climate and Offers alternative financing through credit enhancement Provides free or low-cost counseling, training and driving regional initiatives. to minorities who cannot obtain conventional loans. business development, and information unique to small 110 E. Broward Blvd., Suite 1990 The facility also offers a small business incubator for businesses. Also provides information and services Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 | (954) 524-3113 emerging professional services companies. regarding SBA-backed loans, government contracting www.gflalliance.org | www.LessTaxing.com 1033 N.W. Sistrunk Boulevard, Suite 208 opportunities, disaster assistance and training Fort Lauderdale, FL 33311 programs to help businesses succeed. Broward County Office of Economic www.metrobroward.org | (954) 587-3755 100 S. Biscayne Blvd. - 7th Floor, Miami, FL 33131 and Small Business Development www.sba.gov | (305) 536-5521 Works closely with its partners, the Greater Fort Minority Business Development Agency Lauderdale Alliance, Port Everglades, Aviation, Provides management, technical assistance, construction Florida First Capital Finance Corp. (FFCFC) Convention & Visitors Bureau and many other services, free seminars and training. The MBDA is an Florida First Capital Finance Corporation (FFCFC) is Broward County agencies to promote the county SBA-Certified Loan Intermediary that helps to prequalify the state’s largest non-profit certified development as a first-class business destination. and obtain loans and bonding. The MBDA also helps to company that promotes economic development and 115 S. Andrews Avenue, Suite A-680 find government and corporate contracts and helps to job creation throughout Florida by working with the Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 prepare bids and various government certifications. SBA and private-sector lenders to provide financing www.broward.org/econdev | (954) 357-6400 970 SW 1st Street, #405 & #406, Miami, FL 33130 to small businesses. FFCFC lends under the SBA 504 www.mbda.gov/businesscenters/miami loan program for real estate and equipment as well as Enterprise Florida, Inc. (EFI) (786) 316-0888 the Florida Recycling Loan Program and other small A public-private partnership serving as Florida’s business assistance programs. primary organization devoted to statewide Florida SBDC at Florida Atlantic University 851 Broken Sound Parkway, Suite 131 economic development, facilitating job growth Serving Broward and Palm Beach Counties Boca Raton, FL 33487 for Florida’s businesses and citizens, leading Offers one-on-one consultation, business seminars, www.ffcfc.com | (561) 756-1745 to a vibrant statewide economy. loan proposals and strategic plans, business resource 800 North Magnolia Avenue, Suite 1100 centers and more. Orlando, FL 32803 111 E. Las Olas Blvd, Suite 1009 www.enterpriseflorida.com | (407) 956-5600 Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33301 Procurement www.fau.edu/research/sbdc | (954) 762-5235 Florida Office of Supplier Diversity Research Park at Florida Atlantic University The Office of Supplier Diversity’s function is to The Research Park at Florida Atlantic University South Florida Regional Planning Council improve business and economic opportunities for Florida’s is a vibrant community of innovative technology Provides financing assistance through the minority, women, and Florida veteran business enterprises. companies working with the faculty and students organization’s Revolving Loan Fund. Identifies the 4050 Esplanade Way, Suite 380 at Florida Atlantic University to develop new long-term challenges and opportunities facing Tallahassee, FL 32399 | (850) 487-0915 products and services in a collaborative and Southeast Florida and assists the region’s leaders in www.dms.myflorida.com/other_programs/office_of_ supportive environment. developing and implementing creative strategies that supplier_diversity_osd Florida Atlantic Research and Development Authority result in more prosperous and equitable communities. 3651 FAU Blvd., Suite 400, Boca Raton, FL 33431 3440 Hollywood Blvd., Suite 140 Florida Department of Management Services www.research-park.org | (561) 416-6092 Hollywood, FL 33021 Florida’s online procurement system designed to create sfregionalcouncil.org | (954) 985-4416 a statewide marketplace for government buyers and Southern Florida Minority Supplier vendors to conduct business. Development Council SCORE 4050 Esplanade Way, Tallahassee, FL 32399 A not-for-profit corporation established to foster SCORE “Counselors to America’s Small Business” offers www.dms.myflorida.com | (850) 488-2786 the development and expansion of minority-owned free and confidential small business advice. businesses. The organization is committed to 299 East Broward Blvd., Suite 123 U.S. Office of Business Development building mutually beneficial relationships Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 Offers qualified businesses owned by socially and between minority businesses and corporate www.score.org | (954) 356-7263 economically disadvantaged individuals assistance in and government buyers. bidding for competitive contracts. 9499 N.E. 2nd Avenue, Suite 201, Miami, FL 33138 U.S. Dept. of Commerce/Export Assistance Center 100 S. Biscayne Blvd., 7th Floor, Miami, FL 33131 www.sfmsdc.org | (305) 762-6151 Provides counseling and a variety of products and www.sba.gov/fl/south | (305) 536-5521

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To reserve your spot in the 2020 edition, please contact the Advertiser Index Greater Fort Lauderdale Alliance at (954) 524-3113.

Broward County ...... 1 Greater Fort Lauderdale Alliance ...... 14-15, 61, 67 Broward County Cultural Division ...... 59, 91 JM Family Enterprises, Inc...... 5 CareerSource Broward ...... 45 Memorial Healthcare System ...... 37 City of Coconut Creek ...... 53 Pier Sixty-Six Hotel & Marina ...... 65 City of Coral Springs ...... Inside Front Cover South Florida Business Journal ...... 96 City of Dania Beach CRA ...... 12 The Jim Moran Institute for Global Entrepreneurship ...... 57 City of Hollywood CRA ...... 51 Tri-Rail ...... 21 City of Pembroke Pines ...... 81 Nova Southeastern University ...... Back Cover City of Pompano Beach ...... 95 City of Sunrise ...... Inside Back Cover City of Tamarac ...... 11 Florida Seminole Tourism ...... 33 Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport ...... 93 110 E. Broward Blvd. Suite 1990 | Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 (954) 524-3113 Local | (954) 524-3167 Fax Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport ...... 29 (800) 741-1420 Toll Free | info@gﬂalliance.org

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Who can answer my questions? Catherine Leslie – Audience Development Director 786.533.8210 • [email protected]

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