Stet News
🤖 ServiceNow, the secretly courted company promising 850 high-paying jobs to get $17 million in taxpayer incentives to set up in West Palm Beach, announced last week that it will be the anchor tenant of the 22-story tower dubbed 10 CityPlace. The company is expected to take up nearly half of the 450,000-square-foot tower, filling eight to 10 floors. (The Palm Beach Post $$$)
⚖️ More than 20 Florida cities and counties, including Delray Beach,have agreed to join a lawsuit against the state over Senate Bill 180, which freezes local planning decisions that burden or restrict development for three years after major storms. (The Palm Beach Post $$$)
🚗 Two West Palm Beach auto dealership properties sold for a combined $51.4 million to Lithia & Driveway this month. The Palm Beach Acura property at 6870 Okeechobee Blvd. sold for $27.9 million. The West Palm Beach Hyundai/Genesis property at 2301 Okeechobee Blvd. sold for $23.5 million. (South Florida Business Journal $$$)
🔎 Chief Financial Officer Blaise Ingoglia, the head of Florida DOGE, is seeking $600,000 and six full-time employees to establish the Florida Accountability and Fiscal Oversight Office to oversee local government spending. (Florida Trident)
🎬 A Tampa filmmaker is raising money to turn Patrick Smith’s novel, “A Land Remembered,” which chronicles early life in Florida, into a television series. Todd Wiseman Jr. has a commitment of $500,000 from the state toward a $25 million first-year budget and insists on filming in Florida. (WUSF)
✍🏼 Former Delray Beach Mayor Jeff Perlman’s play, “The Café on Main,” will debut Oct. 11 at the Arts Garage. (The Palm Beach Arts Paper)
🖼️ Norton Museum of Art acquires works by Basquiat, Eversley, Cassatt and others. (Art News)
🎧 “Top of Mind Florida,” the podcast by Michael Williams and Brian Crowley, dives into Florida’s push to ban vaccines with infectious disease specialist Dr. David Dodson. He expresses concern over misinformation and potential health risks while weighing individual freedoms against the health of society. (Listen here; watch after 4 pm Wednesday)
