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Chase ColdGuard Gen II Swing Door Receives Florida Building Code Product Approval for FL Builders

FLORIDA NEWSWIRE (TALLAHASSEE, Fla.) -- Chase Doors, A Senneca Brand, is proud to announce that its ColdGuard Gen II Swing Door has received Florida Building Code (FBC) Product Approval, validating the door's compliance with the Florida Building Code's stringent requirements for structural integrity, wind resistance, and impact performance.
Dark Matter Technologies

Dark Matter Tech acquires House Numbers’ agentic AI fintech platform for home lending

FLORIDA NEWSWIRE (JACKSONVILLE, Fla.) -- Dark Matter Technologies (Dark Matter), an innovative leader in home lending technology, today announced it has acquired the AI agent platform and related intellectual property of House Numbers, a venture-backed agentic AI company that builds AI agents for home lending workflows. Alongside the technology, Dark Matter has brought on the team that built it, led by House Numbers co-founder and CEO Jeff Levinsohn, who joins Dark Matter as chief AI officer.
Spodak Dental Group

Delray Beach-based Spodak Dental Group Earns 5 Top Workplaces Culture Excellence and Industry Awards in 2026

FLORIDA NEWSWIRE (DELRAY BEACH, Fla.) -- Spodak Dental Group has earned five 2026 Top Workplaces Culture Excellence and Industry awards, marking the practice's first recognition in these specific categories. The honors build on its history as a 10-time recipient of the Sun Sentinel's overall Top Workplace award. Celebrating its 50th anniversary in 2026, Spodak Dental Group continues to build on a philosophy that connects the team experience with the patient experience.
Pillar To Post Home Inspections Include ‘Monster Free’ Certificates

Pillar To Post Home Inspectors in Tampa now Include ‘Monster Free’ Certificates for a Spooktacularly Safe Holiday 2026 Season

FLORIDA NEWSWIRE (TAMPA, Fla.) -- For the 2026 holiday season, Pillar To Post Home Inspectors is putting a playful spin on home safety with its "Monster Free" certificates, a fun way to celebrate a home inspection and help make the transition of a move easier and fun for the kids. Featuring colorful, cartoon-style monsters crossed off with bold red Xs.
Industrial SalesLeads today announced its September 2026 results for planned capital project spending in the Food and Beverage industry

Food and Beverage Industry: 27.6-percent MoM Increase in Industrial Planned Projects for Renovations and Upgrades for Sept. 2026

FLORIDA NEWSWIRE (JACKSONVILLE, Fla.) -- Industrial SalesLeads today announced its September 2026 results for planned capital project spending in the Food and Beverage industry. Food and beverage renovation and equipment upgrade planned projects rose 27.6% from the previous month.
Dark Matter Technologies

Dark Matter Technologies in Jacksonville names new CTO, CFO and general counsel

FLORIDA NEWSWIRE (JACKSONVILLE, Fla.) -- Dark Matter Technologies (Dark Matter), an innovative leader in home lending technology, today announced the promotions of Don Oliver to chief technology officer, Chris Medvidofsky to chief financial officer and Blaine Prober to general counsel. All three have been with Dark Matter since it launched in 2023. The timing reflects how the company has built its leadership team: supporting people's growth within the organization when they demonstrate experience, leadership and a customer-first mindset.
Pediatric leukemia boasts a 92% survival rate, while young-adult AML outcomes are 50/50 at best. (The Jackson Copeland Foundation)

A quiet urgent crisis persists for adolescent patients with high-risk acute blood cancers, says The Jackson Copeland Foundation

FLORIDA NEWSWIRE (ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.) -- While modern pediatric leukemia treatment stands as one of oncology's greatest triumph stories, a quiet and urgent crisis persists for adolescent and young adult (AYA) patients diagnosed with high-risk acute blood cancers. St. Petersburg-based Jackson Copeland Foundation targets the massive survival disparity gap in AYA acute myeloid leukemia, raising funds for pioneering research with Oct. 30 Anchors & Irons Invitational charity golf tournament in Clearwater.
Chronilogix

Chronilogix AI Wellness Coaching Now Within Reach of More Than 3,200 employers as a First Line of Care

FLORIDA NEWSWIRE (RIVIERA BEACH, Fla.) -- Chronilogix, an AI behavioral wellness and coaching company, today announced that its platform is now listed on Truvo, the AI benefits assistant from Benepower. The listing gives Truvo's more than one million users immediate access to Chronilogix as a first line of care: private, judgment-free coaching for stress, mental well-being, and chronic conditions such as diabetes, available any hour of the day.
Industrial SalesLeads announced today the September 2026 results for the new planned capital project spending report

RESEARCH: 37.5% Growth in $100M New U.S. Industrial Planned Projects MoM for Sept. 2026

FLORIDA NEWSWIRE (JACKSONVILLE, Fla.) -- Industrial SalesLeads Inc. announced the September 2026 results for the new planned capital project spending report for the Industrial Manufacturing industry. The Firm tracks North American planned industrial capital project activity, including facility expansions, new plant construction and significant equipment modernization projects. Research confirms 156 new projects in the Industrial Manufacturing sector.
Fintech Leaders, Dark Matter Technologies and Mezzo

Fintech leaders, Dark Matter Technologies and Mezzo, bring one-to-many verification orchestration to lenders

FLORIDA NEWSWIRE (JACKSONVILLE, Fla.) -- Dark Matter Technologies, an innovative leader in home lending technology, today announced an integration with Mezzo, creator of the mortgage industry's first one-to-many operating architecture for third-party services. Available through Dark Matter's Exchange℠ Partner Marketplace, the integration gives lenders using the Empower® Loan Origination Solution a single gateway and workflow across multiple verification providers.
Industrial SalesLeads capital markets report for Packaging Industry from Aug 2026

U.S. Capital Markets Report: 184 New Packaging Industry Projects Drive $17B+ Capital Pipeline in Aug. 2026

FLORIDA NEWSWIRE (JACKSONVILLE, Fla.) -- Industrial SalesLeads, Inc. tracking for August 2026 identified 184 capital projects where packaging equipment is a procurement opportunity or where the operating company is a packaging manufacturer. Spanning more than 30 states and Canadian provinces, these projects range from single-facility equipment upgrades to multi-billion-dollar campus construction.
Food and Beverage Sector Surges to Second-Highest Month of 2026

2026 U.S. Food and Beverage Sector Surges to Second-Highest Month of Year with 63 New Planned Projects in August

FLORIDA NEWSWIRE (JACKSONVILLE, Fla.) -- Industrial SalesLeads announced the August 2026 results for its planned capital project spending report for the Food and Beverage industry, tracking North American facility expansions, new plant construction, and significant equipment modernization projects. The Firm's research team confirmed 63 new planned projects in the Food and Beverage sector during August.
Seriously Italian Naples Flatbread Kitchen Debuts a Reinvented Menu at Miromar Outlets

Seriously Italian Naples Flatbread Kitchen Debuts a Reinvented Menu at Miromar Outlets

FLORIDA NEWSWIRE (NAPLES, Fla.) -- Naples Flatbread Kitchen & Bar has launched a top-to-bottom reinvention of its menu on Monday, September 14 at Miromar Outlets - the heart of a rebrand built on one promise - seriously Italian, never serious. Guests have taken to calling it "the fun Italian," and the family-run restaurant is happy to wear it: authentic Italian ingredients, none of the formality.
ENERGYCAP

EnergyCAP Adds Insights to its AI Energy Management Platform as Customers Report 3x More Value Than They Pay

FLORIDA NEWSWIRE (ORLANDO, Fla.) -- EnergyCAP, the leading utility and energy management platform for public and private sector organizations, announced Insights, a new capability to their energy and utility management platform, that brings reporting, alerting and prioritization together so energy teams can focus on what's most important. The announcement came at Catalyst Converge, the company's 20th annual conference where energy, facilities, finance and sustainability teams are gathered for three days of learning, collaboration, and product innovation.
August 2026 marking the fourth consecutive month of steady growth in planned capital project activity

US Industrial Manufacturing Capital Projects Sees Four Month Growth with 160 New Planned Projects in August 2026

FLORIDA NEWSWIRE (JACKSONVILLE, Fla.) -- Industrial SalesLeads announced today that momentum in the Industrial Manufacturing sector continues to build, with August 2026 marking the fourth consecutive month of steady growth in planned capital project activity. Following an upward trend through May, June and July, August saw 160 new planned industrial projects tracked across North America. These projects include new facility construction, expansions and equipment modernization.
Dark Matter's Salvatore Piccola and Gil Valera

Jacksonville-based Dark Matter names Salvatore Piccola and Gil Valera to product strategy, professional services leadership roles

FLORIDA NEWSWIRE (JACKSONVILLE, Fla.) -- Dark Matter Technologies (Dark Matter), an innovative leader in mortgage technology, today announced it has expanded its leadership team with two experienced executives: Salvatore Piccola as senior vice president of product strategy and Gil Valera as vice president of professional services. The additions strengthen two areas central to Dark Matter's growth strategy: innovation focused on using AI to improve customer experience, help lenders realize efficiencies, and drive seamless implementation and adoption of its product capabilities.
CS3 Investments has closed on Infinite Clay Town Center, a 300-unit Class A apartment community in the Jacksonville metropolitan area

CS3 Investments Enters Florida Housing with 300-Unit Jacksonville-Area Acquisition: Infinite Clay Town Center

FLORIDA NEWSWIRE (JACKSONVILLE, Fla.) -- CS3 Investments has closed on Infinite Clay Town Center, a 300-unit Class A apartment community in the Jacksonville metropolitan area, completing in under 75 days a transaction that typically takes four to six months. The community, acquired as Ascend at Clay Town Center, will operate under the Infinite banner and be managed by CS3 Management.
Capital Is Moving in July 2026 in the Midwest: 129 Industrial Projects

U.S. Capital Moving in July 2026 in Midwest: 129 Industrial Projects Signal Region Rebuilding Manufacturing Core

FLORIDA NEWSWIRE (JACKSONVILLE, Fla.) -- Capital investment across the Midwest held strong through July 2026, with new construction, facility expansion, equipment modernization, and plant renovation activity spanning key industries including food, metals, aerospace, automotive, industrial equipment and plastics. Our research team tracked 129 new industrial, manufacturing, and supply chain facility projects across the Midwest, says Industrial SalesLeads, Inc.
Dark Matter Technologies

Dark Matter’s latest mortage POS release for 2026 brings real-time document validation to the point of sale

FLORIDA NEWSWIRE (JACKSONVILLE, Fla.) -- Dark Matter Technologies (Dark Matter®), an innovative leader in mortgage technology, today announced its latest point-of-sale (POS) release, bringing document validation powered by Aiva Intelligence to the earliest stage of the lending process. By validating borrower documents at upload instead of later in the review process, lenders can identify issues sooner, provide immediate guidance to borrowers and reduce downstream conditions and rework.
July 2026 results for its planned capital project spending report covering the Food and Beverage industry,

July 2026 Retreats to May Levels with 51 New U.S. Food and Beverage Planned Projects, says Industrial SalesLeads

FLORIDA NEWSWIRE (JACKSONVILLE, Fla.) -- Industrial SalesLeads announced today the July 2026 results for its planned capital project spending report covering the Food and Beverage industry, with research confirming 51 new projects tracked during the month. This figure marks a pullback from recent highs, bringing activity back in line with levels last seen in May. The Firm tracks North American planned industrial capital project activity,.