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April 12, 2023 – Last weekend marked the first anniversary of the opening of Blount Hall in downtown Gainesville. Home to Santa Fe College’s Business and Information Technology Education (ITE) programs, Blount Hall also has a larger space dedicated to incubating businesses through the Center for Innovation and Economic Development (CIED).
The college, with help from federal and state funding, as well as private donors and of course the Blount Family, designed the building to create more opportunities for interaction between degree-seeking students and business entrepreneurs.
The UF Innovation Square development is the foundation for the collaboration between research and high-tech businesses, supporting the University of Florida and the greater Gainesville, Florida area. As one of the closest urban research communities in the country to its associated university, Innovation Square sits just two short blocks from the heart of the UF campus.
With sophisticated architecture and advanced systems, 800 Second will feature a diverse offering of offices, meeting rooms, and dining spaces strategically located within close proximity to campus and across 2nd Avenue from the University’s technology and commercialization center.
Progress Park is anchored by UF’s award winning Sid Martin Biotechnology Incubator. Located 5 minutes from I-75 in the City of Alachua, this private park has easy access to the University of Florida in Gainesville and the Gainesville Regional Airport. The University of Florida Foundation owns 450 acres of prime, developable land adjacent to and near Progress Park.
Located in Innovation Square, the Ingenuity building offers conference rooms, open work spaces, and private offices to companies looking for modern and varied office space in the business, technology, and research core of Gainesville.
