Mobile solutions company Mobiquity has begun its hiring process and has found a property to operate at within Innovation Square. The company will bring 250 new jobs to the area.

Ponikvar & Associates and CPPI add to the list of companies relocating to Innovation Square. The two first are preparing for upcoming projects in the area.

Mobiquity joins others like SumTotal Systems, Silver Airways, Mindtree Ltd., and Sears Holdings as companies that have either relocated or expanded to Gainesville in recent years, further establishing Gainesville as a hub for innovation and technology.

Joelle Smith moving to Gainesville to return to MindTree. Settled in at Innovation Square, the company hopes to expand its operations in global information technology solutions.

The newest artist portrayal of Infusion Technology Center paints a dynamic picture of the productivity the building will bring to Innovation Square at UF and Gainesville in general.

Sears, a fortune 65 company and North America's retail giant, has selected Gainesville for its first "Center for Excellence", which will give 25 engineering undergraduates this year alone an opportunity to intern with the company in the field of software development. "Companies around the world are realizing the amazing talent, business-friendly resources and high quality of life we have here," said John Carlson, 2013 chair of the Council for Economic Outreach. "We have a very clear mission through Innovation Gainesville that Gainesville and Alachua County will grow and attract business and retain our talented workforce locally."

Gainesville Regional Utilities' GRUCom and UF collaborated with each other to provide ultrahigh-speed broadband to residents and business customers in Innovation Square. The internet new connections will foster research and development for the University of Florida to further increase innovation in the city of Gainesville.

Check out the US Airways detailed article about Gainesville and the Innovation Square development.

The Economic Development Division of the American Planning Association has selected UF Innovation Square in Gainesville, FL to receive the 2012 Donald E. Hunter Excellence in Economic Development Planning Award.

MindTree Limited, a global IT and product engineering company, has selected Gainesville as the site for its United States expansion, bringing 400 new jobs over the next five years and making a $2.925 million capital investment in the heart of Gainesville.

US census finds Gainesville to have the shortest commute time in FL and one of the shortest in the nation.

Soon the Gators of UF Tech Connect will have their very own state-of-the-art playing field from which to launch startup companies.

Mobile solutions company Mobiquity has begun its hiring process and has found a property to operate at within Innovation Square. The company will bring 250 new jobs to the area.

Ponikvar & Associates and CPPI add to the list of companies relocating to Innovation Square. The two first are preparing for upcoming projects in the area.

Mobiquity joins others like SumTotal Systems, Silver Airways, Mindtree Ltd., and Sears Holdings as companies that have either relocated or expanded to Gainesville in recent years, further establishing Gainesville as a hub for innovation and technology.

Joelle Smith moving to Gainesville to return to MindTree. Settled in at Innovation Square, the company hopes to expand its operations in global information technology solutions.

The newest artist portrayal of Infusion Technology Center paints a dynamic picture of the productivity the building will bring to Innovation Square at UF and Gainesville in general.

Sears, a fortune 65 company and North America's retail giant, has selected Gainesville for its first "Center for Excellence", which will give 25 engineering undergraduates this year alone an opportunity to intern with the company in the field of software development. "Companies around the world are realizing the amazing talent, business-friendly resources and high quality of life we have here," said John Carlson, 2013 chair of the Council for Economic Outreach. "We have a very clear mission through Innovation Gainesville that Gainesville and Alachua County will grow and attract business and retain our talented workforce locally."

UF students as well as Gainesville residents in the Innovation District now have access to faster internet connections through the help of the Gig U project.

UF and GRUCom joined the initiative to bring high-speed internet services to U.S. universities.

UF students as well as Gainesville residents in the Innovation District now have access to faster internet connections through the help of the Gig U project.

UF Office of Technology Licensing publishes list of research performed by UF spinoffs, showing the value of being located in Innovation Square and the nearby University of Florida campus.

Online resource will provide first-time access to hidden St. Augustine treasure

Dr. Parker Small selected as the state's first "Children's Immunization Champion" for his leadership in a highly successful campaign to deliver nasal-spray flu vaccinations to students in Alachua County Schools.

Out of more than 120 Florida inventors and entrepreneurs to apply, four remain standing in the chase for the third annual $50,000 Cade Museum Prize

The project is aimed at reducing energy consumption, cutting dependence on petroleum products and increasing use of renewable fuels

Check out the US Airways detailed article about Gainesville and the Innovation Square development.

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida Foundation has given $1.5 million to the University of Florida to promote faculty research that addresses health disparities among those residents.

The panel was impressed with the project's high quality, establishment of a vision that is not only aspirational but implementable, and the collaboration of a wide-range of stakeholders to create and implement a framework to create a transformative project that will make a lasting contribution to the economic condition of the community.

University of Florida researchers and colleagues at six other institutions have received a $63 million, seven-year grant from the NIH National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute to develop heart disease therapies that use a patient’s own bone marrow and heart cells to generate new healthy heart cells and restore function.

UF's status as the No. 1 producer of computer science graduates in Florida and No. 2 in the Southeast; the growing numbers of undergraduates, master's candidates and students minoring in computer science; and the several honors that student teams earned at an international programming contest, including the No. 1 team in North America. are just some of the many reasons MindTree selected UF Innovation Square in Gainesville, FL for their U.S. development center.

The Economic Development Division of the American Planning Association has selected UF Innovation Square in Gainesville, FL to receive the 2012 Donald E. Hunter Excellence in Economic Development Planning Award.

David Day, UF director of technology licensing, announced the creation of an angel investor network for Gainesville that will screen and vet applicant companies for investors interested in providing seed capital.

“The University of Florida and our College of Engineering were key factors in MindTree’s decision to locate in Gainesville, and we look forward to making significant contributions to this endeavor as it moves ahead,” UF President Bernie Machen said. “This shows the importance of having a leading national research university in the mix when it comes to economic development.”

MindTree Limited, a global IT and product engineering company, has selected Gainesville as the site for its United States expansion, bringing 400 new jobs over the next five years and making a $2.925 million capital investment in the heart of Gainesville.

Gainesville, Florida Location Will Give MindTree's Clients Access to Engineering Talent in the Southeast and create over 400 jobs within UF Innovation Square.

Located next to the Florida Innovation Hub at UF, this 150,000 sqft building will be the first private development in Innovation Square.

UF's new Innovation Academy students will take on-campus classes only in the Spring and Summer semesters during their time at UF.

Learn why UF Innovation Square in Gainesville, Florida is the optimal location for your emerging or expanding business.

The Florida Innovation Hub held a hackathon to recruit high-tech students into Innovation Square

Major Craig Lowe said the city has weathered the economic crisis relatively well and is poised to become a hub for startup companies.

The University granted nearly 2,500 bachelor degrees in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics in 2010-2011, the highest number in the state university system.

The new year is barely two weeks old and already 2012 is proving an exciting time for this community's budding innovation-based economic ambitions.

U.S. Senator Bill Nelson, Gainesville Mayor Craig Lowe, and University of Florida President Bernie Machen all gathered for the opening of the Florida Innovation Hub.

US census finds Gainesville to have the shortest commute time in FL and one of the shortest in the nation.

Want to take the plunge but need a bit of guidance and support? Applying to a so-called startup incubator may be a far better option than business school.

Built on the former Shands at Alachua General Hospital site, the hub is the centerpiece of a planned 40-acre Innovation Square development meant to better connect campus and downtown.

UF will hold the grand opening ceremony for its second incubator for university spinoff companies, the Florida Innovation Hub

Innovation has become the new buzzword at UF, and several new entities are tasked with making sure it isn't just an empty term.

The UF College of Engineering brought together leaders in academia, business, and government Friday for a summit on the role of universities in promoting innovation.

UF leaders hope this 40-acre development will spawn start-up companies, encourage "creative collisions" among inventors and foster a "collaborative spirit" for research, academics, and business.

UF publicly unveiled its master plan for the Innovation Square development and opened the project to public scrutiny for the first time.

The University of Florida's plan for the former Shands at AGH site started with the Innovation Hub, a business incubator that will open this fall.

The University of Florida has a name for the group of students that will only be allowed to take on-campus classes during the spring and summer semesters.

The Florida Innovation Hub is being built with an $8.2 million grant from the federal Economic Development Administration and $5 million from UF

With two multi-million dollar projects on the horizon, Innovation Square is quickly moving from concept to reality.

City and university officials are hoping to transform Southwest Second Ave into the area's future.

Florida has seen a 21 percent jump in the number of biotech companies since 2008 and a surge in investment, according to the University of Florida.

Potential tenants of the Florida Innovation Hub got a sneak peak at the business incubator, the first part of UF's efforts to spin off businesses from its research.

Among the biggest local business deals in recent years, three technology companies gobbled up by some of the largest corporations in their industries.

The company's move to a headquarters in Innovation Square fits in UF's efforts to develop science and technology that can be transferred to a successful business.

One of the planned buildings, the Infusion Technology Center, will include custom-built laboratories, research, and high-tech space.

The University of Florida's Innovation Square announcement continued its push for student housing to be built off campus with the help of private companies.

UF President Bernie Machen announced the new buildings Tuesday during UF's 2011 Celebration of Innovation Showcase at the Hilton UF Conference Center.

As UF's Innovation Square project begins to take shape, a similar development in Atlanta provides an indication of what might be coming.

UF's Innovation Square and other projects in the area have officials excited about the future..

The University of Florida's Innovation Square announcement continued its push for student housing to be built off campus with the help of private companies.

Throughout the next decade, the area around the old site of Shands at AGH will be developed into a complex that will nurture upstart businesses and provide those employees with a place to live, work, and play.

Public and private sectors combine forces to spur economic growth in North Central Florida.

Attention already growing as UF begins work on facility.

Gainesville, Florida ranked among best cities for young professionals to live and work.