In a move that would seem to settle any questions about Office Depot's future in Palm Beach County, the Fortune 500 retailer this week paid $132 million for its headquarters.

Two central Florida community development districts contend their residents used "sophistry" in trying to persuade a judge not to approve the district's bonds, attorneys said in final briefs.

Miami-Dade County Water and Sewer Department will use a $79 million WIFIA loan to construct fourteen new injection wells at three wastewater treatment plants to be used for effluent discharges. This project is one of twelve initial projects selected by the U.S. EPA to receive WIFIA funding.

Leon County recently launched a financing program that gives residents low-interest rate financing for home repairs geared toward energy, efficiency and wind-resistant improvements. The county partnered with Florida Development Finance Corporation (FDFC) and Renovate America, a national program, to create PACE or Property Assessed Clean Energy financing.

All Aboard Florida has delayed the expected launch dates of its Brightline-branded passenger trains.

Harvest Returns, a financial technology company founded in 2016, will launch its agriculture investment platform this month. In the platform's equity partnership format, agriculture producers and landowners are able to collect capital and maintain control over their operations, while investors passively fund them and collect returns from harvests. Agriculture producers receive their funding after the full amount of their deal is raised; most deals range between $500,000 to a few million dollars.

Treasure Coast leaders opposed to All Aboard Florida's passenger rail project launched a new attack this week, arguing that a federal loan to help pay for the private rail venture could create both a financial and a safety concern for Trump because of train line's proximity to his Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach.

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