Southeastern United States

Steel City Drones Partners with SmartDrone to Provide Quadcopter UAVs for Surveying and Mapping in Southeastern U.S.

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Monday, December 13, 2021

Steel City Drones, a Birmingham, Alabama-based reseller, is partnering with SmartDrone to provide quadcopter UAVs for surveying and mapping in the southeastern United States.

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  • Steel City Drones, a Birmingham, Alabama-based reseller, is partnering with SmartDrone to provide quadcopter UAVs for surveying and mapping in the southeastern United States.
  • These drones will be available to Alabama, Mississippi, Florida, Georgia, and Tennessee for various missions and demonstrations using lidar scanning for surveying and mapping.
  • Available immediately, Steel City Drones is now offering SmartDrone's Discovery package.
  • said Tim Hogan, Co-Owner of Steel City Drones, "Having spent time in Tyler, Texas with the SmartDrone team, we are highly impressed with their professionalism.

BlackSky Releases Images of Recent Tornado Devastation in Midwest and Southern U.S.

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Monday, December 13, 2021
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  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20211212005149/en/
    BlackSkys thoughts are with the families and communities devastated by the tornados that impacted the Midwest and Southeastern United States Friday and Saturday.
  • Leveraging its own satellite constellation and harnessing the worlds emerging sensor network, the Company monitors the activities and locations worldwide that matter most to its customers.
  • The data collected from BlackSkys satellites and other sources populates BlackSkys proprietary data lake and platform.
  • This press release contains certain forward-looking statements within the meaning of the federal securities laws with respect to BlackSky.

FCP, ABACUS CAPITAL AND BIG CYPRESS CAPITAL ANNOUNCE 11,850 SF CLANCY & THEYS LEASE; CONSTRUCTION STARTS FOR THE QUARTER SOUTH END

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Thursday, December 16, 2021

CHEVY CHASE, Md., Dec. 16, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --FCP, with JV partners Abacus Capital (Abacus) and Big Cypress Capital (Big Cypress), has signed Clancy & Theys Construction Company to an 11,850-square-foot lease, relocating its Charlotte office to 22EIGHTEEN Toomey, a 24,252-square-foot adaptive reuse office building within The Quarter South End.

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  • CHEVY CHASE, Md., Dec. 16, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --FCP, with JV partners Abacus Capital (Abacus) and Big Cypress Capital (Big Cypress), has signed Clancy & Theys Construction Company to an 11,850-square-foot lease, relocating its Charlotte office to 22EIGHTEEN Toomey, a 24,252-square-foot adaptive reuse office building within The Quarter South End.
  • Clancy & Theys is a family-owned construction company with projects in 19 states including apartments, office buildings, hotels, R&D facilities and more.
  • The Quarter South End adaptive reuse buildings offer tenants a range of available spaces from 5,000 square feet to 77,000 square feet.
  • "Abacus Capital is pleased to partner with Clancy & Theys around their new office location in the Charlotte market," said Wes McAdams, managing partner at Abacus Capital.

Canyon Catalyst Fund Grows Emerging Manager Program & Announces New Investments in Arizona Market

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Thursday, December 16, 2021

PHOENIX, Dec. 16, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --The Canyon Catalyst Fund, the CalPERS real estate Emerging Manager program managed byCanyon Partners Real Estate ("Canyon"), has expanded its program with the addition of Rincon Partners to its roster of Emerging Managers.

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  • PHOENIX, Dec. 16, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --The Canyon Catalyst Fund, the CalPERS real estate Emerging Manager program managed byCanyon Partners Real Estate ("Canyon"), has expanded its program with the addition of Rincon Partners to its roster of Emerging Managers.
  • The firm has$334 million in assets under management and a strong six-year track record demonstrating strategic investments through participation in 21 deals to date.
  • Canyon will support Rincon's growth as an institutional real estate manager while leveraging Rincon's expertise on the ground in Arizona, a target market for investment opportunities in multifamily real estate.
  • "Marking our first programmatic Emerging Manager relationship in Arizona, a market we are keenly focused on, we are confident in the value that this relationship will bring to both Rincon and the Canyon Catalyst platform."

CATALYST BY WELLSTAR SETS SUSTAINABILITY ABUZZ WITH BEE DOWNTOWN

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Tuesday, December 14, 2021

MARIETTA, Ga., Dec. 14, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Catalyst by Wellstar , the first-of-its-kind global digital health and innovation center of Wellstar Health System , today announced a partnership with Bee Downtown to house three beehives at Wellstar Vinings Health Park in Smyrna, Ga., with the first bee colonies moving into the hives this week.

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  • MARIETTA, Ga., Dec. 14, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Catalyst by Wellstar , the first-of-its-kind global digital health and innovation center of Wellstar Health System , today announced a partnership with Bee Downtown to house three beehives at Wellstar Vinings Health Park in Smyrna, Ga., with the first bee colonies moving into the hives this week.
  • Wellstar is the first healthcare system to join Bee Downtown's sustainability movement.
  • "We are so proud to partnerwith Wellstar,our first healthcare system to join the Bee Downtown Bee Team," said Leigh-Kathryn Bonner, founder and CEO of Bee Downtown.
  • "At Bee Downtown we have the pleasure of working with many of Atlanta's leading companies to bring sustainable agriculture and employee-engagement onto their campuses.

Gallaudet University Regional Center South at Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind Names Candi Harbison to Newly Created Director Position

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Thursday, December 9, 2021

WASHINGTON, Dec. 9, 2021 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ --Gallaudet University and Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind (AIDB) announced today that Candi Harbison has been named Director of the Gallaudet University Regional Center (GURC) South at AIDB North Campus in Decatur, Alabama.

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  • WASHINGTON, Dec. 9, 2021 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ --Gallaudet University and Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind (AIDB) announced today that Candi Harbison has been named Director of the Gallaudet University Regional Center (GURC) South at AIDB North Campus in Decatur, Alabama.
  • The addition of Ms. Harbison to the Gallaudet University Regional Center South will begin a new era of education and rehabilitation services."
  • Previously, Harbison served as educational supervisor at St. Joseph's School for the Deaf in New York City.
  • The Laurent Clerc National Deaf Education Center at Gallaudet University (Clerc Center) is a federally-funded center with exemplary elementary and secondary education programs for deaf and hard of hearing students.

MGG Investment Group Successfully Exits Sunpro Solar Through Sale to ADT

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Thursday, December 9, 2021

MGG Investment Group LP (MGG) today announced the successful completion of the sale of Sunpro Solar (Sunpro), the largest provider of rooftop solar systems in the Southeastern United States, to ADT Inc. (NYSE: ADT) (ADT) in a transaction valued at $825 million.

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  • MGG Investment Group LP (MGG) today announced the successful completion of the sale of Sunpro Solar (Sunpro), the largest provider of rooftop solar systems in the Southeastern United States, to ADT Inc. (NYSE: ADT) (ADT) in a transaction valued at $825 million.
  • In October 2020, MGG acted as lead arranger and lender in providing a first-lien term loan to Sunpro and also made a cash equity investment in the business.
  • Sunpro was 100% founder owned prior to MGGs investment.
  • Founded in 2014, MGG is a private investment firm that provides bespoke investment solutions to mid-size and growing lower-middle market companies.

Apex Clean Energy to Pursue 1 GW of Solar Potential on Weyerhaeuser Land

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Thursday, December 9, 2021

To date, Apex has commercialized more than $10 billion of utility-scale clean energy projects and transacted with utilities, co-ops, and corporations.

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  • To date, Apex has commercialized more than $10 billion of utility-scale clean energy projects and transacted with utilities, co-ops, and corporations.
  • Over the past decade, Apex has led the market in sales of clean energy to the C&I market.
  • This collaboration between two industry leaders will accelerate the shift to clean power at a pivotal moment in the energy transition.
  • Apex Clean Energy was founded with a singular focus: to accelerate the shift to clean energy.

Southwest Florida Eye Care Joins US Eye

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Wednesday, December 8, 2021

Southwest Florida Eye Care, a leading multi-specialty ophthalmology group in Fort Myers, has partnered with US Eye, a physician led, patient-centric network of eye care practices.

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  • Southwest Florida Eye Care, a leading multi-specialty ophthalmology group in Fort Myers, has partnered with US Eye, a physician led, patient-centric network of eye care practices.
  • Southwest Florida Eye Care has been serving patients in southwest Florida for nearly two decades, providing advanced ophthalmic and optometric services, including comprehensive eye exams, contact lens fittings, dry eye treatment, LASIK surgery, laser cataract surgery, glaucoma management and cornea care.
  • We are dedicated to serving our local southwest Florida market and our partnership with US Eye is reflection of that long-standing commitment, said Dr. Rick Palmon, Founder of Southwest Florida Eye Care.
  • Southwest Florida Eye Care will begin to integrate its operations, procedures, and service offerings with Center For Sight, the local Florida flagship brand of US Eye.

Hazel Health And Nicklaus Children's Hospital Collaborate To Provide Specialty Pediatric Care To Students

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Tuesday, December 7, 2021

MIAMI, Dec. 7, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --Hazel Health, the national leader in school-based telehealth, and Nicklaus Children's Hospital, South Florida's only licensed specialty hospital exclusively for children, announced a new collaboration today to provide streamlined pediatric specialty care to more than 500,000 K-12 students in Florida.

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  • MIAMI, Dec. 7, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --Hazel Health, the national leader in school-based telehealth, and Nicklaus Children's Hospital, South Florida's only licensed specialty hospital exclusively for children, announced a new collaboration today to provide streamlined pediatric specialty care to more than 500,000 K-12 students in Florida.
  • Through this new collaboration, Nicklaus Children's will offer specialty services to pediatric patients initially seen by Hazel's healthcare providers for primary care, virtual urgent care, psychiatry, ongoing mental health counseling, chronic care and other subspecialty care services.
  • "Nicklaus Children's is committed to taking care of children and making pediatric specialty care accessible throughout our region and beyond," said Matthew A.
  • "We are pleased to collaborate with Hazel Health to offer our renowned specialty resources to school-age children in communities throughout Florida."