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as Raymond James, Starboard Value, Azorra, and First Horizon Hudson serves alongside Alan Hooper, owner of Hooper
Bank with its wide list of amenities and detailed technology. Its Construction, and Charlie Ladd, owner of Barron Real Estate,
placement along the boulevard serves as a catalyst for future on the Fort Lauderdale DDA's Board of Directors. Composed of
business growth and expansion within the area. Fort Lauderdale's biggest developmental minds, including Jim
"It’s no surprise that we have attracted New York and Miami's Ellis, Greg Brewton, Dev Motwani and Stephanie Toothaker,
greatest brands here," said Hudson. "The mix we have in Esq., the Fort Lauderdale DDA coordinates and facilitates
terms of places people can eat, work, and relax creates a continued investment, community engagement, and
lifestyle unlike any other. It’s electric." improvement in Downtown Fort Lauderdale. The DDA board
members advocate for smart growth in the urban core and
Fueled by Business, Enjoyed by All strategize new opportunities to bolster existing city structures
The influx of investment from national corporations has caught like Las Olas Boulevard.
the attention of the Fort Lauderdale Downtown Development "Las Olas is the only pedestrian-focused street in Broward
Authority (DDA), the City of Fort Lauderdale, and the private County, serving over two million people,” said Ladd. “It is a
sector. Together, they are actively investing in and building comfort to see it in the hands of brilliant minds committed to
Downtown Fort Lauderdale to accommodate its population high-standard infrastructure and the maintaining of its roots.”
growth and create a prosperous metropolitan neighborhood As an extremely popular, efficient, and admired location at the
people not only wish to work in, but stay in. heart of the greater Downtown area, the progression of

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