Business Archive

Home BancShares, Inc., parent company of Centennial Bank, which has a branch in Navarre, recently acquired $289 million in national commercial real estate loans from J.C. Flowers & Co. LLC. This pool of loans originated within the former Doral Property Finance portfolio and will now be housed in a division of Centennial known as the Centennial Commercial Finance Group (CFG). The Centennial CFG will be responsible for servicing the loan pool and originating new loan production. The transaction is expected to be immediately accretive to earnings.

The Navarre Beach Area Chamber of Commerce announced its member and business of the month at its Commerce & Coffee March 27.

Since 1995, Publix Super Markets, Inc., has worked alongside the March of Dimes toward its mission for stronger, healthier babies. During those 20 years, Publix customers and associates have raised $51 million to help give all babies a healthier start.

Verdell Hawkins has been named community relations manager for Gulf Power.

Milton and Pace antique store owners are expecting treasure hunters and other bargain seekers during the fifth annual Flea Across Florida event April 10 and 11.

Silver Airways, Florida’s largest intrastate airline, and JetBlue Airways recently announced a codeshare partnership, giving customers of both airlines easy and convenient access to even more destinations in Florida and the Bahamas.  

Hundreds of Navarre High School students polished up their resumes for the third annual job fair Wednesday, March 11, in the cafeteria.

Many people have the dream of writing a book someday, but for most “someday” never comes. Northwest Florida residents will have a chance to make that dream a reality starting this month when local resident Nancy Gaskins hosts a series of free workshops in communities across area.

In a case with potentially far-reaching consequences, a federal appeals court has again found that the U.S. Chemical Safety Board has the authority to investigate the causes of offshore oil spills.

A Holley-Navarre Middle School student won first place in the Rotary Club of Navarre essay contest offered to all eighth-grade students in the Navarre area. The contest asked entrants to write an essay on what the Rotary Four-Way Test means to them. Area schools each presented their three best essays to the Rotary Club of Navarre and a committee chose the winning essays.