UF DCP Alum Wins Top Spot in Gator100
The 2018 Gator100 was announced and DCP had 18 companies on the list, including three of the top ten and the top two overall. The Gator100 recognizes and celebrates the 100 fastest-growing Gator-owned or Gator-led business in the world each year. Congratulations to Michael Young of ACY Contractors, LLC for being named the top company […]
Frank Kendrick Recognized as a Florida Poly ChangeMaker
Florida Polytechnic University ChangeMaker – Frank Kendrick Building Florida Poly from the ground up. 🏗 Meet the Florida Poly #ChangeMaker whose construction company NuJak Development, Inc. built one of the sixteen most breathtaking buildings in the world. Three guesses which #FLPoly building?
NuJak Completes Alachua County Library District Tower Road Branch Addition in Gainesville
Gainesville, FL – NuJak Companies just completed their first expansion project since opening an office in Gainesville, FL with the Alachua County District Library Tower Road Branch. The project consisted of adding 8,500 SF to the existing 15,000 SF to complete 23,500 SF of new, innovative library space. New features include a dedicated space for […]
Frank Kendrick, NuJak Companies a Top 10 Gator100 Honoree for the Second Time
Lakeland, FL – NuJak Companies was named to the University of Florida’s 2018 Gator100 during a ceremony Feb. 2nd at UF’s J. Wayne Reitz Union Grand Ballroom. Sponsored by the UF Alumni Association, in partnership with the UF Entrepreneurship & Innovation Center, the Gator100 recognizes the 100 fastest-growing businesses owned or led by UF alumni. […]
Florida’s bet on Technology, Private Equity pays off for the state
Technology companies and other growth businesses that have received funding from a state investment program have created nearly 17,000 Florida jobs in the nine years since the program has been in operation. The companies and private equity firms that have backing from the Florida Growth Fund program also have made $545.9 million in total capital […]
Florida Ranks 3rd for Small-Business Job Growth in 2017
Florida ranks third for small-business job growth, despite a slight decline in its rate from last year, according to one report. A study by human resources company Paychex and information provider IHS Markit shows that Florida trails only Tennessee and Washington in an index that measures small-business growth. But the report also shows its job growth rate declined […]
NuJak Holiday Hours
NuJak Companies, headquartered in Lakeland, FL, will observe special hours during the holiday season. Our office will be closed on the following days: Friday, December 22, 2017 Monday, December 25, 2017 Friday, December 29, 2017 Monday, January 1, 2018 Note: Our office will still be open for the following days: Tuesday, December 26, 2017 Wednesday, December […]
Southeastern Graduation set for Friday
Graduation for Southeastern University students will be at 6:30 p.m. on Friday, December 15, 2017 at Victory Church on Griffin Road in Lakeland. A total of 436 students will be graduating with 339 participating in the ceremony. The students are graduating from Florida and 36 other states, as well as from eight countries, including Sweden, […]
NuJak Companies Makes the 2017 Florida Fast 100 List
Lakeland, FL – NuJak Companies has been ranked No.10 on the 2017 Florida Fast 100 List, of the 100 fastest growing companies in the state of Florida, making it the second year in a row the company has reached the Top 10. The recognition is even sweeter as the firm is the only Polk County […]
Florida Fast 100 No. 10 – NuJak Development
NuJak Development in Lakeland describes itself in one word: “trailblazer.” Entrepreneurial spirit and a passion to build a sustainable community led to the creation of NuJak in 1992. Its first project: a new house for CEO Frank Kendrick’s in-laws after a fire took their original home. Since, NuJak has grown to be one of the largest minority-owned […]
Leadership Lakeland Announces 35th Class
Leadership Lakeland announed it’s 35th class last week. The latest class includes: ‒ Margarita Alfaro, marketing director, NuJak Companies. ‒ Teresa Fay Aman, RN/clinical director, Watson Clinic LLP. ‒ Daniel Jay Berman, director of development and marketing, Alliance for Independence. ‒ Lisa K. Birket, practice manager, CME, Partner, True MD. ‒ Jessica Brown, promotions director, […]
Gov. Rick Scott stops by to honor NuJak
LAKELAND — Two Sundays ago, Frank Kendrick sat in church as his pastor, Wayne Blackburn, announced that someone in the congregation “is going to receive an incredible amount of favor.” The next day, Kendrick learned he would be receiving a visit from Florida Gov. Rick Scott at his Lakeland construction business, Nujak Companies. Scott stood […]
Governor Rick Scott Recognizes NuJak Companies for Job Growth
Lakeland, FL – Governor Rick Scott held a press conference yesterday at NuJak Companies to recognize the firm for its contributions to job growth and economic development. NuJak Companies, founded in Lakeland in 1992, is one of the leading full-service construction companies in the state of Florida, specializing in providing preconstruction, construction management, design-build, and […]
2017 Fast 50: NuJak Companies
What are some key accomplishments your company has achieved in the past 12 months? In March, NuJak moved into our new office — doubling the size from our previous space. Some of our other accomplishments include: Ministry Today Magazine, “Blessed to Build” four-page Marketplace Ministry feature, May-June issue Tampa Bay Business Journal, Largest Minority-Owned Businesses […]
Lakeland Regional Health marks 100 years of care
No one escapes the sufferings of birth and death, and for those pivotal times Americans have community hospitals. In Lakeland, that hospital is Lakeland Regional Health Medical Center, which this year is celebrating its 100th anniversary. During the past century, the hospital has been known as Morrell Memorial Hospital and Lakeland General Hospital, but the […]
Lakeland Regional Health and BayCare get national recognition on Great Places to Work list
Two Polk County hospital systems — Lakeland Regional Health and BayCare — are on Becker’s Hospital Review’s 150 Great Places to Work in Healthcare. Lakeland Regional Health currently has 5,433 employees. BayCare — a West Central Florida affiliation of 14 nonprofit hospitals that includes Winter Haven Hospital and Bartow Regional Medical Center — has more […]
Florida Board of Governors to meet at Florida Poly
Florida Polytechnic University will host the Florida Board of Governors on Wednesday and Thursday in the Innovation, Science and Technology Building at the school. The meeting will be from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday. On Thursday, the Board will meet from 7:30 a.m. to noon. It is the first time, the Board of […]
City to Study Four Sites for Parking Garage
LAKELAND – The city will examine four downtown locations to build a parking garage city leaders hope will enliven blocks seen as underutilized while addressing the limited amount of all-day parking in the district. The city is expected to hire Kimley-Horn and Associates, a civil engineering firm, to perform a “due diligence study” to […]
Publix pitches 700 new jobs in $4.2 million incentives request
Publix Super Markets is applying for more than $4.2 million in tax refunds, tax exemptions and cash incentives in exchange for adding 700 jobs and a $28 million facility in Lakeland. The incentives packages are being sought through Enterprise Florida, the state’s business recruitment and retention arm, under the code name “Project Suede.” “We are […]
Online discussion tonight at Florida Poly
Florida Polytechnic University will host an online discussion today titled #STEMTalks “The Internet of Things (IoT): A Future of Constant Connection.” There is a revolution happening in network connectivity called the Internet of Things (IoT). This powerful idea could reshape the reality of daily life by automating countless “mindless” tasks. Even the most mundane examples […]
Holden to retire from post at Polk State College in July
Eileen Holden on Monday announced her retirement as president of Polk State College after more than 11 years in the position. Holden, 61, announced her decision at a board of trustees meeting. She will leave in July after the board chooses a successor. Holden’s tenure saw a number of new developments at the school, […]
Citrus Connection expanding service in Lakeland, Winter Haven
LAKELAND — New routes and expanded service are small victories for Citrus Connection, the public transit agency that has made incrementalism its primary tactic following vast cuts to bus services in the face of an aging bus fleet and an inability to replace them. The bus agency is adding a northeast Winter Haven route, calling […]
