Minneapolis firm picked to build citrus research center at Lakeland university

Ryan Cos. will build center on campus of Florida Polytechnic University for International Flavors and Fragrances.

  • By Louis Llovio
  • | 2:10 p.m. May 17, 2022
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Construction on the Citrus Innovation Center at Florida Polytechnic University is expected to begin this summer and be complete by late next year.
Construction on the Citrus Innovation Center at Florida Polytechnic University is expected to begin this summer and be complete by late next year.
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A Minnesota-based real estate service company is going to lead the way in building a new facility to study Florida citrus.

Ryan Cos. — which is based in Minneapolis, a city that gets, on average, 52 inches of snow each year — has been picked to build the Citrus Innovation Center at Florida Polytechnic University.

 

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