Builder gets started on a landmark project — a new aquarium

Willis Smith has a nearly 50-year history in the region.

  • By Jay Heater
  • | 5:21 p.m. November 13, 2020
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Willis Smith Executive Vice President John LaCivita stands alongside the site of the future Mote Science Education Aquarium.
Willis Smith Executive Vice President John LaCivita stands alongside the site of the future Mote Science Education Aquarium.
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Sarasota aquarium and nonprofit research facility Mote Marine broke ground Nov. 13 on its long-anticipated Science Education Aquarium at Nathan Benderson Park.

 

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