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Cantina Louie moving ahead on Monument Owner estimates Mexican cantina will open in October.
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For Sean Mulholland, a private investigator and owner of Mulholland Investigation and Computer Forensics, the COVID-19 shutdown has hurt part of his business and expanded others.
Sean Mulholland says that while two-thirds of his business has stopped with the courthouse closure, his forensic examiners are busy. BY MAX MARBUT ASSOCIATE EDITOR
For private investigator Sean Mulholland, the COVID-19 shutdown means that some areas of his business are down, but some are more active than before the pandemic. “About two-thirds of our business is litigation support, so with the courthouse closed, that has ground to a halt,” said Mulholland, owner of Mulholland Investigation and Computer Forensics.
“But it’s easier to serve subpoenas. People are at home, so we can find them,” he said. Current clients are calling to make sure their computer server and internet security measures are up to date, particularly those who have shifted to working at home. The digital investigation part of the business hasn’t been seriously affected. The company provides services such as obtaining information from social media and email accounts, asset searches and background checks. That work went digital years ago, Mulholland said. “My two forensic examiners are busy and we’ve gotten several new cases in the past two weeks.” The firm has eight full-time and five part-
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Benjamin Porter is moving ahead with building out the Regency area Cantina Louie Mexican Street Food in the Shoppes at Monument center his group is developing off Monument Road, north of Regency Square Mall at Interstate 295. “We are indeed moving forward with the interior build-out of the Monument location as soon as the shopping center is finished within the next month or so,” Porter said April 20 by email. Depending on COVID-19, he estimates opening in October. Porter said his group temporarily froze construction on new locations in Palm Coast and Daytona Beach, but resumed work. The Palm Coast restaurant could open in July and Daytona Beach in August. “Overall, I feel that we are starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel and we are expecting to have another great summer,” he said. Cantina Louie is described as a “fun, affordable Mexican Cantina serving authentic Mexican street food,” such as tacos, sope, tostadas and tortas. It will
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