Boca Raton’s Mizner Park turns 25

Readers: Mizner Park is 25 years old! Here’s more from a 2011 column: Once, downtown Boca Raton was a ghost town, with just 73 housing units and the lowest office rents in the county. That changed with the arrival of one of the first, and most popular, of Palm Beach County’s iconic outdoor shopping and entertainment…

New look for the Marlin Hotel

The Marlin Hotel, once a hangout for Jay-Z, Pharrell Williams and Aerosmith, unveiled its new look Wednesday. Gone is the Caribbean-hip vibe that British fashion designer Barbara Hulanicki brought to the Marlin when it was owned by Island Records founder Chris Blackwell, and the spare style that replaced it after Blackwell sold the hotel in 2004.…

Bonita to get downtown library

The new Bonita Springs branch of the Lee County Library will be located in city’s downtown section, following an agreement reached Tuesday by city and county officials on the placement and general design. County officials agreed to the city’s request to put the library downtown, rather than building a new facility at the current site on Pine Avenue. Read…