The fight for Channelside Bay Plaza is officially over. Now begins a new challenge: remaking downtown Tampa’s Channel District. Tampa Bay Lightning owner Jeff Vinik is Channelside’s new owner, thanks to the last-second settlement that ended the yearlong court fight over downtown’s outdoor mall. The deal was hammered out Sunday night and approved Monday by…
SARASOTA – Software entrepreneur Jesse Biter says his plans to build affordable apartments downtown have been stymied and he intends to either take on a partner or sell the rental site altogether. Biter’s decision comes months after he publicly touted a “new urbanist” vision involving apartments and retail space for the former United Way building…
SARASOTA – When Sarasota’s police chief was hired 18 months ago, she portrayed her strength as developing creative solutions to law enforcement problems. Bernadette DiPino said she prefers to reduce the need for arrests, when possible, by making changes at chronic trouble spots. That could involve better lighting, for instance, or zoning code changes, or…
ORLANDO, FL, (July 28, 2014) – Seminole County, Fla. recently approved a Master Plan for the redevelopment of the Oxford Road area identified as a key “catalyst” site for redevelopment and reinvestment along the U.S. 17-92 corridor. It is a catalyst site because of its pivotal position on the Seminole County transportation network. The plan…
