Daily Archives: December 16, 2015

UCF seeks donors in push for downtown Orlando campus

University of Central Florida President John Hitt pitched his proposal for a downtown Orlando campus to local leaders Wednesday and said UCF would again seek approval for the project from the Florida Board of Governors, probably early next year. UCF’s proposal, which is on the tentative Board of Governors’ meeting agenda for January, calls for…

Long-vacant historic bank could find new life as apartments

ST. PETERSBURG — A historic downtown bank, vacant for two decades, could become the cornerstone of an eight-story apartment and retail building. The city’s Community Planning and Preservation Commission approved a proposal Tuesday that would preserve the original 1926 Union Trust Co. building at 801 Central Ave. but demolish additions made in 1938 and 1967.…