Busy Park Boulevard in Pinellas Park is not where you would expect to find a “Creative District.” But past the heavy traffic and the older retail shops and restaurants, slow down and you’ll see Clayton Swartz’s colorful abstract metal sculptures at the 5600 Block. The sculptures are strategically placed to draw attention to Swartz’s new…
Bill Wilson and Michele Hartson have been married for 20 years. They share a house in the Woodland Drives neighborhood yet they’re spending much time in South City, a neighborhood thirsty for change. South City – one of Tallahassee’s most troubled neighborhoods – is in dire need of adequate housing, new economic opportunities and a…
The Delray Beach Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) has been recognized by the Florida Redevelopment Association (FRA) for outstanding redevelopment achievements in the Transportation/Transit Enhancements Category. The FRA presents awards annually to projects that exhibit best practices in Florida redevelopment over the past year. This year, the Delray Beach CRA and the City of Delray Beach…
All that remains are a permitting process and working through minor site plan details before downtown Bradenton will see a new Marriott-owned Spring Hill Suites rise into the air. The city council finalized the development agreement Wednesday. There are minor changes to the initial proposal from when the city entered into a purchase agreement in…
POMPANO BEACH, Fla. /Florida Newswire/ — The Pompano Beach CRA announces the groundbreaking ceremony for the City Vista Apartments will take place on October 19 at 3:30 p.m. According to Redevelopment Management Associates (RMA), the development will include 111 apartments and 3,800 square feet of ground floor commercial space. This development is the next step…
Large office and industrial projects are bringing new jobs and opportunities for Pinellas. Notable projects in 2016 include: G.E. Instrument Transformers opening a new 190,000-square-foot manufacturing center in Clearwater. Johns Hopkins All Children’s is well underway on the construction of its new 255,000-square-foot Research & Education building in St. Petersburg. BayCare Health Systems is adding…
CLERMONT — Lake County‘s largest city will receive an award next week for its downtown master plan. The Florida Redevelopment Association recognized the south Lake city and GAI’s Community Solutions Group in Orlando for outstanding redevelopment achievements for the blueprint developed for Clermont‘s downtown-waterfront district. The award will be presented Oct. 14 during the association’s…
Apartment developer Nathan Collier has come back with a less imposing development plan for 238 W. University Ave. that reduces the number of floors from six to three and the number of apartments from 297 to 126, eliminates a 7-foot wall facing the adjacent neighborhood, widens sidewalks and adds trees. The plan also eliminates parking…
Treasure Island is being slowly strangled by the inability to redevelop its aging tourism properties. Many of the properties are in dire need of updating, and their condition drags down other better properties by forcing them to compete, while dragging down the community as a whole. Just a paint job is not going to fix…
Boca Raton planners are recommending that the city approve Mizner 200. The 384-unit luxury condo, which would replace the 246-unit Mizner on the Green rental complex, goes before the Community Appearance Board today. On Thursday, it is scheduled for the planning and zoning board. It is the first major downtown project to go through city…
The Community Redevelopment Agency — the joint Leon County and city of Tallahassee body tasked with improving blighted areas — will spend millions to help build retail space, put on downtown and south side special events and complete street infrastructure next year. The CRA board, consisting of county and city commissioners, passed the agency’s $7.2 million…
September 24 was a big afternoon for Cory Finot and Claude Postel, and — you might say — for MOCA Plaza and downtown North Miami. As the owners of the new 210-seat Café Crème on the plaza, the French-born master chefs had pastries baking in the oven and were preparing for the crowds about to…
