Saturday’s ceremony to mark the completion of Gainesville’s Depot Park will end a more than quarter-century journey to transform a polluted, largely abandoned industrial tract from a downtown blight to a city treasure. It began in 1990 when Gainesville Regional Utilities spent $13 million to buy the assets, land and liabilities of the closed-down Gainesville…
The Hillsborough County Redevelopment Incentives for Pilot Project Areas program was created to address opportunities within the unincorporated County that enhance the development and uses of areas that are traditionally seen as declining in value or are underutilized relative to their location and existing built infrastructure. The program targets four specific pilot project areas with…
Within any thriving business or industry, it is only natural that news coverage and news pitching should occur. But what if you have never pitched to the media? In order to promote your agency’s success and its involvement within the community and gain invaluable news coverage, it is necessary that the media cover it. Even…
Tampa, Fla. (Thursday, August 18, 2016) – The Dikman Company announced today that Michael English will be rejoining The Dikman Company this September. He will resume his position to provide strategic and land use perspective to the company’s real estate activities. “Mike’s urban planning, development, engineering and construction expertise coupled with his extensive private and…
Want to have some input on the future look of Cocoa Beach’s commercial districts? The city will hold a public workshop to discuss the Gateway Master Plan and the final phase of modernizing the city’s codes that will guide development or redevelopment in the area of State Road A1A and State Road 520 and downtown.…
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Miami is coming into its own as an increasingly international city that continues to attract new residents, visitors and investment and development activity. The city’s urban core is flourishing, with residents gravitating toward a downtown area that allows them to live, work and play in the same neighborhood. The Miami retail market is experiencing a…
TEMPLE TERRACE — Florida Hospital, one of two companies that planned to make pitches Monday to be the anchor of Downtown Temple Terrace, has withdrawn its proposal. This came after city redevelopment director Marty Hudson gave the hospital a low score on how it fits with the city’s redevelopment plan and the money it would…
TAMPA — Tampa Bay Rays executives met with Tampa and Hillsborough officials Monday to go over a half-dozen or more potential sites for a new ballpark, but this time the Florida State Fairgrounds was not in the mix. Hillsborough County Commissioner Ken Hagan said after the 90-minute meeting he felt confident that going forward neither…
A depressed part of the city has landed a rare proposal for a new project, but it’s not exactly what the city had in mind. A 308-unit, five-story complex called Deerfield Trace is proposed for a stretch of Dixie Highway that consists largely of industrial buildings, vacant lots and a few convenience stores. The area,…
This, from West Palm Beach’s Community Redevelopment Agency: Northwood Village has been designated a Florida Main Street by the Florida Division of Historical Resources, the agency that preserves and promotes Florida’s historical, archaeological and folk culture resources. The Main Street designation and program focuses on economic development in the context of historic preservation. While concentrating on revitalizing Northwood…
Is he mad? For the past nine months, Jack Luft has been plotting a transformation of downtown Fort Myers that will blow people’s minds. Working from an aerie above United Ale House, the man-about-downtown Fort Myers has plotted a vision of the pleasing but sleepy city center as a hub for artists and art patrons humming 24-7.…
