Michele Hylton-Terry

Take 5: Five Questions with Michele Hylton-Terry

Michele Hylton-Terry Executive Director Fort Myers Community Redevelopment Agency Q: What is your best piece of business advice for a new FRA member? Michele: “The best business advice I would offer is to be intentional and focused on the goal you are working to achieve. It’s important to understand that it may not come together…

‘It Has Been a Very Long Road:’ Cornerstone Developer Explains Challenges His Coral Springs Project Faced During Pandemic

The master developer of Cornerstone in Coral Springs recently explained why his downtown project had to add more apartments and cut out office space. Rod Sheldon, the owner of Predeso Property Investments, also discussed how the pandemic and its changes to the economy stalled the project and forced him and his partners to rethink plans…

Pensacola Hires SCAPE to Do Final Review of Long-Awaited ‘Hashtag’ Project

A long-awaited project to make Pensacola’s waterfront more pedestrian-friendly is getting a review by the original designers. The Pensacola Community Redevelopment Agency approved an amended contract with SCAPE Landscape Architecture earlier this week to pay $7,500 for a final review of the city’s plans for the “Hashtag Waterfront Connector” project on Main Street. While the…

Hilton Tempo To Start Construction In Fall 2023 At 2300 First Street, Fort Myers, Florida

Construction could start on Hilton Tempo in September 2023. Initially, the venture was supposed to break ground in 2022. Yet, according to FOX 4 Southwest Florida, the Fort Myers Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) pushed it back after the venture switched owners. Before, Marriot would oversee the venture. Now, Hilton does. Upon completion, the eight-story hotel…

Take 5 - Sherri Curtis

Take 5: Five Questions with Sherri Curtis

Sherri Curtis FRA Board of Directors Community Redevelopment Coordinator, CRA – City of Tallahassee Q: What is your best piece of business advice for a new FRA member? Sherri: To open your mind to new ideas and new ways of looking at redevelopment, gathering as much information as possible from those who are subject matter…

Diocese of Venice in Florida in Collaboration with National Development of America to Break Ground on St. Peter Claver Place Apartments

The Diocese of Venice in Florida and National Development of America will hold a groundbreaking ceremony for Phase 1 of St. Peter Claver Place Apartments, an affordable housing complex within the Dr. Martin Luther King Boulevard redevelopment area. The groundbreaking, to be held Tuesday, April 11, starting at 9 a.m., at 3681 Michigan Ave., in…