On the west bank of the Hillsborough River near downtown Tampa, community leaders are striving to build a better future from the rubble of a sometimes troubled past. Recently, crews started tearing down North Boulevard Homes, the city’s oldest public housing complex, to make way for West River, a 150-acre redevelopment project that will continue…
DetailsLEON COUNTY, Fla. (WTXL) – The Community Redevelopment Agency coming together in Leon County Tuesday morning to continue discussing plans for a project near Cascades Park. Officials getting a look at the news design that will feature a hotel, public plaza area, commercial offices, a historical cultural area, and an underground garage. Read the full article.
DetailsST. PETERSBURG – Colliers International Tampa Bay has handled the sale of Marina Village, a 61,791-square-foot shopping center near the Skyway Bridge, for $6.2 million. The 6.6-acre retail property, built in 1985, is located in the Skyway Marina District, a city-designated district in the southernmost part St. Petersburg, which has significant redevelopment potential. The city…
Detailsn April, the Pensacola City Council approved CRA work plans. The mayor has proposed the city issue $5.3 million in revenue bonds to implement some of the projects in the Eastside and Westside districts. Here are the projects listed in the plan: Read the full article.
DetailsThe Community Redevelopment Agency discussed a proposed $975,986 budget at its Tuesday meeting. The budgeted items discussed included the Heritage Park and Garden, Azalea Park and an incentive program for businesses. Robert Ford and Joann Martz from Friends of Heritage Park and Garden requested funding for lighting for the park. Phase 1 of the project…
DetailsSuch drama from Ann Pierce. Her editorial about Midtown and comprehensive planning for the City of Fort Myers is filled with half-truths meant to scare our citizens into believing that growth is detrimental to our community. Pierce believes herself to be an expert in city planning. She represents a small faction of citizens, “Our Town,”…
DetailsNEW SMYRNA BEACH — Barbara Evershed was a ball of stress as she and husband John oversaw last-minute painting and landscaping to her new townhouse. But the couple was able to look beyond the chaos to what drew them to build in the Canal Street Historic District. “We will be able to walk to many…
DetailsA new investor has joined the development team attempting to revitalize a derelict, multi-parcel property on downtown Pensacola’s west side. Quint Studer is now a 20 percent owner of Two Hundred Garden West Inc., a business registered to local attorney and developer Jim Reeves. In September, the Escambia County School District agreed to sell its former…
Details(Chicago)—July 25, 2017—Marilyn P. Hett, CRE, manager, Hillsborough County Economic Development Department. Tampa, Florida, is the 2017 recipient of the James Felt Creative Counseling Award from The Counselors of Real Estate (CRE®) professional association. The award celebrates outstanding achievement and ingenuity in real estate counseling by a member of the CRE organization. Ms. Hett advised…
DetailsMIAMI – Once home to the Ebenezer Baptist Church of Overtown, Miami, the new Overtown Performing Arts Center (OPAC) has been remodeled and repurposed to suit the needs of a historic community that has seen an influx of new businesses, new excitement and local and national attention. The 2000 square foot) OPAC is one more…
DetailsFrom the newly opened Four Seasons At The Surf Club to a range of local events, there’s a lot to discover in Miami’s uptown destination of Surfside. Surfside, located just north of Miami Beach and south of Bal Harbour, has been experiencing record-breaking growth and redevelopment that has transformed this mile-wide area into a vibrant travel…
DetailsPepsico has listed the site of its Miami-Dade County bottling plant for sale as a redevelopment opportunity. The 23.7-acre site at 777 N.W. 41st Street in Doral is listed for sale on the Real Capital Markets website. The brokers are NAI Global’s Jay Olshonsky, Clifford Moskowitz and Kimberly Kocur, plus NAI Miami’s Gabriel Garcia-Menocal and…
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