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‘Shop small’ catching on in Volusia, Flagler downtown districts

Redevelopment NewsBy FRAstaffDecember 3, 2015

Downtowns were bustling from Flagler Avenue in New Smyrna Beach, northward to Flagler Beach and west to Woodland Boulevard in DeLand as shoppers packed the sidewalks for a yearly shopping tradition. And the weather — a sunny and breezy 76 degrees — was perfect to welcome the crowds. Small Business Saturday, a yearly event that…

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Detroit tries unconventional approach to restoring its housing market

Redevelopment NewsBy FRAstaffDecember 2, 2015

DETROIT — For Jazley Trouser, a 25-year-old Home Depot worker who has endured her share of hard times, the opportunity to become a homeowner was too good to pass up. With a $1,000 bid on the city’s online auction site, Trouser bought a four-bedroom Tudor plundered by thieves. A $25,000 grant from a community bank…

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Developer wins right to restore historic former YMCA in downtown St. Petersburg

Redevelopment NewsBy FRAstaffDecember 2, 2015

ST. PETERSBURG — The battle over the sale of the historic former YMCA building is over and developer Nick Ekonomou, who bought it more than a year ago, is ready to begin restoration. “The project now moves forward full steam ahead,” he said Wednesday. Ekonomou said he has hired local architect Jack Bodziak and is…

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Historic Lake Worth hotel gets first approval for makeover

Redevelopment NewsBy FRAstaffDecember 1, 2015

Recently at the city’s Historic Resources Preservation Board meeting, Bonnie Miskel, a land-use and zoning attorney working with developer Hudson Holdings, was making her best pitch as to why the board should approve a key zoning change to allow the $60 million Gulfstream Hotel site restoration project to inch forward. Miskel spoke in a language…

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Guy Harvey and Boynton Beach in talks of bringing resort to city

Redevelopment NewsBy FRAstaffDecember 1, 2015

The city’s Community Redevelopment Agency and Guy Harvey Outpost Resorts are in talks about the company bringing one of its beach-inspired hotels to the downtown area. “We’d love to make it happen,” Mayor Jerry Taylor said Tuesday. Boynton Beach has long wanted a hotel to open downtown. This month, Vivian Brooks, the CRA executive director,…

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At one year, Harbourside continues to delight, divide

Redevelopment NewsBy FRAstaffNovember 30, 2015

Harbourside Place, the $150 million waterfront entertainment center, is the best thing to happen to Jupiter since the lighthouse was first illuminated in 1860. Or, it’s a concrete sore thumb. “There are so many choices. Restaurants, retail, shops. You’re on the water. Outdoor music. There’s even a public dock. We love this place,” said Erin…

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Angry Harbourside owner: Nothing satisfies Jupiter council

Redevelopment NewsBy FRAstaffNovember 30, 2015

Saying he has gone “above and beyond” meeting town requirements, Harbourside developer Nick Mastroianni blasted Jupiter officials for suspending the up to $350,000 annual payments to his $150 million waterfront entertainment center. “It’s sad to see that the public will lose the great benefit that Mayor (Karen) Golonka envisioned in this project,” Mastroianni said in…

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New Port Richey moves forward on riverfront project

Redevelopment NewsBy FRAstaffNovember 29, 2015

NEW PORT RICHEY — As Main Street Landing developer Ken McGurn has acknowledged, “We’ve been beating our heads against the wall for a long time.” The project moved forward recently when the Gainesville-based developer and New Port Richey city officials finalized a pact to resurrect the riverfront project, which has been stalled since 2004, when…

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Tavares officials look forward to newest development

Redevelopment NewsBy FRAstaffNovember 29, 2015

Tavares hit it out of the park with its “America’s Seaplane City” branding and the development of Wooton Park. Now the city is looking to create another success with Tavares Square, a multi-million-dollar block that’s part of the city’s downtown redevelopment master plan. “We were pleasantly surprised that there was a lot of interest in…

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Dixie Highway redo could bring 15-story condos south of downtown WPB

Redevelopment NewsBy FRAstaffNovember 28, 2015

A stretch of sleepy South Dixie Highway in West Palm Beach could be transformed into a complex featuring shops, a park and a bold vision: five glass-and-steel condominium towers, each rising 15 stories. Owners of the Prospect Place office center at 3111 S. Dixie Highway plan a $200 million redevelopment of their 9.4-acre site, which…

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Garage construction in Bartow begins Monday

Redevelopment NewsBy FRAstaffNovember 28, 2015

BARTOW — If you’re headed to any county office around the courthouse in Bartow on Monday or any other day between then and next August, expect parking to be harder to find. The parking crunch will be caused by the start of construction on a new $8 million, 679-space parking garage in what is now…

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Five signature building projects driving Tampa Bay forward

Redevelopment NewsBy FRAstaffNovember 27, 2015

Tampa Bay’s economic progress can be measured by its companies, its job growth and GDP, its population, its corporate headquarters, its entrepreneurs, its graduation rates, its universities and its patents. Even its swagger. But progress can also be captured in its latest signature buildings. The ones with substance. The ones that represent more for this…

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