With most of the partner agreements in place, final details are being smoothed out for Tri-Rail commuter service to steam into downtown Miami before the end of next year. “We are looking at insurance issues we’ll have to deal with in the future, and we got All Aboard Florida to give us a tour of…
DetailsThe Temple Terrace City Council is considering two proposals for its downtown redevelopment area — one from Eriksson Technologies, and the other from Florida Hospital. Following state regulations, they’ll meet as the Community Redevelopment Agency to hear more about each plan on at 5:30 p.m. Monday, Aug. 15, at the Lightfoot Recreation Center, 10901 N. 56th St., Temple Terrace. A special…
DetailsWhat does the future hold for emerging neighborhoods surrounding the University of South Florida in north Tampa? Nearly $4 million in federal funds is being pumped into the community for new job opportunities just as businesses are gearing up for construction and expansions along the Fowler Avenue corridor. It’s all part of a push by…
DetailsDoes size really matter when it comes to city centre planning today? In the case of Miami, Florida, it would appear that it does, where an ambitious 5.4 million square feet mixed-use city-within-a-city redevelopment project is so large that its developer, the US subsidiary of Hong Kong’s Swire Properties, was able to propose a unique…
DetailsIts history is marked by its proximity to the country’s oldest city, which brought settlers and builders to this area in the early 1700s. It’s also a city later impoverished when a gigantic fire ravaged its architectural legacy in 1901, destroying more than 2,000 buildings. Following the fire, builders and architects rushed to replace the…
DetailsMEMPHIS, Tenn., Aug. 3, 2016 /PRNewswire/ — EdR (NYSE: EDR), one of the nation’s largest developers, owners and managers of high-quality collegiate housing communities, has announced plans for a complete redevelopment of one of its off-campus communities, Players Club, at Florida State University (FSU) in Tallahassee, Fla. “The location of Players Club is still ideal and it gives us an opportunity to…
DetailsAs of the end of the 2016 fiscal year, FCLF has made significant milestones: In food access financing, with recent $1.6 million in financing to Treasure Coast Food Bank; In lending and social impact, with $252 million in cumulative financing through 251 loans; In affordable rental housing financing, with more units financed than any prior…
DetailsThe city of Pompano Beach’s design review committee on Wednesday delayed action on a site-plan proposal by New York-based Chetrit Group and local developer Ari Pearl, pending changes to their large, planned mixed-use development. The proposed project, called Oceanside Pompano Beach, would span 360,989 square feet and would include residential apartments, hotel rooms, retail stores,…
DetailsSo you think nothing is happening in downtown Jacksonville? If so, you should reconsider. Downtown is on the verge of its largest multi-family infill development boom in decades. 1,279 residential units could be under construction in the downtown proper by the end of the year. Moderncities.com takes a look at 8 downtown projects and few…
DetailsORLANDO — Growing better together: That’s the goal as Orlando leaders study strategic growth along the Virginia Drive corridor. Virginia Drive corridor connects Ivanhoe Village with Mills 50 Near Orlando Urban Trail, area is top spot for redevelopment ‘The Yard at Ivanhoe’ going in on lot at Virginia and Alden George Saunders is the general…
DetailsCampers of the Boynton Beach summer camp program suited up with their snorkels and fins to take a dip beneath the earth’s surface to discover the underworld mysteries of the deep blue sea. This initiative called Project Seahorse was created when co-founders Dan Volker and Jim Abernathy saw families visiting Blue Heron Bridge. “There would…
DetailsDEERFIELD BEACH Once a hotspot for gambling and bootlegging, a city park accessible only through a condominium parking lot has begun its transformation into a hub for enjoying the city’s Intracoastal Waterway. Sullivan Park, once the site of the notorious Riverview Restaurant that legend has Al Capone frequenting, is on a frontage road tucked between…
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