PANAMA CITY — If city commissioners decide Tuesday to select three developers to work together on a makeover of the Panama City Marina, it could be because the proposals are similar. At the Nov. 4 City Commission meeting, Mayor Greg Brudnicki wanted to combine the top three marina proposals — which for all indications are…
SARASOTA – Software entrepreneur Jesse Biter’s plans for affordable apartments downtown may have new life with the involvement of another developer. On Monday, attorneys representing the Atlanta-based Carter Acquisitions, LLC, will ask the City Commission to let the project proceed under a new site plan and without paying into the city’s affordable housing trust fund.…
CRESTVIEW — A yet to be selected Main Street Crestview Association and CRA director will be an hourly position based on the budgeted and advertised $41,511 salary, including benefits. The Community Redevelopment Agency board unanimously approved the measure at its Nov. 10 meeting. Based on the job requirements, City Clerk Betsy Roy recommended the position…
In Eatonville, the historic hometown of “Their Eyes Were Watching God” author Zora Neale Hurston, their eyes may soon be watching helicopters soar over eight stories of Lamborghinis, Bentleys and yachts. At least that’s the plan being offered by developers who hope to transform the town into a futuristic commercial hub. The Eatonville Town Council…
EDGEWATER — Several years of planning will culminate next week when city leaders make their case to the Volusia County Council for the city’s first Community Redevelopment Area, a proposal that will look to rehabilitate a stretch of U.S. 1 and create a new downtown. City officials had originally pitched a 40-year CRA, in which…
Delray Beach, FL (October 23, 2014)…Downtown Delray Beach DDA District retail and restaurant sales volume from 2008-2013 has increased by $62 million. The additional sales totaled $237,008,429, a 35.4% increase in retail and restaurant business over the past five years. The Delray Beach Downtown Development Authority requests figures from the State of Florida Department of…
The City of New Port Richey, FL invites interested qualified parties to submit qualifications and proposals in response to RFP15-004 Hacienda Hotel Rehabilitation. This solicitation is to provide professional services for repair and rehabilitation of the Historic Hacienda Hotel located at 5621 Main Street, New Port Richey FL 34652. This project is funded through a…
The City of New Port Richey invites interested qualified parties to submit sealed quotations and proposals in response to RFQP 15-003 Hacienda Hotel Condition Assessment. This solicitation is to provide professional services to complete a Hacienda Hotel Condition Assessment and Florida Master Site File Update. The subject property is located at 5621 Main Street, New…
HAINES CITY | City commissioners on Tuesday night approved spending about $214,000 more for the Sixth Street Streetscape Project. The project, which will now cost $1.5 million, starts on Hinson Avenue and extends south to Wood Avenue. It includes landscaping, new and improved sidewalks, and related road and drainage improvements. The increase is because construction…
The Boynton Beach Community Redevelopment Agency board will meet tonight at 6:30 p.m. One of the main topics the board will discuss is 500 Ocean, the commercial/residential project to be built at Ocean Avenue and Federal Highway. The City Commission, which makes up five of the seven CRA board seats, approved the project in July.…
Pensacola business man Robert Switzer has agreed to buy the corner in downtown Pensacola at Garden, Palafox, Romana and Baylen streets from Durnford Enterprises Ltd. Terms of the purchase were not disclosed. Details of Switzer’s plans for the property weren’t immediately available, but he said the leases of all businesses that are currently tenants of…
Downtown record shop Arrow’s Aim will re-open in a new location Wednesday with three times the space for vinyl. The growth of Arrow’s Aim proves that a culture of allegiance to small, local businesses thrives downtown, owner Daniel Halal said. Its neighbors include the Harvest Thyme Cafe, The Wooly event space, The Top restaurant and…
ZEPHYRHILLS — Betty Kennedy has been named the new executive director of Main Street Zephyrhills, Inc., following the resignation of Gina Granger, whose last day was Tuesday. This is a second stint for Kennedy, who served as Main Street Zephyrhills executive director from October 1999 to June 2001. Among her accomplishments: She presided over getting Zephyrhills…
TAMPA — Downtown projects generate the most cash and grab the headlines, but Tampa’s redevelopment efforts outside the urban core also face a key vote this week. After about a year of negotiation, Tampa and Hillsborough County officials propose to renew all of the city’s existing “community redevelopment areas,” plus create a new one. County…
Delray Beach brought about a revival of its downtown earlier than most Florida cities. Now the area south of Atlantic Avenue, which was slower to catch on than the land north of Atlantic, is gaining momentum. Read full article
FORT MYERS, Fla. – The Lee County Commission Tuesday pledged up to $4 million to rehab Harborside Event Center in downtown Fort Myers, a project that Mayor Randy Henderson said will be an economic catalyst for the city and region when complete by 2017. Read full article
It might be the biggest thing to happen in downtown Miami since Henry Flagler brought his railroad south and created downtown Miami. And it’s happening sooner than you might think, on the same long-vacant acreage where Flagler built his little Miami train depot more than a century ago. No longer just a concept, All Aboard…
The Miami City Commission unanimously approved plans for a downtown convention center and 1,800-room hotel Thursday on the site of the old Miami Arena. The commission’s approval of MDM Development’s $600 million Marriott Marquis Miami World Center clears an important hurdle for the developer, which can now pursue permits and tax rebates, and push to…
Lennar Commercial and Codina Partners have begun construction on the first phase of the Shops at Downtown Doral, where they plan to feature locally-owned restaurants and retailers on Main Street, including two concepts by Bulla – a gastrobar and a ceviche restaurant, and Dragonfly, a robata grill and sushi lounge. The first wave of retailers,…
PANAMA CITY — City Manager Jeff Brown will not hire a Community Redevelopment Agency director for at least a year, saving about $60,000. Instead, Brown has appointed Stephen Cox as the program manager of the downtown district Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) and former administrative assistant Onya Bates to fill Cox’s current position as Millville district…
The Martin County Community Redevelopment Agency installed a rain garden on Mapp Road in the Old Palm City Community Redevelopment Area. This attractive, environmentally-friendly project allows water to infiltrate into the soil rather than becoming runoff. This helps to protect the quality of water downstream by preventing runoff from entering storm drains and helps reduce…