DAYTONA BEACH — The most expensive private beachside development in the city’s history is planning to break ground this spring. The key players behind the Daytona Beach Convention Hotel & Condominiums, a $130 million project located at the eastern tip of Oakridge Boulevard, say they just need to go through the final steps of securing a building permit…
DetailsThe City of Zephyrhills is requesting proposals from interested firms, licensed in the State of Florida, to provide architectural/engineering services in connection with the design and construction of a new city hall building. The new City Hall shall consist of approximately 16,000 square feet located adjacent to the existing facility at 5335 8th Street, Zephyrhills,…
DetailsThe CRA Advisory Board—CRAAB—consists of a group of Fernandina Beach residents who advise the City Commission in its dual role as Community Redevelopment Agency on issues including implementation of the CRA Plan by providing recommendations and assistance in identifying and prioritizing projects to be undertaken as consistent with the CRA Plan. The focus of this…
DetailsFor Immediate Release: May 17, 2016 Contact: DEO Communications, 850.245.7110, media@deo.myflorida.com DEO SEEKING PROPOSALS FOR COMMUNITY PLANNING TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE GRANTS TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – The Florida Department of Economic Opportunity (DEO) is seeking proposals for Community Planning Technical Assistance grants from communities across Florida. The purpose of the grants is to assist counties and municipalities in…
DetailsThe Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) are hosting a listening session for bank examiners. The listening session is a group discussion between local community-based organizations and FDIC and OCC Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) examiners and community affairs staff. The goal is to help the examiners…
DetailsLeading up to a recent decision to build a futureSanta Rosa County judicial center in downtown Milton, Property Appraiser Greg Brown presented a case to commissioners for a different site on U.S. 90 — one he says is an opportunity to reduce the burden on taxpayers. Brown sent a letter Feb. 3 to all five County Commissioners…
DetailsBoynton Beach’s redevelopment agency will for the first time Tuesday hear about its newly created citizen advisory board’s progress. In October, the city voted to change the makeup of its redevelopment agency board. It’s now made up of the city’s five commission members, a change from its former composition of five commissioners and two independent…
DetailsThere are no classes taught at the University of Florida’s East Campus along Waldo Road. Instead, the majority of the 450 or so employees working in the complex of brick buildings behind a wrought iron fence handle mostly administrative duties. Departments such as payroll, Web and data services were moved here to free up room…
DetailsNearly 40 years ago, the young architects in a new, untested Miami firm got their first chance to prove their commercial mettle with a devilishly tricky commission: To design an apartment building on a Brickell lot so long and skinny it’s like a sliver of pie cut by a dessert lover on a diet. The…
DetailsRetailers and real estate developers are sold on the eastern leg of the Miami River as an up-and-coming culinary and entertainment destination on the verge of a break-through. But are voters? That’s a key question leading up to the March 15 election, when developers Alex Mantecon and Guillermo Vadell will learn whether plans to build…
DetailsA new development group expects to file plans for student housing, apartments and retail as soon as this month to complement the proposed downtown campus of theUniversity of Central Florida. A partnership of Premiere-Nelson Group Inc., Unicorp National Developments Inc., T-Rex Capital Group LLC and Jupiter Realty expect to submit the plans for living and shopping quarters that would complement the…
DetailsDowntown Miami continues to grow. Developers broke ground Thursday on Miami Worldcenter and Paramount, the mixed-use development’s signature residential tower, according to The Miami Herald. The 27-acre development at 10th Street and NE Second Avenue will include retail, hotel and residences. The Worldcenter launch came just two weeks after the groundbreaking for Canvas, at 90 NE…
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