Vivian Brooks received a lower rating this year for her work as the city’s Community Redevelopment Agency director, and two city commissioners want her fired. But a majority of the board thinks she deserves to keep her position — and has even voted to give her a 3 percent salary increase. The CRA approved the…
DetailsEconomic development is at the epicenter of our daily lives. It affects where we live, work and play. The prosperity of this community depends on thoughtful investment of our tax dollars to create jobs and foster a culture of private reinvestment that will continue for generations to come. We are dedicated to economic development, which…
DetailsRIVIERA BEACH — After a decade-long delay, a giant resort and spa project is back on the drawing board for Riviera Beach’s Singer Island. The Wellness Resort and Spa complex would be composed of two 20-story towers along North Ocean Drive, less than a mile north of Blue Heron Boulevard. It would generate millions in…
DetailsTAMPA — After a marathon — and contentious — hearing that lasted until early Friday morning, the City Council denied a zoning change needed to build Altis Grand Central, a mixed-use project with 296 apartments proposed near the Oxford Exchange. Plans called for two apartment buildings, five and six stories tall, at 504 W Grand…
DetailsA controversial plan to eliminate two road-improvement fees charged to developers and replace them with something called a mobility plan, with rates some argue are too low, will be considered by Sarasota County commissioners at a public hearing Tuesday. If adopted, the mobility plan would supplant the existing system of road impact fees that Sarasota…
DetailsDick Rosedale remembers a time in the 1980s when “you could roll a bowling ball” down Canal Street because of the lack of activity in the the city’s mainland downtown district. While the business climate there has waxed and waned since then, it seemingly hit critical mass in June 2011 when Canal Street was pocked with empty…
DetailsNEW SMYRNA BEACH — City commissioners voted 4-1 on Tuesday to approve the request by developers of a proposed 114-room beachfront hotel to build closer to the ocean, a critical step for the project to move forward. Poseidon Hotel Ventures, which is planning to build a SpringHill Suites by Marriott on about 1½ acres just…
DetailsIn April, a Palm Beach company paid an eye-popping $20 million for two buildings in downtown Delray Beach. The buildings, at 326 and 400 E. Atlantic Ave., are known as the George buildings, after the family that owned them for decades. Now, at least one of the buildings is getting a face-lift. Menin Development recently…
DetailsIt’s common for a shopping center in Boynton Beach to get a facelift. It seems like it’s happening all the time in the city. But what’s likely to happen at Riverwalk Plaza at Woolbright Road and Federal Highway will be more than a facelift. The plaza currently has a vacant Winn-Dixie as its anchor, and…
DetailsOn August 25, 2015, Florida Secretary of State Ken Detzner announced the designation of Crystal River and Fernandina Beach as Florida Main Street communities. Main Street designation offers a comprehensive strategy from the statewide Florida Main Street Program to support local revitalization and historic preservation efforts. “As the Florida Main Street Program celebrates its 30th…
DetailsFlorida Community Loan Fund is pleased to announce it is a recipient of $3.5 million from the U.S. Treasury’s CDFI Fund. • $2 million in Financial Assistance (FA), and • $1.5 million from the Healthy Food Financing Initiative (HFFI). FCLF’s Award is the largest of the 5 Florida organizations to receive an award through this competitive process. Since…
DetailsTAMPA — Jeff Vinik’s ambitions go beyond winning Stanley Cups and revitalizing downtown Tampa. He says he also wants to help improve the health of the community. “We’ve got the $1 billion-plus real estate development going on, and wellness and health (are) such a big part of what we are thinking,” the developer and owner…
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