SARASOTA – The condominium booms of the late 1960s, early 1980s and mid-2000s are being mirrored by the current market for luxury highrises in downtown Sarasota. From big projects like Vue Sarasota Bay to smaller but more upscale buildings such as The Jewel and One88, condominium developers are benefiting from an influx of affluent baby…
DetailsEditor’s note: This is the third in a three-part series looking into the safety of downtown areas where people spend a night out. With shops, restaurants and child-friendly activities, Downtown at the Gardens has a reputation as a popular place to bring families. Read full article
DetailsBRADENTON — As the Bradenton City Council moves forward with a proposal to strip away the governing authority of the city’s three community redevelopment agencies, officials with one of the agencies, the Central CRA, are concerned that the strides they have made within the community will be lost. CRA designations are typically for low-income communities…
DetailsWEST PALM BEACH — The old City Hall building, one of the last public remnants of Cold War modernist architecture downtown, won’t be disappearing as quickly as city officials would prefer. The Community Redevelopment Agency wanted to speed up plans to convert the site into a hotel by tearing down the old five-story building, vacant…
DetailsThe following instructions are given as guidance to Respondents in properly preparing their responses to this Request for Qualifications (“RFQ”) for Production Services for the Dania Beach Community Redevelopment Agency (“DBCRA or CRA”) 2016 Arts and Seafood Celebration (the “Event or the “DBA&SC”). The DBCRA is seeking submissions from qualified persons, companies and firms to…
DetailsBRADENTON – The Riverwalk, a 1.5-mile park spanning downtown Bradenton, makes for a popular example when people talk about redevelopment here. City leaders in Sarasota point to it as an example of success. The Riverwalk was part of a revival of downtown Bradenton that drew new businesses, including the prize-winning Motorworks Brewing, which opened in…
DetailsWEST PALM BEACH — Hess Musallet moved downtown a decade ago. “I was looking for a lively downtown,” he said. Read full article
DetailsAshley Furniture’s announcement Thursday that it will move some of its corporate offices into the Centro Ybor complex is another big shot in the arm for Tampa. The move will bring 100 corporate jobs to Ybor City and build upon the huge momentum boost created by Tampa Bay Lightning owner Jeff Vinik’s plans to invest…
DetailsIf you’re looking for something to do this Memorial Day weekend, the Downtown Improvement Board thinks downtown Pensacola should be your destination. “Destination Downtown” is a push by the organization to highlight six events, all within walking distance of each other, happening in downtown Pensacola this weekend. The six events highlight the ease of getting…
DetailsNEW YORK, May 19, 2015 – In keeping with its mission to encourage the continuing education of retail real estate professionals, the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC) Foundation has presented Thomas G. Bolen III with the Fiala Fellowship. Launched in 2010, the Fiala Fellowship annually awards an outstanding professional under the age of 35 who…
DetailsA low-rise condo building from the 1940s was blocked from Miami-Dade’s roster of historic properties after county commissioners overturned a designation by their preservation board. Tuesday’s vote narrowly handed a win to some residents of Surfside’s 14-unit Seaside Terrace, a two-story oceanfront building constructed in 1948 and now occupying lucrative real estate amid South Florida’s latest high-rise…
DetailsAt various times since it was built in 1875, a wood-framed building on South Beach Street, dubbed “the Abbey” by its owners at the turn of the 19th century, was a general store, church meeting room, home of a popular writer, a lending library and the closest thing the newly formed city of Daytona had…
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