CityPlace, the West Palm Beach dining and entertainment center, continues to get tough with restaurant and bar tenants it says aren’t paying the rent. The latest target: Blue Martini Lounge, the sleek, popular bar. On July 11, CityPlace filed a lawsuit in Palm Beach County Court seeking to evict the longtime tenant from its second-floor…
DetailsConstruction could start next year on an $8.3 million pedestrian bridge over traffic-clogged Colonial Drive near Interstate 4 in downtown Orlando. With new apartment buildings and condominiums sprouting throughout downtown, city officials are looking for ways to encourage walking and bicycling. They think the bridge could get more people out and about — and across…
DetailsThe final design for the $3.8 million Main Street streetscape project was presented before a packed crowd Monday night as the Leesburg Commission plans to improve an eyesore area leading to downtown. Frank Bellomo, of Bellomo Herbert Inc., showed the key elements of the project that will feature a brick entry gateway at the intersection…
DetailsAt its meeting Wednesday, the board of the West Palm Beach Downtown Development Authority set its “not to exceed” tax rate at $2 per $1,000 of taxable value for properties in the specially-designated downtown taxing district. At its final budget hearing Sept. 30, it’s expected to maintain its current rate of $1. The special tax…
DetailsDELAND — After four years of negotiations and false starts, a proposed downtown residential project is dead, city officials said at a budget workshop Monday. The development, known as the Woodland Block project, was approved in November 2012 and could have brought dozens of new residents and businesses to the city’s center. The Daytona Beach-based…
DetailsWhen lawyer and developer Shepard Broad created the town of Bay Harbor Islands 60 years ago from two mangrove clumps in the middle of Biscayne Bay, he recruited an all-star crew of local architects for a bold undertaking. Over a dozen years, they forged a showcase of modern architecture with a decidedly subtropical twist on…
DetailsThe Marathon City Council on Tuesday unanimously OK’d the redevelopment of Florida Keys Country Club, a project fronted by accountant Peter Rosasco. The council granted Rosasco’s team a conditional-use permit and development agreement that includes plans for an overhaul of the golf course on Sombrero Boulevard, a 76-unit hotel, 15 three-bedroom cottages, a 170-seat restaurant,…
DetailsTh is guidebook is intended to provide elected officials, city staff members, community leaders, and other decisionmakers in small and mid-sized cities with a menu of strategies for improving the transportation choices available to low- and moderate-income households. On average, transportation is the second largest household expenditure after housing, and transportation costs are directly related to…
DetailsA streetscape proposal to reduce Broadway by two lanes and create back-in angled parking was scrapped by the Kissimmee City Commission at a workshop on Tuesday. The new plan, which will be brought to the commission at a later date, puts more focus on the beautification of Emmett and Main Street, as well as completing…
DetailsVisitors to downtown Delray Beach have for years enjoyed the shops, restaurants and bars — and the parking has always been free. But that free parking could be a thing of the past. The city is poised to bring metered parking to Atlantic Avenue. Downtown Delray is one of the only local downtowns where free parking spaces…
DetailsLEESBURG — A mini-wave of commercial development is continuing for Leesburg, bringing new businesses and major renovations of existing buildings along U.S. Highway 27 and near Lake Square Mall. “In general, the economy is improving and we are seeing more development coming into Leesburg,” city spokesman Robert Sargent said. “We’re also seeing redevelopment of some…
DetailsBOYNTON BEACH — The Boynton Beach Community Redevelopment Agency board decided Tuesday to wait until it receives more information before deciding whether to hire a consultant for $19,000 to learn how the public perceives of the downtown area. CRA executive director Vivian Brooks said the state of that perception is a key fact that the…
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