A long-awaited project to make Pensacola’s waterfront more pedestrian-friendly is getting a review by the original designers. The Pensacola Community Redevelopment Agency approved an amended contract with SCAPE Landscape Architecture earlier this week to pay $7,500 for a final review of the city’s plans for the “Hashtag Waterfront Connector” project on Main Street. While the…
DetailsConstruction could start on Hilton Tempo in September 2023. Initially, the venture was supposed to break ground in 2022. Yet, according to FOX 4 Southwest Florida, the Fort Myers Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) pushed it back after the venture switched owners. Before, Marriot would oversee the venture. Now, Hilton does. Upon completion, the eight-story hotel…
DetailsThe City of West Palm Beach is preparing to host South Florida’s largest, free outdoor annual Independence Day celebration — 4th on Flagler. This event will be the City’s 35th annual celebration and it will feature live entertainment (music on three stages), a military honor ceremony, a kids’ entertainment zone, roving entertainment (including jugglers, stilt…
DetailsThe Diocese of Venice in Florida and National Development of America will hold a groundbreaking ceremony for Phase 1 of St. Peter Claver Place Apartments, an affordable housing complex within the Dr. Martin Luther King Boulevard redevelopment area. The groundbreaking, to be held Tuesday, April 11, starting at 9 a.m., at 3681 Michigan Ave., in…
DetailsThe lack of public parking is an issue that the Cape Coral Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) hopes it can fix. The study consists of the downtown district of Cape Coral, between Cape Coral Parkway and Leonard Street. It shows that there is only a small amount of areas that are available for residents and small…
DetailsThe United States housing supply is short nearly four million of what communities and residents need, even in areas that have previously experienced relatively stable markets. The impact of this is felt through low rates of housing vacancies or availability, rising rents, high home purchase prices, and more. The shortfall is even greater for workforce…
DetailsA four-parcel lot in Fort Myers with two commercial buildings could soon find new life as a 16-story residential complex. Meet Vantage Lofts. According to the Fort Myers Community Redevelopment (CRA), the community will offer more than 200 lofts, along with 5,000 square feet of retail space. Plans also call for a low-rise parking garage…
DetailsIt’s tough to tell whether the notion of a Margate downtown is rewrapped in a different packaging or if elected officials this time can really pull it off. Since the mid-1990s the crossroads of State Road 7 and Margate Boulevard have been targeted for mixed-use development, to no avail. City commission after city commission has…
DetailsIn Orlando’s tourism district, forces are at play that don’t normally coincide. Rosen Hotel workers are learning English taught by University of Central Florida (UCF) instructors in a pilot program paid for by Orange County government. That public-private partnership with the three big players in Central Florida is “what really truly makes this a unique…
DetailsMarjorie Waldo, president & CEO of Arts Garage in Delray Beach, announced that the nonprofit organization is extending the popular comedy series, The Art of Laughter 2023, presented the first Friday of every month in collaboration with The Comedy Zone. “Arts Garage is thrilled to partner with The Comedy Zone, the largest comedy club network in America,…
DetailsBargain hunters who head to the Swap Shop — the unusual decades-old shopping destination in South Florida — may start seeing its surrounding neighborhood spruced up with a string of redevelopment projects. Lauderhill is eyeing properties around town, preparing to buy real estate, bring in food markets for lower-income areas and clean up a deteriorating…
DetailsOver the past 10 years, nearly 1,000 new residential units have emerged in Longwood’s historic downtown district. Not only have an influx of people moved into the area, particularly around the city’s SunRail station, but the overall downtown area has seen a boost in foot traffic lately. After the city redeveloped Reiter Park in 2017,…
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