In the heart of West Palm Beach, city officials gathered on August 4, 2025, to discuss pivotal developments aimed at revitalizing local neighborhoods and enhancing community engagement. The meeting, held at city hall, focused on the Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) and its strategic finance plan, which is essential for addressing issues of slum and blight…
DetailsThere was no shortage of emotion at the Quality Life Center in Fort Myers on Sept. 30, as the Fort Myers Community Redevelopment Agency hosted one of its input sessions to hear from nearly 40 community members, harkening back to special times they and their relatives experienced in historic McCollum Hall. For decades, McCollum Hall…
DetailsKabani Hotel Group has sold the Inn at Boynton Beach, a 102-room, interior-corridor hotel located at 480 W Boynton Beach Blvd, Boynton Beach, Fla. The property sold for $8.1 million representing a price per key of $79,412 and a room revenue multiple of 4.78x. Other terms and conditions were not disclosed. The property was ultimately…
DetailsIn 2022, the Fort Myers Mural Society teamed up with Fort Myers’ Community Redevelopment Agency and Public Art Committee to install 53 murals on the concrete stanchions surrounding the river basin next to the Luminary Hotel. A few weeks later, surge from Hurricane Ian damaged seven of those stanchions. They were repaired this summer, and…
DetailsThe Hallandale Beach Community Redevelopment Agency (HBCRA) is pleased to announce the official start of the District 8 Streetscape Improvements Project on Monday, October 27, 2025, along NE 1st Avenue. In keeping with its objectives to revitalize major corridors throughout the Hallandale Beach redevelopment area, the CRA is investing $9 million in this growing business community. This…
DetailsIn West Tampa, eight traffic signal boxes once overlooked as dull city infrastructure have been transformed into public art thanks to a project led by the Tampa Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA). For CRA Arts and Cultural Project Coordinator Cory Robinson, the initiative is about more than aesthetics; it’s about community identity. “The Tampa CRA is…
DetailsThe Coral Springs Community Redevelopment Agency this week signed off on up to $7.5 million in public infrastructure funding to help launch City Village, a mixed-use development planned for the former City Hall property. CRA board members voted Monday to move ahead with a formal agreement that will finance improvements along the north side of…
DetailsThe Southeast Overtown/Park West Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) convened on September 25, 2025, to discuss several key resolutions aimed at enhancing community development and addressing local needs. Chaired by Christine King, the meeting featured executive director James McQueen and deputy director Vincent Brown, along with several commissioners. One of the primary resolutions passed was the…
DetailsThe Flagler Beach City Commission’s Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) meeting on September 25, 2025, highlighted a significant step forward in local business engagement with the formation of a new advisory board. The board, informally dubbed “CRAB,” aims to enhance outreach and collaboration with businesses in the CRA District. City Manager and CRA Director praised the…
DetailsThe City of Port St. Lucie has finalized a deal to purchase roughly 111.59 acres of surplus land from the St. Lucie County School District at their Sept. 22 meeting. The acquisition was approved by the city commission and is aimed at furthering the city’s goals of expanding conservation areas and parks. The land, which…
DetailsOn Monday, September 29, at 3 p.m., Related Urban, the affordable housing arm of leading developer Related Group, will join the Riviera Beach Community Redevelopment Agency (RBCRA) to celebrate the groundbreaking of the Residences at Marina Village. Located in the heart of Riviera Beach’s waterfront district, within its developing downtown corridor, the Residences at Marina…
DetailsThe Riviera Beach Community Redevelopment Agency hosts a groundbreaking ceremony to mark the start of construction on “Element 8 – Residences at Marina Village.” With more than $150 million in redevelopment planned for Marina Village and the Broadway Corridor, Element 8 marks the next major step in revitalizing the area into a regional gateway and…
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