Large office and industrial projects are bringing new jobs and opportunities for Pinellas. Notable projects in 2016 include: G.E. Instrument Transformers opening a new 190,000-square-foot manufacturing center in Clearwater. Johns Hopkins All Children’s is well underway on the construction of its new 255,000-square-foot Research & Education building in St. Petersburg. BayCare Health Systems is adding…
DetailsCLERMONT — Lake County‘s largest city will receive an award next week for its downtown master plan. The Florida Redevelopment Association recognized the south Lake city and GAI’s Community Solutions Group in Orlando for outstanding redevelopment achievements for the blueprint developed for Clermont‘s downtown-waterfront district. The award will be presented Oct. 14 during the association’s…
DetailsApartment developer Nathan Collier has come back with a less imposing development plan for 238 W. University Ave. that reduces the number of floors from six to three and the number of apartments from 297 to 126, eliminates a 7-foot wall facing the adjacent neighborhood, widens sidewalks and adds trees. The plan also eliminates parking…
DetailsTreasure Island is being slowly strangled by the inability to redevelop its aging tourism properties. Many of the properties are in dire need of updating, and their condition drags down other better properties by forcing them to compete, while dragging down the community as a whole. Just a paint job is not going to fix…
DetailsBoca Raton planners are recommending that the city approve Mizner 200. The 384-unit luxury condo, which would replace the 246-unit Mizner on the Green rental complex, goes before the Community Appearance Board today. On Thursday, it is scheduled for the planning and zoning board. It is the first major downtown project to go through city…
DetailsThe Community Redevelopment Agency — the joint Leon County and city of Tallahassee body tasked with improving blighted areas — will spend millions to help build retail space, put on downtown and south side special events and complete street infrastructure next year. The CRA board, consisting of county and city commissioners, passed the agency’s $7.2 million…
DetailsSeptember 24 was a big afternoon for Cory Finot and Claude Postel, and — you might say — for MOCA Plaza and downtown North Miami. As the owners of the new 210-seat Café Crème on the plaza, the French-born master chefs had pastries baking in the oven and were preparing for the crowds about to…
DetailsMANATEE COUNTY — Six thoroughfares in unincorporated Manatee County are now designated “urban corridors” where county commissioners want to encourage redevelopment, possibly with greater densities and higher buildings. Current regulations, they say, are more geared toward the type of suburban development that occurs east of Interstate 75. When they inquire about rebuilding in urban areas,…
DetailsThe race for Jacksonville Beach City Council Seat 1 focuses on transformation of the city, especially downtown. Candidates Kurtis Loftus and incumbent Chris Hoffman talk about downtown redevelopment in slightly different ways: Loftus through events and the image of Jacksonville Beach and Hoffman through more and a larger variety of businesses. Both see downtown as…
DetailsDowntown Jacksonville’s most significant eyesore is about to receive a transformational makeover. In a city that’s bent over backwards to accommodate the automobile since 1950, this project will return a full city block back to its natural state. Read full article
DetailsSunRail’s first regular Saturday service will be tested for four months starting Oct. 8 in an effort paid for by Central Florida businesses and organizations. Groups such as Florida Hospital, the Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts and the Downtown Development Board contributed close to $250,000 to help pay for the new trains that…
DetailsDowntown Orlando is the center of a dynamic metropolitan area with a vibrant and diverse community where arts and culture flourish. The area is a world-class urban core with growing residential, retail, and commercial development and is a proud sponsor of the 2016 FRA Annual Conference. Underneath a skyline that has doubled in the last…
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