A major mixed-use project that would include an assisted living facility, workforce apartments and retail space is planned for North Miami, The Real Deal has learned. Markus Frankel, president of Bay Harbor Islands-based Frankel Benayoun Architects, presented the mixed-use development proposal to a small, but engaged, community gathering in North Miami earlier this week. The development, which will…
Boynton Beach says that opening more small antique shops in town could help foster downtown development. That’s why the city made a recent change to allow more used-book stores, consignment and antique shops to open in clusters on Boynton Beach’s Ocean Avenue and other areas scheduled for redevelopment. City officials say that developing this niche…
Mayor Bob Buckhorn and the City of Tampa, Florida, broke ground this week on the redevelopment of Julian B. Lane Riverfront Park designed by Denver urban design and landscape architecture firm Civitas with W Architecture and Landscape Architecture of New York. Mayor Buckhorn manned a trackhoe, digging into the dirt of the 23-acre site on…
DAYTONA BEACH — City commissioners and the mayor tackled a full agenda Wednesday night, discussing and voting on everything from measures dealing with a new riverfront trail to new signage that will help people find things in the city. Here’s a roundup. NEW WAWA STORE AND GAS STATION: Commissioners approved rezoning 3.5 acres of land at the…
NEW PORT RICHEY — The city has completed a rezoning package that it hopes will kick-start the long-stalled downtown Main Street Landing project while also protecting a slice of land to ensure expansion of the James E. Grey Preserve wilderness park. During a meeting Tuesday night, the New Port Richey City Council rezoned a little…
Deltona is Volusia County’s most populous city and also one of its most visibly blighted, with an aging housing stock and a relatively puny commercial base. Access to basic necessities, like groceries and health care offices, is picking up — but Deltona still lacks the bustling mix of restaurants, shopping, services and other amenities that…
In recent days, there has been a great deal of confusion over who owns Jordan Park Apartments and what is being done to help the low-income residents who live there. As Chief Executive Officer of the St. Petersburg Housing Authority (SPHA), I would like an opportunity to address community concerns and to provide the facts.…
Depot Park’s opening remains ahead of schedule. It’s set for Aug. 1, less than a year after construction began. And with a recent $60,000 donation from Capital City Bank, local residents will receive respite from Florida’s relentless summer sun via a new sunshade structure. “It was a missing link in the project,” said Cindi Harvey,…
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STUART — The city is taking a hard look at replacing City Hall and nearby city-owned buildings with a park and a new development, such as a hotel. But details — including costs and where city operations would relocate — remain to be hammered out. By October the city hopes to have more details, including a…
Also known as “La Florida,” South Florida is known for its amazing gardens, fabulous flowers or amazing horticulture. In fact, South Florida is the only area in the United States to have a moist, tropical climate. That said, we are able to produce fruits and vegetables that are genuinely “tropic” and grow popular fruits and…
The challenge of creating a mobility plan in St. Augustine, a place with unique history and growing demands, belongs to Littlejohn Engineering Associates. “Mobility is the most important initiative that we’re doing in the city … in my mind,” City Manager John Regan said, adding that it’s “a complicated issue with many components to it.”…
