NEW PORT RICHEY — When the owners of a Main Street produce market decided in 2008 to turn it into a cafe and creamery called Market Off Main, they picked an unlikely place to put it: in a run-down house. “It had been unoccupied for several years,” said Jerry Kuss, 72, who found the building…
The young, upbeat restaurant manager tapped into the power of Clematis Street one weekend a couple of years ago. A group of college students wandered into the Wine Dive bar and eatery for brunch and asked him to play some party music. He obliged and, with the beats cranked up, the kids went wild, dancing…
About 2½ years after a $15 million upgrade and 32-suite expansion at the Inn on Fifth, hotelier and restaurateur Phil McCabe wants to go bigger. Read full article
ST. PETERSBURG — The Tampa Bay Rays may not be banking on an influx of residents and activity in the westward expansion of downtown, but a developer and grocer see it and are getting ready. ARC Group is planning a 50,000-square-foot retail center with a 32,000-square-foot grocery store for 700 Central Ave. There will be…
Daytona Beach and the surrounding community are right to think big when it comes to economic development. Attracting shiny new hotels and high-end retailers, condominium complexes and other multi-million-dollar projects would inject much-needed capital into this area and raise its public profile. But to succeed, officials need to focus on the smaller, disheveled things first.…
It’s difficult to imagine that Atlantic Avenue in Delray Beach was once one of the most dangerous streets in South Florida. Today, it attracts flocks of diners and shoppers just about every night. It has recently set retail real estate sales records. But in the 1980s and early 1990s, it was mired in blight. Plenty…
Ocean Breeze East, a vital development to jump-starting the revitalization of the Heart of Boynton neighborhood, is back to the drawing board. Ocean Breeze East is the second phase of a Heart of Boynton redevelopment project, which includes retail space, a medical office, office space and 200 rental units on a 4.5-acre lot on the…
NEW SMYRNA BEACH — The Brannon Center, a 50-year-old building that has served as the city’s prime place to hold large meetings and social functions, is scheduled to be torn down beginning next month. Demolition of the Riverside Drive building, which was originally used as a city library, is targeted for May 14 and would…
INVERNESS — Inverness City Manager Frank DiGiovanni presented to city council members at their budget workshop Monday estimates of how much money an expanded community redevelopment area (CRA) would bring in for the city. The revenue ranged from $747,082 to $3.6 million. Read full article
The Bight Management District Board has agreed to hand over $1.3 million from its reserves to the growing construction budget for the new City Hall in Key West — now pegged at $18.8 million. The vote Wednesday evening was 4-2 in favor. A tie vote would have meant the motion failed. The seven-member board is…
CRYSTAL RIVER — Crystal River officials were happy with what is moving forward as the city’s inner district plan for the future. Board members of the city’s Community Redevelopment Agency — all sitting city council members — voted Monday to push a revised CRA plan through to the planning committee for further review and approval.…
BOYNTON BEACH — Two new restaurants are coming to Boynton Beach’s Ocean Avenue. The Boynton Community Redevelopment Agency board Tuesday night chose master pizza chef Sal Campanile to buy both the Oscar Magnuson house and Ruth Jones cottage. He will open The Little Pizza Shack in the Ruth Jones cottage at 480 E. Ocean Ave.…
