The Sebring Community Redevelopment Agency has a new program with the goal of adding more retail businesses downtown after the CRA helped bring more eateries into the area. After the CRA Board workshopped the details of a commercial rental sublease program the board approved it recently at its regular meeting. CRA Board Chair David Leidel…
While the former Bank of America Building on South Ridgewood Drive in Sebring sits vacant, plans are being finalized for a full renovation and a new purpose for the structure. The building’s second floor will serve as the offices for Marmer Construction while the ground floor will house the Sebring Hall of Fame Race Museum…
Workforce housing can be pretty basic, but when Pearl Homes’s Marshall Gobuty built 86 homes at Hunters Point that delivered LEED Zero certified homes and also showcased homes that could operate for days off grid, he created a new standard. While the homes cost more to build, the efficiency of the homes lowered the operational…
The Margate Community Redevelopment Agency (MCRA) is considering whether to approve Task Order No. 3 with Chen Moore and Associates, Inc. (CMA) for expanded civil engineering, landscaping, and construction administration services related to the ongoing Margate Boulevard Crosswalk and Landscape Improvements Project. The proposed agreement would authorize an additional $107,365 in professional services, bringing total…
The Panama City Community Redevelopment Agency unanimously voted on Nov. 4 to approve a slate of redevelopment actions, which included plan amendments, consultant contracts, a tax-increment rebate, a property purchase, and feasibility work. The board adopted Resolution CRA-2025-1104.1 to transmit proposed community redevelopment plan amendments to the city commission and taxing authorities for ordinance adoption.…
The Pensacola City Council voted Thursday night to approve the much-publicized “Reimagine Palafox” project. The project passed with a 5-2 vote. The council met for a “Community Redevelopment Agency” meeting earlier this week. Members voted 5-2 to approve $10.7 million for the project. Approximately $7 million is coming from CRA funds, while approximately $3 million is…
The City of Sebring and the Community Redevelopment Agency will chip in to help pay the cost to restore the Sebring Centennial mural, which is visible from South Ridgewood Drive. The CRA Board had previously agreed to pay half the cost to repaint the wall (over the mural) with the total cost of the paint…
The Community Redevelopment Agency Board has approved a partnership between Domain Homes and the Tampa Community Redevelopment Agency’s (CRA) Housing Division to build single family homes in West Tampa. The project, which is designed as a scattered-site development, will create five homes priced below the City’s affordable housing sales price threshold of $450,000. The idea…
Island Water Sports, a South Florida surf-and-skate mainstay that traces its roots to Pompano Beach in the 1970s, has officially returned home with the Saturday grand opening of its fourth retail location – just steps from the Fisher Family Pier. The shop is hard to miss, on the corner of A1A and Pier Street (NE…
The Tampa Community Redevelopment Agency board voted to advance support for 801 East Whiting after a presentation from staff and the developer. Bee Parks, the CRA community development coordinator, told the board the project includes 22 workforce units with a 50‑year rent restriction and that the CAC recommended the $4,000,000 request. “This has a 50-year…
Five developers faced off this month for the chance to build a housing complex on public land in Riviera Beach’s urban core, a waterfront area that residential investors have long bypassed. City Council members, acting as the Community Redevelopment Agency, selected Forest Development on Nov. 12 to build up to 450 apartments and 17,000 square feet…
The City of Apopka Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) has completed its first home renovation project under the Residential Renovation Assistance Program, marking a major milestone in the city’s neighborhood revitalization efforts. The $24,073 project focused on replacing the home’s roof and windows—improvements that boost safety, energy efficiency, and curb appeal. Launched on October 1, 2025,…