Rather than bulldoze the two-story masterpiece, the city’s Community Redevelopment Agency offered to foot the estimated $2.7 million bill to save it. The cost includes $448,000 to the house movers, almost $30,000 to the tree mover, as well as architects and the fee to Florida Power & Light to disconnect and reconnect electricity for the…
Pompano Beach has been highlighted by Southeast Florida-based real estate agent Theresa Hart of Florida Premiere Realty as one of the best cities in Florida to invest in property over the next five years. With home prices lower than those in nearby affluent areas like Fort Lauderdale and Boca Raton, Pompano Beach offers good value,…
Commissioner Anthony Caggiano is excited about the possibilities of a planned city center. Over the winter break, Caggiano and his daughter Sophia, Commissioner Tommy Ruzzano, Vice Mayor Antonio Arserio, and City Manager Cale Curtis visited a Brookfield Properties development in Manhattan. They traveled to New York from December 10 to 12 to participate in the ICSC New York at the Jacob Javits Center.…
Titusville City Council member Sarah Stoeckel said one of the big residential projects underway in the city is The Shores at Tranquility, located north of the NASA Causeway, along the Indian River Lagoon shoreline. Stoeckel said the City Council and Titusville’s Community Redevelopment Agency are working to devise plans to spur more development downtown, including shops, restaurants and service…
A project to bring 6-foot sidewalks to one of Englewood’s oldest neighborhoods is moving along with design elements coming together, according to Sarasota County officials. County staff members brought the results of the Englewood Artist Area Improvement Project neighborhood meeting in October to the Englewood Community Redevelopment Agency. The improvement project is part of the…
Downtown Kissimmee is now home to its first augmented reality (AR) public art installations, thanks to a collaborative effort between Osceola Arts, the Downtown Kissimmee Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA), and Snap! Orlando. This groundbreaking project integrates Osceola Arts’ Art in Public Places mural initiative with cutting-edge AR technology, providing a vibrant and interactive cultural experience…
Naples City Council approved a new corporate-housing concept that will allow traveling actors, designers and other theater professionals to live next door to Gulfshore Playhouse while they work, rehearse and perform. A four-level, 366-space public garage, the city’s third, is being built on the southwest corner of 12th Street and First Avenue South, west of…
A junkyard operation has ceased operation in an area of Fort Myers earmarked as a redevelopment zone and aided by the sale of the property. The sale was helped by the Fort Myers Community Redevelopment Agency, which facilitated the purchase of the business at 3312 Edison Avenue and 2419 Henderson Avenue through a “contribution in…
Lake Placid has agreed to hire an outside agency to plan the future of its downtown business district. The town will pay $40,000 to the Central Florida Regional Planning Council to develop a “downtown vision and action plan” for the town’s Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA). The resulting land use and development parameters will guide everything…
Located in Overtown, Palm Plaza has been a family-owned affordable housing complex for nearly 50 years. Purchased by Evans H. Starke in the late 1970s for $13,000, it has been providing homes to Overtown residents for generations. After Starke’s passing in 2020, his son Leonardo inherited the property. However, the building was in desperate need…
An environmental assessment will be conducted on the former Bank of America building in downtown Sebring, which was purchased in June by the Sebring Community Redevelopment Agency. The CRA Board approved the quote from ECS (Engineering Consulting Services, LLC), for $4,375, to perform a pre-renovation asbestos survey, lead paint screening and limited mold assessment to…
The artist, Kollet Hardeman began painting the murals two months ago. She spent 12 to 15 hours a day painting and says it can take up to a week to complete each mural. Before she began painting, Hardeman and Milsapp created digital designs of the 4-works of art for Main Street Marianna board members to…
