West Palm Beach—The west end of downtown West Palm Beach is about to get a boost: The state’s 4th District Court of Appeal will move to a new office building that will be built on state-owned land. Property along Tamarind Avenue, between Clematis and Datura streets, is slated to be the site of the new…
LARGO — Urban Edge Development specializes in the hard-to-do. The company builds condos and apartments in challenging neighborhoods where other developers might stay away. It has done this successfully in Tampa and St. Petersburg. But downtown Largo is proving to be a tough nut to crack. “I enjoy going into neighborhoods that I believe are…
CLEARWATER — After a year of planning, a multifamily residential and retail complex in the Prospect Lake Park area is moving closer to becoming reality. The city council, acting as the Community Redevelopment Agency, approved the project Monday. The plan by Longwood-based Prospect Park Development LLC calls for 257 units of market-rate apartments above shops along…
The Boynton Beach Community Redevelopment Agency will launch a new website – www.CatchBoynton.com— on Tuesday. The website upgrade is part of the city’s rebranding efforts and will include a new tagline ‘Catch Yourself in Boynton Beach.’ The new website will combine both the agency website and the Boynton Harbor Marina website and will focus on the city’s…
LAKELAND | The decision between two proposals for the redevelopment of a large swath of city downtown property presents two divergent paths for downtown and a tough choice for the Downtown Community Redevelopment Agency Advisory Board, board members said Thursday morning. The Downtown CRA Advisory Board meeting was the first time elected officials discussed at…
LAKELAND | For decades, the home at 1068 Lake Hollingsworth Dr. has been a point of fascination for Lakeland residents and passers-by who can’t help but notice the jutting, steeply pitched roof and Tudor appointments that stand in vivid contrast to surrounding properties. Like some mammoth, storybook cottage straight from the Cotswolds, the majestic structure…
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FORT PIERCE — The non-profit Solar and Energy Loan Fund (SELF) received confirmation from the Adrian Dominican Sisters (ADS) that they have been approved for another loan for $165,000. SELF was originally approved for a $35,000 loan last year and, after successfully deploying these initial resources with zero delinquency or defaults, ADS has now increased the…
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla., May 9, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — The Florida Green Energy Works program has funded its first commercial deal – and it is a perfect example of how PACE or ‘Property Assessed Clean Energy’ can spark sustainable investment in our communities. The $45,000 retrofit is of a family-owned business property at 1101 North Tamarind in West…
TAMPA BAY| The Florida legislature’s refusal to add $20 million to the empty coffers of the state’s entertainment tax incentive program has dealt a blow to everyone from indie filmmakers to government film commissioners. It has also put a ding in the agenda of theTampa Hillsborough Economic DevelopmentCorp. A stated goal in its 2013 annual report was…
St. Augustine, Fla., is considering a narrow-gauge heritage streetcar operation, roughly paralleling U.S. Route 1 and linking several traffic generating sites within the municipality. The proposal, first disclosed publicly this spring by Historic City News website, is being aided by a so-far unnamed designer of track and overhead wire systems. Last September the St. Augustine…
Here in Tallahassee, the Scott Administration has worked hard to create a pro-growth environment that allows businesses to get to work doing what they do best: creating jobs and prosperity for Florida families. One way we’ve done that is by cutting permitting times. The Florida Department of Environmental Protection has reduced permitting time in 2013…
