When lawyer and developer Shepard Broad created the town of Bay Harbor Islands 60 years ago from two mangrove clumps in the middle of Biscayne Bay, he recruited an all-star crew of local architects for a bold undertaking. Over a dozen years, they forged a showcase of modern architecture with a decidedly subtropical twist on…
The Marathon City Council on Tuesday unanimously OK’d the redevelopment of Florida Keys Country Club, a project fronted by accountant Peter Rosasco. The council granted Rosasco’s team a conditional-use permit and development agreement that includes plans for an overhaul of the golf course on Sombrero Boulevard, a 76-unit hotel, 15 three-bedroom cottages, a 170-seat restaurant,…
Th is guidebook is intended to provide elected officials, city staff members, community leaders, and other decisionmakers in small and mid-sized cities with a menu of strategies for improving the transportation choices available to low- and moderate-income households. On average, transportation is the second largest household expenditure after housing, and transportation costs are directly related to…
A streetscape proposal to reduce Broadway by two lanes and create back-in angled parking was scrapped by the Kissimmee City Commission at a workshop on Tuesday. The new plan, which will be brought to the commission at a later date, puts more focus on the beautification of Emmett and Main Street, as well as completing…
Visitors to downtown Delray Beach have for years enjoyed the shops, restaurants and bars — and the parking has always been free. But that free parking could be a thing of the past. The city is poised to bring metered parking to Atlantic Avenue. Downtown Delray is one of the only local downtowns where free parking spaces…
LEESBURG — A mini-wave of commercial development is continuing for Leesburg, bringing new businesses and major renovations of existing buildings along U.S. Highway 27 and near Lake Square Mall. “In general, the economy is improving and we are seeing more development coming into Leesburg,” city spokesman Robert Sargent said. “We’re also seeing redevelopment of some…
BOYNTON BEACH — The Boynton Beach Community Redevelopment Agency board decided Tuesday to wait until it receives more information before deciding whether to hire a consultant for $19,000 to learn how the public perceives of the downtown area. CRA executive director Vivian Brooks said the state of that perception is a key fact that the…
Crime has been decreasing for five years in Boynton Beach‘s downtown, but the perception of criminal activity has remained the same, some officials say. That’s why the Boynton Beach Community Redevelopment Agency staff is suggesting that the board Tuesday approve a $19,000 safety assessment of the city’s downtown. The agency is working to change downtown’s image from crime-ridden…
BOCA RATON — — What downtown Boca Raton will look like with nearly 2,000 new dwellings is starting to come into focus. The first downtown apartment complex to open in nearly a decade — Camden Boca Raton with 261 units — is weeks away from leasing at 131 S. Federal Highway. And heavy equipment has begun arriving at 300…
Miami Gardens has filed a lawsuit against Miami-Dade County claiming that the county is preventing them from building and developing in the area around Sun Life Stadium. The city filed suit July 2 in Miami-Dade Circuit Court, asking for a section of the City Charter to be removed because Miami Gardens and the county never…
DUNEDIN — A wave of enthusiasm for residential development in the Tampa Bay area has reached this small Main Street town. Like bookends on either side of the downtown Main Street, builders plan two- and three-story condos and apartments catering to people who want the urban lifestyle perks of St. Petersburg in an old Florida atmosphere.…
WEST PALM BEACH — Dunbar Village is on the cusp of a massive overhaul, the city’s housing authority says, with the $1 million first phase almost complete and $43 million for the next two phases almost secured. Thirteen buildings, with 56 units, already have been torn down at the site of a 2007 gang rape, with…
