West Palm Beach mulls private CRA

West Palm Beach mulls private CRA This northern Broward County city and West Palm Beach have about the same population. Both have great weather, palm trees, and a mix of well-to-do, middle-class and blighted neighborhoods. And Kim Briesemeister. Briesemeister was, until last week executive director of West Palm Beach’s Community Redevelopment Agency since 2004. At…

LaSalle company purchases Southernmost Hotel Collection $184M (Key West)

LaSalle company purchases Southernmost Hotel Collection $184M (Key West) Sweeping changes to the lodging landscape of Key West continued this week with the $184.5 million sale of a downtown hotel collection. LaSalle Hotel Properties announced in a statement released Wednesday its purchase of the 260-room Southernmost Hotel Collection, which includes the Southernmost Hotel, Southernmost on…

CRA plans two new programs for downtown Sebring

SEBRING — The Sebring Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA), in conjunction with the Downtown Sebring merchants, is bringing two new programs to the downtown Sebring area. First, the CRA recently purchased new audio equipment to play Sirius/XM satellite radio in Circle Park and the merchants are collectively paying monthly service fees and the royalty fees. Sirius…