April 19, 2024
Housing/Construction
For Sale
The 91,000-acre swath of swamp and prairie that Edward Vose "E.V." Babcock bought in 1919 is today the only unbroken avenue of undeveloped land between Lake Okeechobee in the east and Charlotte Harbor on the Gulf Coast.
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Published on 8/1/2005
Trendsetters - Aug. 2005
Lissette Calderon, Neo Concepts; Dan Bellows, Sydgan; Alan Zirkelbach, Zirkelbach Construction.
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Published on 8/1/2005
A No-Brainer
The hotel/condo craze is catching on across the state, but in Miami-Dade County, the volume and scale of new projects are altering the real estate landscape. Across the county at least 20 new hotel/condos have recently opened or are under construction.
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Published on 7/1/2005
Classroom Struggle
A construction project to relieve school crowding is at a standstill - four years after talks first began.
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Published on 5/1/2005
Price Points
Tampa Bay's bedroom communities now extend all the way to Hernando County.
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Published on 5/1/2005
Affordable Goals
Housing inflation is becoming a bigger concern across the region.
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Published on 5/1/2005
Sudden Impact
Rapid growth has prompted a number of central Florida governments to impose huge jumps in fees levied against new homes to help pay for road improvements, schools and other infrastructure made necessary by the growth.
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Published on 5/1/2005
Too Many Mansions?
Florida's state-run insurer continues to offer unlimited coverage for the waterfront homes of the wealthy -- at prices that some claim are too competitive with private insurers.
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Published on 2/1/2005
Growth Moves South
More than 50,000 homes are planned for St. Johns County.
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Published on 2/1/2005
High-End Home Boom
Upscale housing developments are mushrooming all over Lake County near Orlando.
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Published on 2/1/2005
Hot, Hot, Hot
Residential real estate -- especially in Florida -- has replaced the stock market as the favorite "get-rich-quick" investment strategy for many Americans.
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Published on 1/1/2005
'Hole in the Doughnut'
The prospect of 3,500 new jobs in Miami's long-neglected urban core and $316 million in new property taxes over the next three decades has city officials speechless.
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Published on 12/1/2004
Northside Story
Developers are finding success in Jacksonville's long-struggling Northside.
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Published on 12/1/2004
Renewing Old Destin
A $200-million project dreamed up 32 years ago breaks ground.
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Published on 12/1/2004
Critical Eye: Holmes Hepner & Associates Architects
Unlike many architects, Peter Hepner didn't design his house. His Florida Cracker home, built on stilts and adjacent to a tidal estuary, was designed a quarter-century ago, while Hepner was still in school, by architect Dwight Holmes.
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Published on 11/1/2004
A Downtown Catalyst
A Panama City developer has big plans to redevelop the waterfront.
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Published on 10/1/2004
Playing Catch-Up
Two beach communities set their sights on the prosperity that's largely passed them by.
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Published on 10/1/2004
No In-Between
The gap between Miami-Dade's haves and have-nots is widening at an alarming rate.
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Published on 10/1/2004
Annexation Battle
Port St. Lucie has a fight on its hands as it tries to annex 9,500 acres.
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Published on 10/1/2004
Hiding in Plain Sight
A construction supply company in Orlando may be the state's quietest billion-dollar company.
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Published on 9/1/2004
Sand Settlement
Brevard's beachfront property owners collect $3 million in their suit against the government.
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Published on 9/1/2004
Making the Leap
Plans to beef up downtown Tallahassee are finally gaining traction.
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Published on 7/1/2004
Education: Double Whammy
The state cuts funding even as costs increase.
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Published on 1/1/2002
No Clear Answers
Daniels Manufacturing Corp., an Orlando-based manufacturer of crimping tools, has been a part of the Daniels family for 51 years. George Daniels, 65, now runs the business his father started....
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Published on 1/1/2002
Around the State- Central- May 2000
And Then There Was OneMetro Savings in Orlando is being sold, leaving just one black-owned banking institution in the state.By Mike Vogel"We're a $10-million shop that's been a $10-million shop...
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Published on 5/1/2000
