Florida

Transit Village Approved Despite School Board Opposition

Sheridan Stationside Village, a $500 million, 40-acre project with a train station as a central component, gained preliminary approval in Hollywood, Florida, despite opposition from the County's school board and nearby residents.

July 23, 2006 - Sun-Sentinel

New Urbanist Plan Approved In Rural Florida Despite Opposition By Planners and Public

Pelham Square, a 200 home development proposed by creators of Celebration, faced opposition by County planners and residents due to its rural location and density.

July 21, 2006 - The Orlando Sentinel

Is Miami's Hot Housing Market Cooling Off?

The developer of Miami's massive Midtown project says selling the project before it is built does not indicate a change in Miami's hot housing market. Some Real Estate analysts disagree.

July 19, 2006 - The Miami Herald

City Creates Teacher Village As Part Of Affordable Housing Ordinance

A newly adopted affordable housing law in Coral Springs, Florida, includes a teacher village as incentive to attract teachers to a City-owned Charter School.

July 14, 2006 - Sun-Sentinel

Will Tampa Be The Next New Orleans?

A University of South Florida professor predicts that a hurricane with similar intensity as Katrina would cause even greater devastation to Tampa Bay than was experienced by New Orleans in 2005.

July 12, 2006 - The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Florida Skips Affordable Housing Requirements

Developers in Palm Beach County didn't even have to twist any arms to get the county zoning commission to drop its affordable housing requirements.

July 9, 2006 - South Florida Sun-Sentinel

Miami's Preeminent Suburb Turns Ten

Meticulously planned down to the last cul-de-sac, Weston, Florida continues to be Miami's most sought after suburb.

July 6, 2006 - The Miami Herald

The Business Of Building New Urban Town Centers

One ambitious developer is taking on numerous town center projects as it struggles to complete one of its most high-profile developments.

July 6, 2006 - The Orlando Sentinel

Celebrating A New Urbanist Utopia

How is Celebtration, FL, Disney's experiment to build a New Urbanist utopia, faring ten years after the first residents moved in?

July 2, 2006 - The St. Petersburg Times

City's Plan For Downtown Falls Short

Residents and officials of one Central Florida community are left wondering where plans for a "viable" downtown went wrong.

June 30, 2006 - The Orlando Sentinel

Building Florida's Communion Community

Domino's Pizza magnate Tom Monaghan is betting on his New Urbanist vision of a faith-based community outside of Naples, Florida.

June 23, 2006 - The Slatin Report

Quirky Developer Looks To Add Retail Component To Miami's Condo Boom

Developer Mark Siffin, who some believe to have a troubled past, is planning to build Citisquare Center, a two block commercial center, to compliment Miami's downtown highrise condo boom.

June 23, 2006 - The Miami Herald

Miami's Metro Rail Expansion May Be Foiled By Local University

Even with projections that call for a large increase in students, faculty, and therefore congestion, officials at Florida International University are rejecting the Miami-Dade Transit Authority's best laid plans for alleviating traffic.

June 21, 2006 - The Miami Herald

Florida Enacts Workforce Housing Innovation Program

The affordable housing crisis in Florida, arising from the state's booming real estate market, has pushed moderate income residents out of the housing market. Florida's legislature passed a bill in 2006 to create new programs addressing the problem.

June 21, 2006 - Sun-Sentinel

Miami's Legal Battle Over 'Citywalk' Redevelopment Plan

The City of Miami rejected Florida-based Concalpro's "Citywalk" plan, citing the market would not support the proposal for the 135-acre property adjacent to Miami International Airport. Concalpro has answered the rejection by taking legal action.

June 12, 2006 - The Miami Herald

Balancing Growth In Miami

As Miami continues to grow and gentrify, City officials must balance the concerns of their future and existing residents.

June 10, 2006 - The Miami Herald

'Banking' On Open Space In Florida

Bedroom community Maitland wants to convert its strip commercial core to a downtown, but guidelines mandate open space. Redefining 'open space' has opened a door to greater intensity -- and controversy.

June 7, 2006 - The Orlando Sentinel

Miami Attracts Starchitects

Frank Gehry, Herzog and de Meuron, Cesar Pelli, Richard Meier, and Enrique Norton are all working on projects in Miami.

June 2, 2006 - The New York Times

The Public Reacts To Miami 21

After the much anticipated unveiling of the first quadrant in the Miami 21 project on May 13th, the public is now taking the opportunity to react to the City's most ambitious urban planning effort to date.

June 2, 2006 - Miami Sun-Post

Thousands With 'Exotic' Home Loans Face Foreclosure

Unscrupulous lenders and brokers in South Florida promoting "exotic" loans blamed for a dramatic increase in foreclosures, with worse still to come.

May 31, 2006 - Palm Beach Post

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