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› Partnership buys land, plans $22M affordable housing project
A trio of entities, including a nonprofit, for-profit company and county housing agency, have teamed up to purchase a 4.6-acre site in Cape Coral for an affordable housing project. The group paid $950,000 for the site. Tampa-based Catalyst Community Capital, a nonprofit lender that specializes in affordable housing projects, Tampa-based Revital Development Group and the Lee County Housing Authority are the three entities in the deal.
› PortMiami huge project spending list wins county OK
PortMiami projects costing Miami-Dade more than $301.5 million won OKs just two days before commissioners OK’d waiving up to $285.5 million for cruise lines crushed by Covid-19. Commissioners signed off last month on construction deals required by prior berthing and development pacts. Each came via competitive bid, Deputy Mayor Jack Osterholt wrote.
› Little Havana has a new tiki bar with a cocktail so lit you can only order two
There’s a new tiki bar in town. Casa Tiki is a tropical hideaway on Calle Ocho in Little Havana. Now, we know Calle Ocho may not be your first thought when you think “tiki bar.” So think again. Created by Homecookin’ Hospitality Group, the team behind two popular South Beach speakeasys, Foxhole and Drunken Dragon as well as racket, an upscale Wynwood lounge, Casa Tiki specializes in fruity, tropical beverages, often served in amazingly cool glasses (vessels might be a better word).
› Fetch package delivery service setting up warehouse in Baymeadows
Fetch, a package delivery service for apartment residents, is growing in Jacksonville. The city issued a permit Nov. 3 for Lighthouse Construction of North Florida LLC to build-out 7,600 square feet for the Austin, Texas-based service at 7658 Philips Highway. Fetch Package Inc. accepts and stores packages from any carrier at its facility for delivery to apartment residents.
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