April 25, 2024
Housing/Construction
Building Growth
Bob L. Moss, 59, President, Moss & Associates, Fort Lauderdale.
Published on 11/1/2006
New Homes
Buoyed by a strong market for high-end condominiums, Miami-Dade County ranked fifth in the nation for adding housing units last year.
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Published on 11/1/2006
In Decline
Single-family home sales in northwest Florida's major markets continue to spiral downward.
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Published on 11/1/2006
Battling Blight
Intown Partners is setting out to transform Boynton Beach's blighted Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard corridor.
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Published on 11/1/2006
Raising the Curtain
Years behind schedule and more than $100 million over budget, Miami-Dade's Carnival Center for the Performing Arts has opened for business.
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Published on 11/1/2006
Affordability Improves
A median-priced home is considered affordable again for median-income buyers in the Fort Walton Beach metropolitan area.
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Published on 10/1/2006
Irish Accents
When Gary Kenny bought a vacation house near Walt Disney World in 1996, he went home to Ireland and told his friends about it.
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Published on 10/1/2006
Icon: Andres Duany
I'm from Santiago (Cuba). My family has been in that city since 1702. I'm the first male in my family not to live there. I feel at home in the Caribbean, which is one of the reasons I find New Orleans so interesting.
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Published on 10/1/2006
Southwest: Easy Livin' Breeds Business Success
Key qualities of life make Southwest Florida a sound choice for business.
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Published on 9/1/2006
North Central: All Systems Are Go for Growth
Transportation connections and skilled workers offer economic clout.
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Published on 9/1/2006
Northwest: Naturally Businesslike
Stunning scenery is the backdrop for business prosperity.
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Published on 9/1/2006
Roofs
Until the run-up in home prices, discussions involving construction of housing for lower-income people occurred pretty much out of the mainstream, among do-gooders, bureaucrats and the few developers who specialized in "affordable housing."
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Published on 9/1/2006
Cultivating Generations
A. Duda & Sons' toughest crop to harvest is family. How would you keep some 60 shareholder-family members happy?
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Published on 9/1/2006
Fast and Furious
Since 1998, a Volusia County resort development company has quietly invested millions on oceanfront property, planning a series of projects that promises sweeping changes for Daytona Beach and Ormand Beach.
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Published on 9/1/2006
Rebuilding Brooklyn
An effort to redevelop Jacksonville's run-down, inner-city Brooklyn neighborhood has taken a major turn.
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Published on 9/1/2006
Condo Challenge
As Tampa Bay's real estate market has cooled, the chill has hit some projects harder than others.
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Published on 9/1/2006
Tough Sell
Sales of existing condos declined 22% statewide during the first quarter of 2006.
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Published on 9/1/2006
Company Values
"Christian faith" are the first words in Duda's mission statement.
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Published on 9/1/2006
Keys to Survival
A Duda & Sons has prospered even as other old-line Florida agricultural families have foundered or cashed out. Here's how the company does it.
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Published on 9/1/2006
At A Glance
A. Duda & Sons -- Parent company providing corporate services to operating divisions and subsidiaries.
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Published on 9/1/2006
In the Basement
Building permits in the first half of 2006 have dropped about 20% from the same time in 2005, according to the Northeast Florida Builders Association.
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Published on 9/1/2006
Downtown's Fringes
As downtown Orlando development booms with $2.6 billion in new projects, another trend is taking shape outside the city's core.
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Published on 8/1/2006
More Green for Brownsfields
Five years ago, Terry Manning helped establish an $800,000 revolving loan fund to assist a private developer with the cleanup of an arsenic-contaminated golf course in West Palm Beach.
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Published on 8/1/2006
Overvalued
Home prices are increasingly overvalued, according to a survey of 317 metro areas; 71 markets, with pricing 34% or more over appropriate levels, are considered extremely overvalued.
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Published on 8/1/2006
Interior Motive
High-end developers are targeting Florida's interior as land prices escalate along the state's edges.
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Published on 7/1/2006
