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Wednesday's Daily Pulse
What you need to know about Florida today
› Brevard's new construction hitting tax rolls totals $1.55 billion, up 21.8% from year ago
Commercial and residential construction growth have remained strong along the Space Coast, with $1.55 billion worth of new construction added to Brevard County's tax rolls this year, according to Brevard County Property Appraiser Dana Blickley. The data reflects projects that were completed in 2022, and amounts to a 21.8% increase from the $1.27 billion worth of new construction a year earlier. It also is the third-highest new-construction total on record in Brevard.
› Iconic Orlando building hits the market after sitting vacant for over 30 years
The iconic "Hoods Up" building in Orlando's Milk District is up for grabs after sitting vacant for over 30 years. Atrium Management Company, a real estate firm in Central Florida, announced Monday it has been exclusively retained to facilitate the sale, lease or redevelopment of the property at 2400 East Robinson Street, according to a press release.
› More than 8,000 pounds of abandoned crab traps pulled from Tampa Bay waters
All told, more than 100 volunteers from several regional organizations scooped a whopping 260 traps from in and around Tampa Bay, for a debris haul totaling 8,384 pounds. That’s 260 traps around Fort De Soto and Belleair that will no longer lure in, and imprison, marine wildlife like mangrove snappers, juvenile groupers, starfish, pinfish, crabs of course, and a whole mess of other critters vital to life in Florida’s largest open-water estuary.
› Port Charlotte resort to hold five job fairs to fill more than 1,000 spots
The Sunseeker Resort Charlotte Harbor is holding a series of job fairs in coming weeks as it gears up to open in October. The first of the fairs was held Monday at the Charlotte Harbor Event & Conference Center in Punta Gorda. Three more events will be held at the site — July 29, Aug. 19 and Aug. 29. There also will be two career fairs, July 27 and Aug. 10, held at Career Source Southwest Florida in Port Charlotte.
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