April 23, 2024
Housing/Construction
Campus Crusade
Florida's cramped universities need $3.4 billion for construction projects to meet student demands by 2012.
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Published on 6/1/2007
Who's Building
The State University System will spend nearly a billion dollars in the next three years on everything from waterworks to roadwork. Dorms, garages, students unions and stadiums are extra. Here are some projects.
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Published on 6/1/2007
Fortifying
Fittingly for Florida, the answer to the insurance crisis is to build our way out of it.
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Published on 6/1/2007
Hurricane-Proof -- and Affordable
The homes, dubbed GreenSteel, feature "Katrina cottage" floor plans and designs created by Tolar Denmark Architects of Ocean Springs, Miss., part of a post-Katrina architects' group organized to provide permanent housing for storm victims.
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Published on 6/1/2007
Park Place, Orlando
Most prospective home buyers make note of room sizes, number of bathrooms and whether the kitchen needs updating. Dan Kirby looks at sidewalks.
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Published on 6/1/2007
Downtown Developments
The long-awaited Riverwalk project linking Tampa Heights and the Channel District is building momentum as funding, developers and design work begin to come together.
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Published on 6/1/2007
UWF's Innovative Home
The University of West Florida will begin building a demonstration home showcasing energy-saving technology and hurricane-mitigation techniques.
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Published on 5/1/2007
Florida Rock Buyout
Birmingham, Ala.-based Vulcan Materials has purchased Florida Rock Industries (NYSE-FRK), one of the largest public companies in northeast Florida, for $4.6 billion. Vulcan is the nation's largest producer of highway...
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Published on 5/1/2007
High-Rise Habitats
The Sarasota chapter of Habitat for Humanity is shifting away from building single-family homes and focusing instead on higher-density town house and condo projects.
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Published on 5/1/2007
Housing Aid
Convinced that workforce housing has reached a critical stage, J. Ronald Terwilliger, CEO of Atlanta-based Trammell Crow Residential, announced in February he was giving $5 million to support solutions. His...
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Published on 5/1/2007
Save Our Homes
Can a portable Save Our Homes plan pass legal muster?
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Published on 4/1/2007
Defending the Castle
When it comes to affordable housing, government makes things worse -- and better.
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Published on 3/1/2007
What Slowdown? Luxury Real Estate
While most of the state's real estate markets sings the blues, sales of trophy properties are humming along.
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Published on 3/1/2007
Who's Lesley Blackner?
Meet the woman whose ideas are hated by every business group in Florida.
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Published on 3/1/2007
Hometown 'Is Already Here'
Patrick Slevin, a Tallahassee-based public relations consultant, has a message for builders and developers.
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Published on 3/1/2007
Culture of Trust
Rocked by a $36-million embezzlement scheme, PBS&J finds the same corporate culture that got it into trouble may help it weather the storm.
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Published on 3/1/2007
Price Drop
Fort Walton Beach experienced the biggest drop in existing-condo sales prices among Florida metropolitan areas in the third quarter of 2006.
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Published on 3/1/2007
Incoming
Despite all the talk of hurricanes and skyrocketing insurance and property taxes, Florida is still gaining an average of more than 1,000 people a day.
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Published on 2/1/2007
Leader of the Pack
Flagler County, with nearly as many golf courses as public schools, has led the nation in both population and housing growth for two years running.
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Published on 2/1/2007
Going Green
Water-supply woes, energy costs and environmental concerns are pushing green building practices into the mainstream in Florida.
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Published on 2/1/2007
Residential Real Estate
As the residential market cools, pricing becomes key.
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Published on 1/1/2007
Commercial Real Estate
The fundamentals in Florida are 'very strong right now.'
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Published on 1/1/2007
Tax Squeeze
Save Our Homes has divided Florida into tax-break haves and Have-Nots and also has stimulated local government spending. Is a tax revolt imminent?
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Published on 12/1/2006
St. Joe Bails Out of Home Building
St. Joe Co. announced plans in September to terminate its home-building operations in the next 18 months to concentrate on developing and managing its land holdings, cutting about 110 jobs in the process.
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Published on 11/1/2006
