Infamous foreclosed Keys condo site now future home of a Marriott boutique hotel

Earthmovers and other construction equipment are clearing the way for a “boutique hotel” at the old American Outdoors RV Park bayfront lot at mile marker 97.5 in Key Largo.Developers are seeking “a multitude of approvals” from Monroe County, said Larry Abbo, chief executive officer of Prime Hospitality Group. Prime Hospitality wants to build a 15-building …

Miami Gardens landlord disputes $300,000 in fines for lacking permit to rent out apartments

Miami Gardens officials say a landlord owes more than $300,000 to the city for failing to pay a $250 fine earlier this year for not getting the proper permits for renting out his apartments.But the landlord, Ramces Dufrense, said the city is unfairly targeting him because he refused to lease one of the apartment to …

Bradenton holds high hopes for restored historic hotel

The Pink Palace blushes no more. When it reopens as lodging in mid-November, after a $15 million upgrade, it will be beige. But that is rightly so, say historians, since the old Manatee River Hotel was off-white when it opened in 1926, at 309 10th St. W via Bradenton holds high hopes for restored historic …

Sarasota Quay property to hit market

One of the most prominent urban properties in Florida will hit the market for sale following a four-year foreclosure saga. The Irish government, acting as receiver for the defunct Anglo-Irish Bank, repossessed the former Sarasota Quay property Monday after no other bidders made a viable offer at its long-awaited foreclosure auction, court records show. The …

Spitzer’s Expanding Real-Estate Empire

This week, Eliot L. Spitzer, the former New York governor, invited journalists to view his recent tax returns in his office in the French chateau-influenced Crown Building, on Fifth Avenue, which is doubling as his campaign headquarters. On the twenty-second floor, a gold-plated placard on the office door still bears the name of Spitzer’s father, …

Luxury hotel, condo project is now dead

After nine years of work, a plan to build a luxury upscale hotel and condo project known as the Grand Bohemian is dead. City leaders Thursday agreed to a deal to let Orlando hotel developer Kessler Enterprise pay off its remaining debt from its $3.3 million purchase of the old Maas Brothers Store site that …