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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 …
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Foreclosures in Orlando —- and the rest of Florida — have dropped dramatically since the state started expediting them under a new law that took effect July 1.Compared with a year ago, the number of new foreclosure filings has been cut at least in half, new reports show. According to one of those reports, by …
Some seven years after the dramatic South Florida real estate crash of 2007, lenders have begun to open the financing spigot for proposed condo towers east of Interstate 95 in the tricounty region of Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach.In the past 20 months, lenders have provided nearly $900 million in financing to condo developers — …
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 …
To the would-be developer of seven new houses, it was a routine “ministerial” decision. To neighbors, it was a seal of approval on new “McMansions.” But to South Miami city commissioners, a Tuesday night decision on whether to waive land-use regulations was a case study in confusion. The City Commission cast six votes on the …
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Jennifer Williams says she often feels like the oldest person on her block. When the 52-year-old corporate communications executive sets off for work in a suit, carrying a briefcase, with her hair in a bun, she is usually surrounded by young people with tattoos and rainbow crocheted skull caps. “It’s like mom is coming in …
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