A nine-story main structure with a rooftop pool will connect two 22-story buildings. Amenities of the 900-unit property include restaurants, retail outlets, a spa, a fitness center, and 140,000 square feet of convention and meeting space. Guestrooms will feature fully equipped kitchens with granite countertops, crown molding, flat-screen TVs, and whirlpool tubs. The Scott Partnership [...]

The head of the state Coastal Commission has sent a letter warning coastal cities they shouldn’t approve new types of time-share development or condo-hotels without taking significant other steps first.
In a memo to all coastal city governments and “interested parties” dated Tuesday, Peter Douglas, executive director of the commission, said the new higher-priced developments run [...]

Despite slowing condominium sales in Florida and sagging hotel occupancy in Orlando, a Central Florida developer is planning a full-service luxury condo-hotel in the Lake Buena Vista area.
The San Marco Resort, featuring two 15-story towers, is slated for State Road 535 south of Interstate 4 between State Road 417 and Osceola Parkway.
KUD International, a subsidiary [...]

BOSTON-New Boston Fund has teamed up with Tampa, FL-based Buena Vista Hospitality Group to develop its first condominium hotel in Florida. The joint venture project will turn a Doubletree Hotel just outside the gates of Disney World into 246-luxury condo/hotel units.
“It’s our first Florida hotel and our first Florida condo hotel,” Gary Hofstetter, the property’s [...]

Outraged they weren’t notified by the city of Miami that a developer received a permit to build a 20-story condo in the Design District, area activists are gearing up for a fight.
The Buena Vista East neighborhood group is registered at a Neighborhood Enhancement Team office to receive notice anytime the city approves a special permit [...]

The developers of Midtown Miami, which aims to bring condominiums, shops and offices to a formerly neglected part of the city, are attempting to unload a majority stake in the project.
Midtown Miami, the massive mixed-use residential development planned for the former Buena Vista rail yard north of downtown Miami, is up for sale.
The asking price: [...]