Are the Stranahan House and the land next door to it historic?
City commissioners will be asked to vote Tuesday night on that issue. It’s more complicated than it sounds, though.
The home of city pioneers Frank and Ivy Stranahan on the New River downtown is the oldest structure in Broward County, and few would disagree with [...]

A hotel could return to the downtown waterfront, the city’s docks would extend farther out into the Intracoastal Waterway and the city would finally free itself from a loser of a lease under a complex plan for a major overhaul of the city’s Palm Harbor Marina to be announced today.
The plan, which also calls for [...]

It was 1:30 a.m. Friday. City commissioners munched on doughnuts and listened to the last words of testimony with glassy eyes.
After almost six hours of cross-examination and witness testimony, commissioners did not take long to arrive at a unanimous decision to deny the preliminary site plan for the Porte Royale condominium project.
Commissioners ended up [...]

Former City Commissioner and state Rep. Ken Gottlieb announced Wednesday he’s stepping away from a condo-retail project he planned to build on city-owned land in a blighted neighborhood.
Gottlieb, who was not scheduled to speak at Wednesday’s City Commission hearing, stunned many when he urged commissioners to readvertise the redevelopment project on Adams Street and make [...]

Developers of a proposed condominium on the edge of Winter Park’s cherished Central Park on Tuesday sued the city for failing to approve the controversial project.
In a 50-page lawsuit, Central Park Station Partners accused city commissioners of ignoring the law and of being “unduly influenced by public opposition” to The Carlisle.
The suit asks that a [...]

About 70 city residents and officials gathered at Kennedy High School Monday night to rally against a 330-unit condominium complex in Town Plot, and rampant condo development citywide.
Members of the Town Plot Neighborhood Association, joined by officials, rallied for another fight with New Jersey developer Leonard Rubinstein who, in 2005, lost a bid to build [...]

Kathy Steyerman likes the idea of luxury condo and hotel towers going up near her beachside home.
“Are they going to have a nice restaurant and cocktail lounge?” she asked. “I think it will be a good addition to the neighborhood.”
Sam Morris, who lives in the nearby Halifax Villa Apartments, is critical.
“I’m not much for [...]

A proposed condo development on the west side of the Intracoastal Waterway is drawing scrutiny from neighbors to the east who worry it could disrupt traffic and the natural landscape.
A proposed land-use change that would allow a condo and mixed- use complex at the Moody shipyard and boat basin on the west bank is the [...]

Mayor David Strong unveiled an $18 million proposal Monday that would kill plans for the city’s most controversial building, expand its downtown park and build new city facilities.
Strong, who has been meeting secretly with developers of The Carlisle, told commissioners that he isn’t sure where all the money will come from but pledged $100,000 out [...]

WEST PALM BEACH — With questions of transparency and ethics in government mushrooming in the city, one of the touchiest subjects among Mayor Lois Frankel and city commissioners is when they knew - and what they knew - about a cash gift from condo developer The Related Group to the Northend Coalition of Neighborhoods.
The $250,000 [...]

A Broward judge refused Monday to toss out a developer’s lawsuit against two groups trying to stop the partial demolition of downtown Hollywood’s historic Great Southern Hotel.
Charles “Chip” Abele, of Southern Facilities Development, contends the Hollywood Historical Society broke agreements that endorsed his plan to demolish part of the 1920s-era hotel and build a [...]

Future neighbors of a planned condominium in Dania Beach on Thursday filed suit against the city for agreeing to close off streets and allow reduced parking at the 14-story project.
The group says the actions would limit access to their businesses, and place an “undue burden upon the surrounding property owners,” according to their attorney, [...]