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Florida Construction News staff writer Construction has started on a 24-story mixed-use apartment development in downtown St. Petersburg that will add 367 apartments and ground-floor retail space to the city’s central business district. The project, located at 275 S. Fifth St., is scheduled for completion in 2028. It is the developer’s first multifamily project in

Florida Construction News staff writer Construction of the $563 million BayCare Hospital Manatee reached a major milestone July 10 with the placement of the project’s final steel beam, marking completion of the hospital’s structural framework. BayCare Health System and general contractor Robins & Morton celebrated the topping-out ceremony for the new 450,000-sq. ft. hospital, which

Florida Construction News staff writer Ryan Companies and Exalt Health have broken ground on a new inpatient rehabilitation hospital in Panama City that is expected to expand access to post-acute care in the growing community. E4H Architecture is serving as the project architect, and Panhandle Engineering is the civil engineer. The 39,093-square-foot hospital will include

Florida Construction News staff writer Extant Aerospace has broken ground on a new manufacturing facility in Melbourne that is expected to more than double the company’s workforce over time. The project includes a more than $75 million investment in a 376,000-sq. ft. advanced manufacturing facility, with plans for an additional 120,000 sq. ft. of future

Special to Florida Construction News Healthcare construction requires a level of precision, coordination, and adaptability that goes beyond traditional building projects. In an active hospital environment, construction teams must balance complex mechanical requirements with the ongoing needs of patients, medical staff, and daily operations. At HCA Aventura Hospital in Aventura, Florida, B&I Contractors recently reached

Florida Construction News staff writer Some of the most complex engineering work on Tampa’s West Riverwalk Extension is now underway as crews begin building the structural supports for the project’s overwater sections, bringing the city closer to completing a continuous 12.2-mile pathway connecting the west side of the Hillsborough River to downtown Tampa. Construction crews

Florida Construction News staff writer Orlando has begun construction on the first phase of the Church Street Festival Street project, a major downtown redevelopment initiative designed to create a more pedestrian-friendly, vibrant and connected urban corridor. The city’s Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) marked the project milestone with a groundbreaking ceremony, celebrating the start of a

Florida Construction News staff writer The Pinellas County Housing Authority and The Burg Bid will redevelop separate parts of the site, St. Pete officials announced recently. The other two shortlisted developers, chosen from nine proposals submitted to the city for the district, were Ark Ellison Horus LLC and Foundation Vision Partners. “The Historic Gas Plant

Florida Construction News staff writer City officials, members of the Economic Development Council, downtown business leaders and Community Redevelopment Agency stakeholders gathered Thursday to mark the groundbreaking of the Krome and Flagler Infrastructure Improvement Project, one of Homestead’s largest infrastructure investments in recent years. The project is designed to modernize the city’s water and sewer

Florida Construction News staff writer Construction of Tampa International Airport’s highly anticipated Airside D terminal has reached another significant milestone, with structural steel framing now underway and the installation of massive shuttle guideway spans connecting the main terminal to the future airside facility. General contractor Hensel Phelps announced that steel framing has officially begun on