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Florida Construction News staff writer Pacific & Orient Properties has reached a construction milestone on the development of 7918 West Drive, a 21-story, 54-residence waterfront condominium development in Miami’s North Bay Village. The last component of the building’s foundation and the third level of the tower have been completed. Additionally,... Continue reading

Florida Construction News staff writer The new landowner has submitted plans to build a new condominium building at the Champlain Towers collapse site in Surfside. DAMAC International, a Dubai-based developer, is seeking approval to build a 12-story “ultra-luxury boutique oceanfront condominium” with 57 residences on the site. The developer purchased... Continue reading

Florida Construction News staff writer More than $6.1 million was announced this week for military communities through the Defense Infrastructure Grant Program, the Defense Reinvestment Grant Program, and the Florida Defense Support Task Force Grant Program. Funding will support infrastructure projects, economic diversification efforts, and military community relations. Local infrastructure... Continue reading

Florida Construction News staff writer The university, in partnership with ESJ Capital Partners, are renovating an existing two-story, 40,000-sq. ft. building, that previously housed the St. Augustine Record, located at 1 News Place in St. Augustine. Additionally, Stevens Construction will be constructing a new 80,000-square-foot expansion on the existing two-story... Continue reading

Florida Construction News staff writer Sarasota County expects to receive a $201,535,000.00 allocation from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Community Development Block Grant – Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) to assist with Hurricane Ian recovery and mitigation efforts and create the Resilient SRQ program. “I’m so proud of the... Continue reading

Florida Construction News staff writer Staff from the Florida Division of Emergency Management and the Florida Department of Transportation are in Davenport, Iowa to assist local work crews after a partial building collapse killed three people. “At the request of Iowa, I’ve directed FLSERT and FDOT to deploy personnel to... Continue reading

Florida Construction News staff writer Construction is set to wrap up June 28 on the Coachman Park Redevelopment in Clearwater. Designed to connect the waterfront and the Downtown Clearwater community, Coachman Park’s $84-million renovations include 19 acres of park space, a gateway plaza and bluff walk that connects the park... Continue reading

Florida Construction News staff writer Conceptual designs have been released for the Stadium of the Future, a project nearly three years in the making to transform Design highlights include: Drawing inspiration from Jacksonville’s lush landscapes—a network of biking and walking trails, parklands, greenways, beaches and marshes—the striking design captures the... Continue reading

Florida Construction News staff writer The City of Ocala’s growth management department will host a ‘lunch and learn’ event today, Jun. 8, from noon to 1 p.m., to provide an in-depth look at the brownfields program. A brownfield site is a property where actual or perceived environmental contamination complicates its... Continue reading

Florida Construction News staff writer Florida’s Patrick Space Force Base has been selected as the site of the U.S. Space Force Space Training and Readiness Command (STARCOM) headquarters. “From Project Mercury to today’s privatized spaceflight, Americans look to Florida’s Space Coast to see history in the making,” Gov. Ron DeSantis... Continue reading