Orlando Mayor Dyer delivered the annual State of Downtown Address, a progress report on our collective effort to reshape and revitalize Central Florida's urban core....
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Florida’s economy should outpace national growth by 0.6 points in 2013, Beata Caranci, vice president and deputy chief economist of Toronto-based TD Bank Group told a group of business executives at the Citrus Club in Orlando Sept. 27. That’s the good news....
Resale prices for Orlando-area homes ticked up yet again last month, as buyers came closer to paying sellers' asking prices than at any time since February 2007, when the housing bubble was about to burst....
There’s something special about living in downtown Orlando. Whether it’s taking a midday stroll around Lake Eola or the energetic nightlife, living downtown can offer a laid back, coffee shop lifestyle or one filled with frenetic fun and fashion. Whatever the preference, Thomas Allen and his six-member crew at real estate brokerage firm Urbanista Brokers Inc. are helping potential downtown residents...
The empty 32-story tower known as 55 West on the Esplanade is expected to begin to show some signs of life next month after six years of development drama....
Looking for a nice downtown Orlando apartment? You soon may be able to add the 55 West condo tower on Church Street to your list of possibilities. The condo bust in 2007 left the 32-story building shell sitting empty, with the developer scrambling to find a way to salvage it. Previous ideas included turning it into a hotel or office space....
Central Florida's still-slow residential real estate market now is taking its toll on the Realtor association membership rolls statewide. On the local front, the Orlando Regional Realtor Association's just-released numbers show a 13.3 percent membership drop from 12,616 in 2007 to 10,940 through Feb. 26 this year -- a 19 percent drop from the association's all-time high of 13,500 in 2006 during the peak...
Thomas Allen is happy to live in a downtown Orlando condo, despite reports about the market crashing. In fact, he's working to recruit more people to the urban lifestyle. Allen and his mother, Dorothy Williams, this month are rolling out their new concept dubbed Urbanista. The new real estate brokerage company, which is affiliated with Olde Town Brokers, will focus on sales, resales and rentals of...