The year 2007 will certainly be remembered for the housing market downturn, especially here in Florida. ...more

December 14, 2007

Redevelop The Village Regarding "Council Should Affirm Bold Bid To Redevelop Hyde Park Village" (Our Opinion, Dec. 11): ...more

December 13, 2007

Back in its heyday, Hyde Park Village was the upscale place in Tampa to live, shop and dine. But today the mixed-use development is struggling. To restore its vitality, something's got to give. ...more

December 11, 2007

The Clarion Hotel building is going to be a hotel again. The city council unanimously voted to rezone the vacant building, 5303 W. Kennedy Blvd., back to a hotel, this time a Crowne Plaza. ...more

December 5, 2007

A contingent of half a dozen people from greater Temple Terrace left the Frederick B. Karl County Center in Tampa on Monday with the satisfaction of knowing they had spoken their minds, albeit realizing their voices may not carry much weight. ...more

November 29, 2007

For years, city and tourism officials have lamented that the Ritz-Carlton's flag hasn't flown over Tampa. ...more

November 28, 2007

The housing market is driving developers of Little Harbor, a residential enclave of 1,500 homes at Bahia Beach, to seek approval to change its zoning to allow shorter-term rentals of its housing units and to convert up to 250 of the housing units to hotel units. ...more

November 21, 2007

Could Polk County's future population be capped at 1.4 million? A group headed by John Ryan, a veteran Polk County environmentalist and planning activist, has a plan to do just that, and he says he's willing to work to put it on the ballot. ...more

October 31, 2007

After two months of refinement, commissioners on Monday were presented with the latest version of a plan designed to guide growth in a 12,000-acre sector northeast of the city. ...more

October 27, 2007

Plans to redevelop two buildings in Hyde Park Village are shrinking. The latest plans call for condominium and retail buildings, one 80 feet tall and the other 90 feet, along Swann and Dakota avenues. They would replace the former Sunrise Cinemas and Brooks Brothers buildings, which are 24 feet and 38 feet tall. ...more

October 10, 2007