Think moving to a new home is a pain? Imagine shifting the contents of an entire grocery store in a single night. ...more

January 22, 2009

Publix opened its newest store this morning at State Road 54 and Sunlake Boulevard in south-central Pasco County. The new store opened at 8 a.m. in The Shoppes at Sunlake Centre, a plaza under development by Amprop Development Corp. between Mentmore Boulevard and the soon-to-open Sunlake Boulevard. ...more

December 4, 2008

Monday night, Tarpon Springs Planning and Zoning Board members John Tarapani and William Vinson wisely chose to honor a request from a Wal-Mart attorney that they not take part in the board's deliberations on proposed changes in the development for the retailer's proposed store on U.S. 19. Tarapani and Vinson are on record as opposed to Wal-Mart's plans to one of its giant retail complexes adjacent to the Anclote River. ...more

September 27, 2008

Builders of shopping centers in Florida nearly printed money in the past several years, benefiting from skyrocketing rent and soaring prices for strip malls. ...more

August 19, 2008

ST. PETERSBURG - Cultural growth continues in St. Petersburg, as evidenced by today's announcement that the Arts Center is receiving a $1 million grant toward its redevelopment, which will include a museum of high-profile glass artist Dale Chihuly. ...more

January 10, 2008

Michael Dunn had an unpleasant experience recently with what he calls an aggressive panhandler who wanted him to buy fake flowers made of twigs and leaves. ...more

December 29, 2007

It's not that this historic district doesn't have plenty of shops, agree members of the retail development committee for the Ybor City Development Corp. ...more

December 26, 2007

Michael Dunn had an unpleasant experience recently with what he calls an aggressive panhandler who wanted him to buy fake flowers made of twigs and leaves. ...more

December 26, 2007

Pasco County's fastest-growing region has sprouted its newest hotel, a Hampton Inn & Suites that is likely to open Feb. 1. ...more

December 22, 2007

LAKE PLACID — Eight grove owners north of town have banded together in a bid to trade oranges for homes. At Monday's meeting, a professional urban planner presented town council with preliminary plans that call for the eventual construction of 4,600 homes on 1,500 acres. Ground breaking for the proposed development, which stretches from the railroad bridge northeast to the shores of Lake Apthorpe, and on both sides of U.S. 27, is at least four years away, according to planner Augie Fragala, of Powell, Fragala & Associates Inc. ...more

December 17, 2007