City of Orlando officials joined leaders from The Pizzuti Cos. LLC for The Sevens Downtown Orlando groundbreaking ceremony yesterday. The Sevens will be a mixed-use building project in the North Quarter district of Downtown Orlando. The Sevens groundbreaking was originally set to take place earlier this year. Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer and Pizzuti President Joel Pizzuti joined business and community leaders...
Looking for a new home can be a pretty exciting task. With that much money on the line, it's worthwhile to read up on the process before you set out. Unnecessary mistakes can and should be avoided while trying to get the best deal for your money. As a first-time homebuyer, proper guidance from seasoned professionals can make all the difference. Here are a few first time homebuyer tips for when you are...
Fortune magazine ranked Orlando number one for job growth in 2014 According to the ranking of Orlando number one for job growth, Orlando's job growth of 3.7 percent in the first nine months of the year was more than twice the national average. The top 10 cities and surrounding metro areas (1 million or more workers) that made the list experienced the strongest non-agricultural job growth compared to...
Developers are looking at building a mixed-use project in Ivanhoe Village along Virginia Drive and Alden Road. The development is being called The Yard. Local developer Chance Gordy with Real Estate Inverlad Development LLC told Bungalower that they are working with the community on the plan before submitting for approvals from the city. We're trying to incorporate a lot of the concerns of the...
You've worked with a Realtor to scour listings, toured what feels like a million properties, and finally found it: the house you want to call home. The next step is to make your purchase offer, and if you are like most people, the prospect can be quite intimidating. When home buying in a seller's market like the one that Orlando has been in for the last few years there can be even more pressure on the...
Nearly half a dozen construction projects are creating a downtown Orlando construction boom, according to Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer. The projects are mostly residential, with 900 units being built over several projects. Commercial construction is ongoing too with both a hotel and office building planned for Orange Avenue north of Colonial Drive. Over the last few months crews have been busy constructing...
Construction is kicking off this week on the Brownstones at Thornton Park, a new upscale townhome development in one of downtown Orlando's trendy neighborhoods, which marks the first time in many years that a new for-sale product is being built in the area. F&J Developers LLC is hosting a groundbreaking ceremony October 9 at 300 S. Summerlin Avenue in Thornton Park for the $6 million Brownstones at...
There's a new compost program for downtown Orlando, available to families in the bungalow neighborhoods. Katie Shannon and Alex Stringfellow, two graduate students from Rollins College, have started Compost Orlando. Compost Orlando has two programs; a residential pickup program and a community drop-off program. They compost the scraps into soil and give it to community gardens or back to the families, if...
The fourth annual Barktoberfest, an Orange County Animal Services adoption event, will return Saturday to Lake Eola in downtown Orlando. More than 20 area pet rescue groups will attend the event, which will take place from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on the southeast side of the lake area. In addition to pets being offered for adoption, Barktoberfest features food trucks, cute pups wandering around, free...