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Are you familiar with the acronym NIMBY? It stands for “not in my backyard” and refers to the phenomenon of people wanting or needing certain things, like cell phone towers or roads or shopping centers, but not wanting them to be too close. “Put that in someone else’s neighborhood,” the […]

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Fri Aug 24, 5:15pm

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For quite awhile now, it has looked as though Ruth’s Chris Steakhouse would occupy one of the prime positions at Unicorp National Development Inc.’s Winter Park Lakeside development. That all may have changed, however. Earlier this week, the director of the project said he is “reconsidering” giving Ruth’s Chris a […]

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Fri Aug 24, 5:14pm

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Here in Florida, would-be developers are often stymied by laws regarding the water management and the preservation of wetlands. While we support efforts to preserve our environment, we empathize with commercial real estate developers who get tangled up in red tape. We recently read about an interesting case out of […]

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Fri Aug 24, 5:13pm

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West Church Street, which links downtown Orlando to the Florida Citrus Bowl, might soon look very different. That’s because after years of delays and long stretches of tedious work, a $17 million improvement plan for the street is finally underway. The project is a significant portion of Orlando Mayor Buddy […]

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Fri Aug 24, 5:11pm