Orlando Real Estate

Did Mount Dora council member violate city codes?
MOUNT DORA – Officials are looking into whether City Council member James Homich skirted building and city codes regarding two old houses he moved to his property nearly a decade ago. This week, police Lt. Robert Bell said he plans to meet with...
Posted: 2010-03-11 00:00:00

My Word: Show us the money, Mayor Buddy Dyer
Mayor Dyer's plan to build the downtown venues deserves an honest response from the mayor of how he will pay for it. CountyWatch recently asked the mayor for an independent estimate of the taxpayer-owned city property of the Centroplex, which he said was...
Posted: 2010-03-09 00:00:00

Osceola deputies accuse pair of 75 LOOP car burglaries
KISSIMMEE — Three months of car burglaries at the LOOP shopping center ended last week with the arrests of two Orlando men who admitting breaking into so many vehicles they couldn't remember the exact number, Kissimmee police said. The pair was...
Posted: 2010-03-09 11:45:00

Despite economy, Orlando pushes ahead on downtown arts center
Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer will defy the downed economy Monday and pitch a $69 million bond sale to city leaders that would allow construction to start on a new — albeit pared back — downtown performing-arts center. The financial collapse...
Posted: 2010-03-05 22:07:00

3/8: Business calendar of events in Central Florida
Chambers of commerce Casselberry: Networking and marketing in a challenging economy, 8 to 9:30 a.m., March 9, Casselberry Police Station, 4195 U. S. Highway 17-92, Free, reservations, 407-756-2017. Apopka: Monthly luncheon, 11:30 a.m., March 10,...
Posted: 2010-03-07 00:00:00

Drag-strip owner is driving force for safer streets
When the crowd is good at the Central Florida Racing Complex in south Orlando, owner Pete Madison knows that means there isn't much illegal street racing going on. "That's why we're here," Madison says. "That's our mission." On the agenda for this...
Posted: 2010-03-08 00:00:00

3/8: Progressions in Central Florida
Architecture Brent A. Johnson was hired by SchenkelShultz Architecture in Maitland, as vice president of federal programs. Banking BankFIRST announced promotions including Carol Meyer to senior vice president /director of human resources at the...
Posted: 2010-03-08 00:00:00

Real Estate: Builders managed to start, sell a few new homes in ’09
Charles Wayne Consulting Inc. reports that the Central Florida home builders with the most housing starts and-or closings in 2009 included: •KB Homes at Arbor Ridge, northwest of Apopka, 62 construction starts and 68 closings, with base prices from...
Posted: 2010-03-05 21:29:00

Judge: Beach driving doesn’t infringe on landowner’s rights
A New Smyrna Beach property owner lost his bid Thursday to halt beach driving behind his beachfront houses when a judge ruled that the practice doesn't infringe on his private-property rights. Louis Celenza, who owns three lots adjacent to the Crawford...
Posted: 2010-03-04 16:28:00

Sonesta hotel sees promise in downtown Orlando
The new operators of the former Sheraton hotel in downtown Orlando are hoping to inject some enthusiasm into a part of the hotel market where things aren't going so well. "We're trying to be a vibrant part, a leader in this downtown community," said Jeff...
Posted: 2010-03-01 19:47:00

Message to Legislature: Lien off me
The response to my column last Sunday advocating reform of Florida's lien law leaves me more convinced than ever that the Florida Legislature must reform this gross and metastasizing miscarriage of justice. And as long as the Legislature refuses to...
Posted: 2010-02-28 00:00:00

GE, Universal Orlando could cut ties with one another once sale to Comcast closes
They've always been an odd match: An international industrial conglomerate that makes locomotives and light bulbs, and a theme park that manufactures thrills. But after six years, General Electric Co. and Universal Orlando might be preparing to cut...
Posted: 2010-02-28 00:00:00