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The Pico Rivera Golf Course Closes
It’s the final round for the Pico Rivera Golf Course, as the course is slated to close after 61 years of service. The closure is necessary due to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Whittier Narrows Dam Safety Modification (WND) Project, which is scheduled to begin in October. The…
Aloft Hotel renovations in Homewood among new $1M+ building permits
🚧 CONSTRUCTION NEWS: Take a look at these $1M+ construction projects that were approved this past week. #NewConstruction
$1.2 Million Sidewalk Project Brings Improvements to Historic Northwest Lake Wales Neighborhood
City of Lake Wales Press Release Residents in the historic northwest neighborhood of Lake Wales have access to safer sidewalks on Orange Avenue, Wetmore Street, Sessoms Avenue, Seminole Avenue, Seaboard Avenue, Dorsett Avenue, B Street and C Street. The construction included…
Baltimore is spending more to board up vacant houses. Why?
The city was figuring out how to secure vacant houses. In the process, it discovered some of those houses weren't as empty as they appeared.
Real Deals: Lowell daycare site along I-49 sells for $9.3 million
A two-story, 40,000-square-foot daycare building near Interstate 49 in Lowell recently changed hands for $9.3 million. The purchase price equals $232 per square foot. A Bentonville-based limited liability company managed...

$5M preservation program remains stalled in St. Pete
Little has changed since City Council and the Community Planning and Preservation Commission discussed restarting the program in 2025.

Armada must pay full price for Downtown stadium land after missing deadline
Local attorney Chris Campione announced still incomplete plans in October 2025 to purchase the Armada soccer team.
St. Pete proposes $40.85M for affordable housing
St. Petersburg is proposing $40.85 million in federal disaster-recovery funding for six housing developments that would create 543 affordable units and rehabilitate another 102. Demand far exceeded available money: 34 projects sought $246.7 million from a roughly $42 million…

CITY OF NEWBURGH AWARDED $2 MILLION FOR A DESTINATION PLAYGROUND AT DELANO-HITCH RECREATION PARK
The City of Newburgh has received $2 million in state funding from Governor Kathy Hochul’s New York Places for Learning, Activity, and Youth Socialization (NY PLAYS) grant to renovate the Delano-Hitch Recreation Park to become a destination playground.
McDowell Housing Partners Breaks Ground on Ekos at Rockledge Park, a $38.2 Million Affordable Housing Community
McDowell Housing Partners has broken ground on Ekos at Rockledge Park, a $38.2 million affordable housing development that will bring 100 apartment homes to Rockledge in Brevard County. [...]
Apartments & Improvements At S.R. 56/Meadow Pointe Blvd. Under Construction
Meadow Pointe Blvd. is once again seeing significant construction activity, with a new apartment community going up just south of S.R. 56, and some much-needed improvements coming to the north-south […]
Marathon County home sales, week of Sept. 21–26, 2026
Marathon County recorded 52 property transfers the week ending Sept. 26, 2026, led by a $795,000 home in the town of Norrie, as the county's September median sale price reached $265,000. Statewide, the picture is tougher: Wisconsin home sales fell 8.3% in August and affordability…