Indoor-Outdoor Appeal
The Terraces, a beachfront project in Fort Lauderdale, is the latest entry in a local handful of mid-rise condo developments on, or close to, the water. Thousands of apartments are…
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Mike Seemuth
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Mike Seemuth has 35 years of journalism experience as a writer and editor of articles on business, finance and economic trends for newspapers, magazines and websites.
From Rust to Resilience
Two companies have formed a public‑private partnership with Fort Lauderdale to replace the city’s Fiveash water treatment facility as it enters its seventh decade of service. A short video produced…
The Height of Success
A new eight-story condo will replace a three-story condo that long occupied a prime riverfront site where a Texas developer wanted to build something much taller. An aging, three-story condominium…
Updating Oakland Park
New apartments and a major renovation of the ’60s-era KenAnn Building are part of a transformation of the city’s Federal Highway corridor. A new apartment building next to an Oakland…
Aiming for Attainability
DeLand-based Prospect Real Estate Group is developing two midrise apartment buildings just north of downtown with rentals priced well below the area’s most expensive rates. Sky-high apartment rents in Fort…
Senior High
Upscale apartments for the elderly and affluent are popping up again north of downtown. Upscale senior housing in high-rise towers may eventually take root in downtown Fort Lauderdale. But for…
A Post-Pandemic Port Revival
Port Everglades is riding a resurgence in cruising and sustained strength in cargo and fuel operations. A new and improved cruise industry has reemerged after COVID‑19 tried to drown it.…
City of Change
A time traveler from 1999 would not recognize today’s Fort Lauderdale. But will a rising skyline ever lead to falling rents and home prices? Miami-based Related Group is a big…
“Needed and Not Enough”
The 30-story Flagler Sky View apartment development would be part of an eastside rental development boom – a boom that’s still struggling to keep pace with demand. Flagler Sky View…
Tall Transition
An 18-story beachfront hotel would bring high-rise development to the low-rise block on A1A between East Las Olas Boulevard and Poinsettia Street. High-rise development along the city’s beach may finally…