Scanning the Horizon
What comes next for local businesses and institutions? We spoke to leaders from four different sectors about how they view the unprecedented recent past and what their hopes and plans…
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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.
Growing in Style
Does Fort Lauderdale architecture have a signature style? Does it matter if “starchitects” who have worked in Miami come north or not? Many forces shape a city’s built environment; architecture…
No Vacancy
Redevelopment of a large Lauderdale-By-The-Sea hotel site will surely happen at some point – but not right now. Leland “Lee” Pillsbury is no stranger to the hotel business. He is…
Wasting Away Again
The recent pipe failures that spewed sewage into streets and waterways have triggered an ambitious infrastructure spending plan. Some are calling for a moratorium on real estate development, while the…
Now Hiring
The economic expansion since the Great Recession is aging but hardly extinguished, hushing recession talk amid historically low unemployment rates. But as the region’s economy grows and diversifies, leaders warn…
Southern Charms
A new mixed-used development has caught the eye of Whole Foods as it also adds to the trend of multifamily housing being built south of the New River. A new…
Boiling Over
Boil orders, sewer pipe breaks and questions about whether a direct-hit hurricane would bring total system failure – what’s the city doing to improve its aging infrastructure? An accident in…
Wouldn’t It Be Nice
The owner of Beach Boys Plaza has big plans for redevelopment in a part of near-the-beach Fort Lauderdale that’s seeing lots of change. The question now is, what will the…
Port of the Future
Faced with increasing competition from PortMiami to the south and Port Canaveral to the north, Port Everglades is ambitiously updating its facilities for both people and goods. A new technology-packed…