A keystone project for Everglades restoration is getting a $265 million boost from the Biden administration, which could jump-start construction for the controversial Everglades Agricultural Area Reservoir Project. U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz announced Tuesday that the Biden administration is committing funding to begin construction for the reservoir, a piece of the ecosystem’s ... Read More

Free and faster buses. Monorails. Streetcars in places like Hollywood and Koreatown. Staggered work schedules. Less traffic? The next mayor could radically change how Angelenos move through traffic-choked streets and highways. Not only will the person be charged with framing the city's near $12-billion budget, where funds for fixed potholes and crosswalks come from, but the mayor will also ... Read More

Miami Dolphins owner and real estate developer Stephen Ross will purchase the historic Deauville Beach Resort in Miami Beach to build a luxury hotel and condos. Ross announced the purchase of the 3.8-acre beachfront hotel on Monday in coordination with Miami Beach Mayor Dan Gelber. The 540-unit resort has been shuttered for nearly five years and is being demolished. Ross, chairman and founder ... Read More

Project would include hotel, apartments, retail and a museum By Dolores Quintana Slowly but surely, plans for a Frank Gehry-designed project that would include a 120 room hotel, apartments, retail and a museum inch closer to reality on Ocean Avenue in Santa Monica The proposal comes from Worthe Real Estate Group and would be built on an L-shaped property at Ocean and Santa Monica Boulevard. As ... Read More

May 19—Over the last decade, something miraculous has been happening in the central Philadelphia neighborhoods that border the Great Wall of I-95. Guided by a smart master plan, the agency that manages the Delaware waterfront has helped transform its old piers and industrial relics into parks, art venues and new housing developments. The neighborhoods on the west side of I-95 have similarly ... Read More

May 16—Philadelphia continues to attract wealthy home buyers, and in the first quarter of this year, sales of million-dollar homes hit a record. At least 87 homes priced at $1 million or above sold in the first three months of the year, according to Drexel economist Kevin Gillen's analysis of multiple listing service data. In the same period last year, Philadelphia buyers purchased 32 of these ... Read More

When the Oklahoma Turnpike Authority was created in 1947, the plan was to sell $38 million in bonds to fund construction of a modern toll road between Oklahoma City and Tulsa. Once the debt was paid, the tolls would end. That never happened. The authority now operates 11 turnpikes and the debt, which has grown exponentially in the past 75 years, is set to get even bigger under the $5 billion ... Read More

Chicago mayors have known over the years that re-election can be one major legacy project away. That may have been on Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s mind when she selected Bally’s $1.74 billion casino, hotel and entertainment development for the city last week. But the plan still faces a long approval process and is still far from a sure thing. In other words, we’ve seen this before. The casino may in ... Read More