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Surge in condo prices on island currently outpacing single-family homes

The overall housing market has cooled considerably since the peak of the pandemic boom, but condo prices on ...

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‘World-class’ aquarium coming to the Indian River

Brevard Zoo is more than halfway through a $100-million fundraising campaign to build an extraordinary aquarium and lagoon ...

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Orchid Island building boom bringing new generation of members to the club

A building boom is underway at the Orchid Island Golf and Beach Club, where real estate prices are ...

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What will Santa bring? For Vero Beach Regional Airport, a U.S. Customs facility

Corporate Air is close to breaking ground on a $20 million expansion at Vero Beach Regional Airport that ...

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Island’s biggest homebuilder saving oaks to preserve Vero’s ‘Old Florida’ ambiance

Near the end of a roller coaster year for the construction and real estate industries, GHO Homes continues ...

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Instant buildings: Tilt-wall construction a traffic stopper

Turns out tilt-wall construction is more than just a super-strong building technique, producing steel and concrete structures that, ...

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Building boom getting underway on Central Beach oceanfront

A minor building boom is getting underway along the Central Beach oceanfront, with three new homes totaling more ...

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Real estate mystery: More homes coming on market, but island prices so far remain strong

There is a bit of a real estate mystery on the barrier island. Inventory has increased dramatically since ...

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32963 luxury developers look to South (Hutchinson Island)

As waterfront land in 32963 gets harder to find, high-end island brokers, builders and developers are turning some ...

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Across the lagoon, Waterway Village nearing completion

Across the lagoon from Indian River Shores, off to the west of Grand Harbor, bulldozers are rumbling in ...

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FPL solar fields here will soon be able to totally power our community

Almost overnight, Indian River County has gone from producing no electricity – except for a trickle from scattered ...

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Backers of $50M land acquisition bond issue stress urgency

The $50 million land acquisition bond issue that’s on the November ballot was more than two years in ...