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Mixed-use village proposed for 5th Avenue property just north of Vero’s Miracle Mile

Commercial real estate broker Keith Kite was excited last month when he picked up the listing for 2300 ...

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Mueller Campus president Casey Lunceford retiring – sort of

Indian River State College campus president and trombonist Casey Lunceford is retiring at the end of August – ...

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Pelican Island Audubon Society hires executive director

Indian River County’s oldest and most active environmental organization has hired its first executive director with the aim ...

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Bill Penney elected chairman of the Florida Bankers Association

Vero Beach got another feather in its cap in last month when Marine Bank & Trust president and ...

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Might a boutique hotel rise incorporating Big Blue?

Good news for people who want to see Vero Beach upgraded with a world-class, mixed-use redevelopment project on ...

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‘Dilapidated house’ in Castaway Cove troubles the neighbors

Progress has stalled again at 1215 Spanish Lace Lane, the house in Wave VI in Castaway Cove where ...

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Premier remains realty power here as market changes

Over the past year, while the amazing escalation of home prices on the 32963 island captured most of ...

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New Townhome Community nearly ready for renters

After years of delay, townhomes in Preston Estates, the 7.87-acre, 54-unit Lennar Homes project on 12th Street near ...

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New South Beach restaurant to be built on site of old Charley Brown’s

There probably will never again be a salad bar on the site of the popular old Charley Brown’s ...

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Is our island ready for a ‘destination resort’?

In the ’70s, it was a Holiday Inn. In the ’80s, it became Ramada Inn Resort. In the ...

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Vero brokers and brokerages score big in Real Trends rankings

Vero Beach’s amazing real estate market made national news again this month with an outsize showing on the ...

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Rapid growth at community’s new ‘third hospital’

Vero Orthopaedics and Neurology’s gleaming modernist facility on Indian River Boulevard is fast gaining a reputation as the ...