tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-219616602012-01-16T00:28:45.327-05:00Don Woods, REALTOR® - SeaLand Real Estate, Inc. Providing real estate services for those Buying and Selling real estate in the New Smyrna Beach, Edgewater, and all of east Volusia County including cities of Oak Hill, Port Orange, Wilbur-by-the-Sea, Ponce Inlet, Daytona Beach Shores, Daytona Beach, Holly Hill, and Ormond Beach/Ormond-by-the-Sea areas.Don Woodshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07005950933747205870noreply@blogger.comBlogger661100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21961660.post-17170645423178715092011-02-08T14:30:00.000-05:002011-02-08T14:30:37.693-05:00

The Multiple Listing Service (MLS) shows 15 single-family homes/condos sold in 2010 compared to 14 single-family homes/condos a year ago for a 7 percent increase. The existing home median sales price was $218,000; a year ago, it was $228,750 for a 4.7 percent decrease. Days on Market decreased 15.2 percent to 278 days. Based on information from the New Smyrna Beach MLS for the period Jan 1, 2010

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New Smyrna Beach, January 2011 – the Multiple Listing Service (MLS)* shows 613 single-family homes sold in 2010 compared to 483 single-family homes a year ago for a 26.5 percent increase. The existing home median sales price was $145,000; a year ago, it was $156,000 for a 7 percent decrease. A total of 195 condominiums sold in 2010 compared to 203 a year ago for a 3.9 percent decrease. The

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ORLANDO, Fla., Jan. 20, 2011 – Sales of existing homes and condominiums in Florida rose in December, a positive trend also reported at the close of 2010 as statewide sales activity posted gains over the previous year, according to the latest housing data released by Florida Realtors®. A total of 15,550 existing single-family homes sold statewide in December, up 4 percent from the 14,923 homes

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March 13, 2009The Little Theatre presents ... "Red, Hot & Cole" by Cole PorterRead More »March 14, 2009East Coast Cruiser Night Every 2nd Saturday of each month!Read More »The Little Theatre presents ... "Red, Hot & Cole" by Cole PorterRead More »March 15, 2009The Little Theatre presents ... "Red, Hot & Cole" by Cole PorterRead More »FREE Sunday Concert Series - Frank Vardaros Orchestra The

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New Smyrna Beach/SE Volusia/Jan 2009 Report - Don Woods, 2009 Director Emeritus, of the New Smyrna Beach Board of Realtors® reports that in the New Smyrna Beach/SE Volusia Area a total of 31 homes sold in Jan 2009 compared to 32 homes a year ago for a 3.1 percent decrease. The existing home median sales price was $124,000; a year ago it was $206,500 for a 40 percent decrease. It should be noted

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ORLANDO, Fla., Feb. 25, 2009 – The Florida Association of Realtors® reports that among the state’s large to medium-size markets, the Daytona Beach metropolitan statistical areas (MSA) reported a total of 419 homes sold in January compared to 321 homes a year ago for a 31 percent increase. The existing home median sales price was $131,800; a year ago, it was $179,100 for a 26 percent decrease. In

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For the year, January 1, 2007 through December 31, 2007 - Don Woods, 2007 President of the New Smyrna Beach Board of Realtors®, reports that the New Smyrna Beach/SE Volusia Area reported a total of 552 homes sold in 2007 compared to 668 homes for the same period a year ago for a 17.4 percent decrease. The existing home median sales price was $199,000; a year ago it was $215,250 for a 7.5 percent

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Don Woods, Past President/Director 2008, of the New Smyrna Beach Board of Realtors® reports that in the New Smyrna Beach/SE Volusia Area a total of 32 homes sold in January 2008 compared to 35 homes a year ago for a 8.6 percent decrease. The existing home median sales price was $206,500; a year ago it was $199,900 for a 3.3 percent increase. It should be noted that the average home prices are

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Current Active listing - homes & condos 1671Homes listed 1102Median list price - Days on Market $253,500 - 173 DOMAverage list price $392,902Condos listed 569Median list price - Days on Market $398,000 - 210 DOMAverage list price $479,867Homes & CondosNew listing 2008 253Price changes 2008 406Pending Contracts (Solds) - Current 96Homes - Closed Listing 2008 312Ave list price of Solds $367,135Ave

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March 23, 2007 – Florida's housing sector continued to show a more sustainable pace of sales in February, while still-low mortgage rates sparked buyer interest, according to the Florida Association of Realtors (FAR). Statewide, sales of single-family existing homes totaled 10,779 last month compared to 14,080 homes sold in February 2006 for a 23 percent decrease.Real estate industry experts

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By JAMES MILLERStaff Writer/Daytona News JournalJune 01, 2006 Volusia County property values rolled toward another record increase last year, setting the stage for significant tax increases even if governments roll back rates, Property Appraiser Morgan Gilreath said Wednesday.Taxable values rocketed to $37 billion, a 24.5 percent increase, according to "pre-preliminary numbers" property

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By MELANIE STAWICKI AZAM Staff Writer/Daytona News JournalMay 31, 2006NEW SMYRNA BEACH - Plans for a new commercial building on Third Avenue and changes to parking requirements in the Canal Street downtown area will be up for a planning board decision Monday. Stuart Mitchell of Maitland wants site plan approval for Coronado Beach Place, a 5,520-square-foot two-story retail/office building on half

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By KELLY CUCULIANSKYStaff Writer/Daytona News JournalMay 31, 2006Planning board won't back height, lot width restrictions EDGEWATER - Planning and Zoning Board members have decided against recommending that the City Council limit residential height or lot width.Earlier this year, the council had proposed limiting residential building height to 50 feet and requiring a minimum lot size width of 75

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By MELANIE STAWICKI AZAMStaff Writer/Daytona News JournalMay 26, 2006Residents rail against proposed locationNEW SMYRNA BEACH - City Commissioners got an earful from residents Tuesday night over plans for a new Lowe's at the southeast corner of State Road 44 and South Myrtle Avenue."It is not compatible to a residential and school area," said Rosi Karnes, who lives across the street from the site

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By JOE CREWSBusiness Writer/Daytona News JournalMay 26, 2006DELAND - The number of houses sold by Realtors in the Volusia-Flagler market plummeted 37 percent in April, even as the median price for the houses stayed up.In April, the Florida Association of Realtors reported Thursday that 846 houses were sold in the two-county market, compared to 1,334 in April 2005. But April's median sales price -

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By MELANIE STAWICKI AZAMStaff Writer/Daytona News JournalMay 25, 2006NEW SMYRNA BEACH - City commissioners have approved a dredging agreement with Island Town Center and a site for a new skateboard park.The agreement, approved 4-to-1 Tuesday, requires Island Town to pay if the North Causeway waterfront condo project is permitted to build boat slips and dredge around the high school to Canal

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By MELANIE STAWICKI AZAMStaff Writer/Daytona News JournalApril 29, 2006NEW SMYRNA BEACH - Height limits around the downtown Canal Street area, and new residential and commercial development will be discussed at Monday's Planning Board meeting.The city is proposing a maximum building height of 62 feet in the mixed-use mainland area - broken down into 50 feet of living space and up to 12 feet for a

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By MARK I. JOHNSONStaff Writer/Daytona News JournalApril 28, 2006NEW SMYRNA BEACH - Efforts to promote more affordable housing throughout the city are on track, but there still are lots of questions.With a unanimous vote Tuesday, the City Commission approved on first reading an ordinance establishing a "workforce housing overlay zone." The citywide district provides incentives to developers to

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By JIM SAUNDERS and JIM HAUGStaff Writers/Daytona News JournalApril 28, 2006TALLAHASSEE - As Florida lawmakers struggle with a growing property-insurance crisis, hundreds of condominium buildings in Volusia and Flagler counties will get hit by massive rate increases.Citizens Property Insurance Corp., a state-backed insurer that sells policies in high-risk areas, approved a proposal Thursday that

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By MARK I. JOHNSONStaff Writer/Daytona News JournalApril 27, 2006NSB doesn't support Island Town Center's proposalNEW SMYRNA BEACH - A plan calling for developers of a proposed North Causeway condominium to fund part of dredging Canal Calore ran aground Tuesday night. City commissioners failed to support an agreement that would have Island Town Center pay a part of the cost if the waterfront

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By VALERIE WHITNEYBusiness Writer/Daytona News JournalApril 26, 2006NEW SMYRNA BEACH - David and Marian Wickersham put their four-bedroom, four-bath oceanfront home here on the market about 10 months ago. But despite a lot of showings and even a couple of offers, the house is still theirs.Winifred Grimshaw, owner of a unit at The Ocean Condo here, can empathize with the Wickershams. Grimshaw's

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By MELANIE STAWICKI AZAMStaff Writer/Daytona News JournalApril 23, 2006NEW SMYRNA BEACH - Developers of a proposed North Causeway waterfront condo project may end up footing part of the bill to dredge Canal Calore, which runs through the Venezia subdivision.City commissioners on Tuesday will consider an agreement requiring Island Town Center to pay up if the mixed-use development is permitted to

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By KELLY CUCULIANSKYStaff Writer/Daytona News JournalApril 20, 2006EDGEWATER - A split City Council approved rewording a development contract so an engineer's mistake would no longer hold back a developer from building an extra 22 houses at a subdivision. Coral Trace's development agreement with the city will go from 200 to 222 homes to reflect the original permitting given by the city, the

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By MELANIE STAWICKI AZAMStaff Writer/Daytona News JournalApril 20, 2006NEW SMYRNA BEACH - City commissioners settled on a maximum building height around the Canal Street area at a workshop Monday but found less of a consensus on other redevelopment issues. After much discussion, commissioners proposed a maximum building height of 62 feet in the mixed-use mainland area - broken down into 50 feet

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By MELANIE STAWICKI AZAMStaff Writer/Daytona News JournalApril 19, 2006NEW SMYRNA BEACH - The Utilities Commission dealt with a range of issues Monday, from reviewing options for funding future improvements to hearing from recently fired employee Craig Crawford.Faced with about $60 million in future water, sewer and electric system needs, commissioners looked at ways to get developers to help

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By MELANIE STAWICKI AZAMStaff Writer/Daytona News JournalApril 16, 2006NEW SMYRNA BEACH - The Utilities Commission will discuss ways to fund its costly improvement project plan Monday.The utility's financial adviser, Craig Dunlap from Dunlap & Associates, will be presenting funding source options to the commission. The utility has recently been studying its water, sewer and electric

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By KELLY CUCULIANSKYStaff Writer/Daytona News Journal April 14, 2006EDGEWATER - About 40 people listened to what could happen to their small, family-oriented community at the city's first public hearing regarding sweeping changes to the land development code.Some of the proposed revisions that have alarmed residents and development groups include limiting residential lots to a minimum of 75 feet

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By MELANIE STAWICKI AZAMStaff Writer/Daytona News Journal April 13, 2006NEW SMYRNA BEACH - Upset city commissioners told Mayor Jim Vandergrifft Tuesday they want more inclusion in the decision-making process before he votes on behalf of the city on different regional boards. Specifically, the four commissioners said they should have been informed before Vandergrifft voted at an April 5 Water

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By KELLY CUCULIANSKYStaff Writer/Daytona News Journal April 12, 2006EDGEWATER - Controversial changes to the city's land development code that some say could promote urban sprawl will be reviewed tonight at a public hearing with Planning and Zoning Board members.While board members do not give the final OK to institute the land development code changes, they will go over the modifications and

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April 09, 2006NEW SMYRNA BEACH - Randy Burris works hard for his money. He pays his bills and cares for his family of four. But when spinal meningitis and other ailments put him in the hospital for more than 20 days since June - some in intensive care - the 40-year-old Edgewater man found himself with almost $80,000 in medical bills and no way to pay them. With no health insurance, Burris needed

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By MELANIE STAWICKI AZAMStaff Writer/Daytona News JournalApril 02, 2006NEW SMYRNA BEACH - More western development and a workforce housing overlay zone filled the city planning board's agenda Monday.Property owner Cash on the Hoof Inc. wants to annex and rezone 45 acres southwest of the intersection of Sugar Mill Drive and Pioneer Trail for 173 residential units. The property would be added to

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By MELANIE STAWICKI AZAM and KELLY CUCULIANSKYStaff Writers/Daytona News JournalApril 02, 2006As the season climaxes into long lines and desperate appointments to file income tax documents on time, many people might just be getting over their property tax payment. In Volusia County, property tax bills are sent out Nov. 1, and Friday was the last day to pay without penalty.For homeowners and those

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By VALERIE WHITNEYBusiness Writer/Daytona News JournalApril 01, 2006PALM COAST - Skittish investors, leery of the air seeping out of the housing bubble, have left at least one area home builder awash with completed homes and no buyers in sight. Holiday Builders, the 30th largest builder in the nation, is hoping to turn the situation around by selling homes at what the company says are "builder's

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By KELLY CUCULIANSKYStaff Writer/Daytona News JournalMarch 31, 2006EDGEWATER - The developers of the city's second condominium project are requesting to change their plans for height and the number of units originally proposed.City staff approved building permits for the Edgewater Harbor condos in October, but construction never began on the site, north of the Boston Whaler boat plant.Developers

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By LINDA WALTONCorrespondent/Daytona News JournalMarch 30, 2006OAK HILL - The proposed Oak Hill Reserve residential development finally received preliminary approval Monday by city commissioners after the developer went through two rounds with the city's planning board. The project planned for the 25-acre former golf course will have larger lots than previously requested and fewer houses.Approved

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By KELLY CUCULIANSKYStaff Writer/Daytona News JournalMarch 24, 2006EDGEWATER - City Council members will see how their suggestions fit into the grand scheme of things when a draft of the revised land development code is released today.The changes discussed at a Jan. 28 workshop with city staff include topics such as a minimum lot size rule for residential subdivisions, limiting building heights

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By THOMAS S. BROWNBusiness Writer/Daytona News Journal March 24, 2006Antonio Jimenez today will conduct his fourth open house in six weeks, hoping to attract at least one solid offer on a newly built $459,000 beachside home. "I've had three people propose leases with options to buy, but I don't want to rent," said Jimenez, who lives in Chicago. "I want a firm offer to buy."Throughout the

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March 23, 2006Existing-home rose in February following five months of decline, indicating that the market is stabilizing, according to the NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS®. Total existing-home sales - including single-family, town homes, condominiums and co-ops — increased 5.2 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 6.91 million units in February from an upwardly revised pace of 6.57

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By KELLY CUCULIANSKYStaff Writer/Daytona News JournalMarch 19, 2006EDGEWATER - The City Council will continue public hearing and discussion Monday for the controversial condominium proposal known as River Oaks. The council's 3-2 vote in January against approving the 16-story condominium project led to a suit filed by AH Edgewater LLC in mid-February.Because motion to approve it failed upon first

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The following residential developments are now under construction or recently had approval to begin construction or are in the planning stages. The name, type of development, approximate acreage, approximate number of units and location are indicated below.A. Venetian Bay, New Urbanism Community, 1250 acres, 1,800 units and non­-residential community center, northwest quadrant of 1-95 and SR 44.B

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By MELANIE STAWICKI AZAMStaff Writer/Daytona News JournalMarch 16, 2006NEW SMYRNA BEACH - Facing an aging infrastructure plus an explosion of new development, the Utilities Commission needs $173.9 million for capital improvements over the next five years. The City Commission and Utilities Commission met in a joint public hearing Monday to hear a presentation on the utility's five-year capital

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By MELANIE STAWICKI AZAMStaff Writer/Daytona News JournalMarch 11, 2006NEW SMYRNA BEACH - City commissioners will consider final approval of a development agreement for a new 1,056-unit subdivision, along State Road 44. Hampton Village LLC wants to rezone 671 acres northwest of the S.R. 44 and Airport Road intersection. Plans involve building 600 single-family homes and 456 multifamily units on

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By MELANIE STAWICKI AZAMStaff Writer/Daytona News JournalMarch 11, 2006NEW SMYRNA BEACH - City commissioners will consider defining big-box stores and allocating a place for them in New Smyrna Beach Tuesday. After much discussion, commissioners want to define a big-box retail establishment as a single-tenant building with 80,000 square feet of floor area or more. They also want to add regional

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By MELANIE STAWICKI AZAMStaff Writer/Daytona News Journal March 09, 2006NEW SMYRNA BEACH - City planning board members discussed a new workforce housing overlay district for about an hour Monday, but said they weren't quite ready to vote on it . "For us to try to consider everything tonight, we're spinning our wheels like crazy," said planning board member Jim Taylor. City planning staff said the

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By MELANIE STAWICKI AZAMStaff Writer/Daytona News JournalMarch 08, 2006NEW SMYRNA BEACH - City commissioners and planning board members spent more than two hours last week discussing affordable housing, building height limits and utilities infrastructure. Recently, commissioners have discussed the need for what they call workforce housing, targeting residents earning the county's median income of

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By MELANIE STAWICKI AZAMStaff Writer/Daytona News JournalMarch 04, 2006NEW SMYRNA BEACH - Recent stormy weather slammed into the county's $14 million dune restoration project, but county officials said most of the sand - though displaced - remains on shore."I was there Sunday evening and the waves were definitely crashing into the berm and washing the sand down flat," Joe Nolin, manager of the

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By MELANIE STAWICKI AZAMStaff Writer/Daytona News Journal March 02, 2006NEW SMYRNA BEACH - The City Commission gave the first nod for a development agreement for Hampton Village LLC, plus a rezoning of 671 acres northwest of the S.R. 44 and Airport Road intersection for more than 1,000 new homes proposed for the new village-style subdivision. Plans involve building 600 single-family homes and 456

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By MELANIE STAWICKI AZAMStaff Writer/Daytona News JournalMarch 02, 2006NEW SMYRNA BEACH - The City Commission moved ahead this week on a regional traffic study and a development agreement for a new village-style subdivision along State Road 44. The City Commission on Tuesday authorized staff to begin negotiations to choose a consultant for a regional transportation study. Expecting additional

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Jan. 25, 2006ORLANDO, Fla. - The median price for existing single-family homes in Florida continued to rise in December, reaching $247,000 - an increase of 27 percent compared to the statewide median price of $194,000 in December 2004, according to the Florida Association of Realtors (FAR).In December 2000, the statewide median sales price was $116,200, which is an increase of 112.5 percent over

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By VALERIE WHITNEYBusiness Writer/Daytona News JournalMarch 01, 2006DAYTONA BEACH -- Todd Witkoff has already found a house he would like to buy. Now all Witkoff has to do is find a buyer for his home in Fairway Estates, off Beville Road. "It's only been on the market for a week," Witkoff said Tuesday in an interview.He may be waiting awhile, though. Witkoff entered the market just as home sales

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By MELANIE STAWICKI AZAMStaff Writer/Daytona News JournalFebruary 22, 2006NEW SMYRNA BEACH - Residents have differing ideas on the need for beach rejuvenationSoutheast Volusia residents appear divided on a county proposal for a full-scale renourishment of New Smyrna area beaches. At Saturday's town hall meeting hosted by Volusia County Councilman Jack Hayman, about 75 people got an update on the

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By MELANIE STAWICKI AZAMStaff Writer/Daytona News JournalFebruary 25, 2006NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- Staff said the city's new water taxi service still is expected to launch this spring, although the proposed operator recently backed out of the deal. "Last week, Daytona Parasail informed me they were no longer interested in moving forward on the project," Shannon Lewis, city economic development

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February 25, 2006Hampton Village LLC is requesting the City Commission's first nod to rezone 671 acres northwest of the State Road 44 and Airport Road intersection for more than a thousand new homes. Plans involve building 600 single-family homes and 456 multifamily units in a village-style subdivision on the eastern third of the property and leaving the rest undeveloped.Hampton Village

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By MELANIE STAWICKI AZAMStaff Writer/Daytona News JournalFebruary 23, 2006NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- A Maitland development company has filed suit against the city, after its plan for a new 23-unit beachfront condo at the end of Esther Street was denied by the city's planning board in January.North Beach Developers LLC filed the appeal Feb. 10 in the 7th Judicial Circuit Court in DeLand. The company is

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February 19, 2006The Daytona Beach News-Journal lists area condos as they are built. The following are some of the area condos, their developer, address, number of units and stories, and the status of construction. Not all developers responded to requests for information.· Atlantic Villas, FEMI International, 701 N. Atlantic Ave., New Smyrna Beach, 19 units, eight stories, under construction at

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By KRISTINA KLASNEStaff Writer/Daytona News JournalFebruary 19, 2006NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- From one end of town to the other, New Smyrna Beach is a sweet place to be. In addition to its sprawling ocean, lush parks and array of annual festivals, the area offers a variety of edible treats to help satisfy sugary dreams long after Valentine's Day. The tooth fairy probably wouldn't get much rest after

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February 18, 2006NEW SMYRNA BEACH - Island Town Center has officially started with the opening of its sales center at 99 North Causeway. In conjunction with Galleria Collection of Fine Homes, the developer, Georgia-based Ambling Cos., hosted a reception last week for area Realtors and local officials.Starting from the $400,000s and situated on 14 acres with unlimited water views, Island Town

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By THOMAS S. BROWNBusiness Writer/Daytona News Journal February 16, 2006Volusia-Flagler home prices, after a spectacular climb last spring and summer, have started leveling off, creeping up just $1,100 in the last quarter, the Florida Association of Realtors reported Wednesday.The 2,877 area single-family homes that changed hands during the October-December period sold for a median price of

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By MELANIE STAWICKI AZAMStaff Writer February 11, 2006NEW SMYRNA BEACH - Shirley Reynolds isn't happy seeing bulldozers rumble past her living room's sliding glass door. But this week, she said she reluctantly agreed to leave the new sand -- being hauled in to restore the city's beach -- in front of her Hill Street oceanfront property, instead of having contractors remove it. "I have a good

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By MELANIE STAWICKI AZAMStaff Writer/Daytona News JournalFebruary 10, 2006NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- Samsula resident Richard Hughes said he and his neighbors got concerned when they heard heavy equipment moving by swampland east of their property last week. He said he was worried developers were negatively impacting wetlands and routing their storm water into the already overburdened canal running

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By MELANIE STAWICKI AZAMStaff Writer/Daytona News JournalFebruary 09, 2006NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- The city may be getting some more affordable housing options. About 50 multifamily units, targeting median-income residents, are planned for a new village-style subdivision, along State Road 44.Planning board members unanimously recommended approval of Hampton Village LLC's development agreement Monday,

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By MELANIE STAWICKI AZAMStaff Writer/Daytona News JournalFebruary 08, 2006NEW SMYRNA BEACH - Right now, the city doesn't allow "big box" stores around Interstate 95, but officials also have not defined what such stores are or where they can go.Developer Sheldon Rubin, who owns land northwest of I-95 and wants to develop it into a shopping center, hopes that changes. He wants the term "big box"

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A North Carolina-based development corporation has made the most expensive land deal in Volusia's history -- a $96.7 million purchase of 6,275 acres of pine forest and wetlands in the southeast corner of the county.GS Carolina, a real-estate development and management firm based in Charlotte, N.C., recently closed on the deal, which involves land west of Interstate 95 that straddles the cities of

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NEW SMYRNA BEACH — With its waterfront land, pockets of nature and small-town charm, Southeast Volusia has been discovered by major developers.New Smyrna Beach and Edgewater have seen a flurry of annexations and growth recently that likely will lead to a doubling of the area’s population in coming years. Both cities already have populations hovering around 21,000 residents each. Farther south,

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NEW SMYRNA BEACH - If developers of a new village-style subdivision want city planning board approval Monday February 6th, 2006 , they may have to include some affordable housing in their project.Property owner Hampton Village LLC, of South Daytona, wants to build more than a thousand housing units on 671 acres northwest of the intersection of State Road 44 and Airport Road. Venetian Bay

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Martha and Don sponsor an interactive neighborhood website: www.SugarMillCommunity.com. The website address was selected to reflect the name of the neighborhood so that residents could easily remember and identify with it. This site was designed specifically for residents, with all of their needs and interests in mind. While this is not the official site of the Sugar Mill Country Club or Sugar

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