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  Vacant trailer park transformed with lakes, Class A apartments   The Cypress Hammocks Apartments development shows that even a suburban area like Coconut Creek can benefit from redevelopment. Developer Alliance Residential took a former mobile home park and turned it into a 396-unit project with two new lakes, walking trails, a resort-style pool and even

Editor’s Note

It’s hard to think of a bigger contrast. A few minutes ago I was reading about the seeming disintegration of Iraq as a nation and then edited this issue’s uplifting article about what the Fourth of July means to residents of Coconut Creek. City Manager Mary Blasi had a great reference at the end of

The Book of Life

There may come a time when you need to make a dental appointment for a root canal. Now, that phrase can sound awfully scary, especially if you’re someone who has never heard of a root canal before. Root canals are a very normal procedure for dentists or endodontists to perform. In fact, more than 15

A View from the Top

July 4 marks our celebration of Independence as a country for 238 years. One of our most precious rights protected by the Constitution of the United States is the Right to Vote. In preparation for a countywide primary election on Tuesday, August 26, here is important information and several reminders.   This year’s primary election

Where the luxury condos are

It’s a big change for people like Dev Motwani. He looked out a window at the Atlantic Hotel & Spa after an Urban Land Institute seminar and talked about how he grew up playing on the beach where his family owned a collection of vintage hotels. Now, he’s part of a group developing the Paramount

A White Hot Summer (with color)

Sister and brother team Vanessa & George Sauma opened their gem of a store in the heart of the South Miami shopping and restaurant district almost four years ago. Vanessa, a professed fashion “junkie,” started working in (and fell in love with) the fashion retail business at a very young age. Upon meeting her you

Convenient Squirt

As part of its community wellness initiative, the Village of Pinecrest is getting proactive on sunscreen. At $1 a packet from vending machines, you can now buy protection from the relentless South Florida sun at three parks – Evelyn Greer, Coral Pine and Sunniland – with more to come.    

Early Builders

It was 60 years ago when Marvin Hollub built his first home in what is now the Village of Pinecrest. Back then (1954), the home sold for $19,000, when acre lots were approximately $4,000. Today full acre lots start at closer to $1 million, regardless of the structure. Marvin still comes to the Hollub Homes

Pinecrest’s Pioneers

Each summer Pinecrest holds a summer Pioneers Luncheon to celebrate the lives and stories of Pinecrest’s seniors. Some 600 seniors over 80 years old live within Pinecrest’s 7.5 square miles. Many of these citizens lived in this once rural area as children during World War II; at this year’s summer luncheon, held last month, there