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The Swamp Restaurant Re-Opens For Business In Gainesville

(08/31/2022)

The Swamp Restaurant, a local fan favorite food spot for University of Florida students and alumni, is officially back in business.

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New Standards Proposed For Alachua County Landlords

(07/30/2022)

The city of Gainesville recently passed a new home inspection program into law, and now, Alachua County as a whole may be following suit soon.

 

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Sweetwater Square Celebrates Completion In Gainesville

(06/18/2022)

One extensive set of renovations later, and the community that was once known as Forest & Village Apartments at 3101 NE 15th Street in Gainesville is now officially Sweetwater Square- and better than ever.

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Gainesville called upon by Tampa for help with housing prices

(05/29/2022)

Earlier this month, Tampa City Council members came together in agreement: the cities of Gainesville and Miami were doing something right when it came to affordable housing. And they set out to determine what, exactly, that was.

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Mayor Poe Pushes For More Inclusionary, Less Exclusionary Zoning

(04/03/2022)

In his final stretch in office, one of the main goals of outgoing Gainesville city mayor Lauren Poe is a fairly simple one: to increase the inclusionary zoning and decrease the exclusionary zoning in the city of Gainesville

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Survey ranks Gainesville as a top 40 place to live in US

(01/02/2022)

Although superlatives are often rather subjective, say, such as "the best place to live," the sum of the data collected by a Niche.com survey suggests that Gainesville, FL is at least in the discussion.

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New student apartment complex coming to Gainesville

(11/25/2021)

A new student apartment complex is coming to Gainesville.

Landmark Properties, the Atlanta-based company that also built The Standard in 2016, is all set to build Haven 13 on Southwest 13th Street. The construction of the new student apartment complex is going to force the demolition of four Gainesville businesses, including The Sands Motel at 2307 SW 13th St., Habitat For Humanity's thrift store, Carrsmith Auto Repair and CarrSmith German Car and Volvo Specialist.

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Gainesville Housing Authority and partners team up to add more affordable housing

(10/14/2021)

The Gainesville Housing Authority has joined forces with the Gainesville Housing Development Management Corporation to construct an affordable housing project geared toward low income, elderly and disabled residents of Alachua County. The units come equipped with three bedrooms and two bathrooms.

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New terminal opens at Gainesville airport

(09/28/2021)

The Gainesville Regional Airport has long been said by locals to be in need of some renovations. At long last, those renovations have been completed- and the end result is a shiny new product that has Alachua County citizens raving.

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GHA breaks ground on new affordable housing project

(08/31/2021)

The Gainesville Housing Authority has broken ground on a new affordable housing project in the southwest part of Gainesville.

The Gainesville Housing Development Management Corporation teamed up with the Gainesville Housing Authority for the development of the project.

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Fanciest, priciest house in Gainesville up for sale

(07/11/2021)

The single most expensive house in the Gainesville area is now on the market.

Big Oak Ranch, a 60-acre property complete with a breathtaking aquatic scene, a built-in movie theater, and a two-story wine cellar, is up for grabs at $3.875 million. The property is located near Rocky Creek.

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Modern Canna set to enter Gainesville market

(06/17/2021)

Modern Canna Labs, the cannabis quality control giant, is coming to Gainesville.

The company recently announced its plans to expand into the Alachua County seat with an 11,300 square foot laboratory this summer. The new lab is expected to help Modern Canna provide better service to Medical Marijuana Treatment Centers throughout the Sunshine State.

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Chicken Salad Chick enters Gainesville market

(05/15/2021)

It was just last month that Chicken Salad Chick opened a new store in Ocala. Now, the southern style fast casual chicken salad restaurant has opened another new store in north central Florida- this time in Gainesville.

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Gainesville issues $25K grants for potential homebuyers in black communities

(04/13/2021)

The city of Gainesville has put the finishing touches on a plan to provide people who buy homes in historic African American communities with a $25,000 grant. The city hopes that the program can begin to be rolled out next month.

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No, there will NOT be a 2008-style housing market crash, and here's why

(03/29/2021)

These strange times have prompted some folks to speculate that we'll see another 2008-style housing crash.  After all, prices are going up, and what goes up must come down, right?

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Ex Butler leasing manager joins forces with Celebration Pointe

(03/08/2021)

Over the past three years, REI, Sephora and The Cheesecake Factory each joined the west Gainesville retail scene. Now, the leasing manager who helped bring those chains to the Alachua County seat has signed up for an even bigger project.

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Gainesville breakfast hotspot moving down the street

(02/16/2021)

A popular breakfast joint in Gainesville will be relocating a few hundred feet.

43rd Street Deli Millhopper, considered by many to be a staple of the Gainesville breakfast scene, will be packing up and moving to a new location down the street.

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Taco Del Mar closes down in Gainesville

(01/04/2021)

The COVID-19 pandemic has claimed another local Gainesville restaurant.

Taco Del Mar, a Mexican fast food restaurant chain founded in Colorado, has closed its doors in Gainesville for the final time. Zoe Haraden, one of the restaurant's co-owners, pointed to the novel coronavirus as the reason for the closure. The restaurant was located at 8181 NW 38th Lane.

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Popular pizza joint on UF campus closes for good

(12/17/2020)

A staple of the University of Florida campus in Gainesville, Florida, has said its final farewell.

Leonardo's By The Slice has served its final slice of pizza after nearly half a century and closed up shop for the last time on Wednesday night.

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City of Gainesville approves land sale for affordable housing

(12/08/2020)

Gainesville city commissioners have given the green light to develop an affordable housing project in the eastern part of the city.

Per the agenda documents obtained by WCJB, the block of land at 612 Southeast 21st Street is currently unused. The documents also state that the developer, Housing Trust Group LLC, has requested to purchase the land for $840,000. The land is privately appraised at less than a quarter of that.

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