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Palm Beach Post Staff Writer WEST PALM BEACH — The new Villas on Antique Row is going up as quickly as the real estate market has rebounded, from a ground-breaking in May to the first move-ins scheduled for December. Built on the old Goodwill site off South Dixie Highway north of Southern Boulevard, the community

WEST PALM BEACH — The old Goodwill site on Dixie Highway north of Southern Boulevard is a 4-acre reminder of the real estate crash. Once slated for 82 condominiums and townhomes, 14,000 square feet of shops and a three-story garage, it’s been a tattered vacant lot in the middle of the city’s Antique Row since

GL Homes reported a strong weekend of sales at The Bridges near Delray Beach, another indication that builders are gradually recovering from the housing meltdown. “Interest is definitely coming back,” said Marcie DePlaza, a division president for GL. “We feel really good about where the market is right now.” Other builders also are enjoying a

Light, bright and fresh, Centra is offering today’s home buyer something totally new. During a tour of the three new furnished models at Centra (two more will open before the end of season), Gary Clement, Centra’s community builder, turned to me and said, “Everything is bright here — the light coming in from the oversized

Location, location, location With its truly enviable location and a fresh, new take on how today’s families live, Centra in Boca Raton is taking the market by storm. If location is truly the key to making a smart real estate purchase, the brand-new townhome community of Centra is about to make a whole lot of

A Fort Lauderdale builder is back selling homes in Boca Raton, three years after scuttling its development amid the historic housing collapse. Stiles Corp. opens Centra to buyers at 10 a.m. Saturday. The retooled project, a mile west of Interstate 95 off Yamato Road, will consist of nearly 200 townhouses priced from $239,900 to $363,900.

Stiles Corp., the Fort Lauderdale – based developer known for its commercial projects, is switching gears on a residential community in Boca Raton. Following the lead of other builders in South Florida and the U.S., Stiles has opted to construct smaller, less expensive homes on a site where it once planned to build $1 million

For those who complain about enduring a recession, real estate builder/developer Harry Posin had some grim humor: “In the fourth year of a downturn, we feel we’re already in a depression – and are hoping we can move up to just a recession.” Previous recessions finished in 18 months, but the current, difficult economy now