SARASOTA, FL-The $315-million Mall at University Center, being developed by Benderson Development and Taubman Centers Inc., will open on Oct. 16, 2014.

CHICAGO-The developer of the 42-story Optima Center high-rise apartment building here is planning to build an even taller building next door.

MIAMI-Home furnishings retailer IKEA broke ground on its fourth and largest Florida store in Sweetwater on Tuesday. The new 416,000 square-foot IKEA store is being built lt on 14.6 acres near the Dolphin Mall and the intersection of the Florida Turnpike and the Dolphin Expressway in Sweetwater, according to the Miami Herald. …

The recession was tough on Florida. But <b>John Lambert</b> of <b>Jones Lang LaSalle (RECon booth C1001)</b> tells us how the retail market there has made an incredible rebound.