McDowell Housing Partners (MHP) has announced the financial closing and start of construction for Ekos Creekside, a 160-unit affordable housing development in Naples. The project is the first in Collier County to break ground under Florida’s Live Local Act and marks Miami-based McDowell Housing Partners’ 15th affordable housing project statewide and fourth in the Naples market. The development team includes DeAngelis Diamond as general contractor, FK Architecture as architect of record, and Davidson Engineering as civil engineer. Completion is anticipated in the second quarter of 2027.

Exterior work is nearing completion on the second phase of Society Las Olas, a 42-story residential tower at 140 Southwest 2nd Street in Downtown Fort Lauderdale. Designed by FSMY Architects + Planners and developed by Property Markets Group (PMG) in partnership with Toronto-based Greybrook Realty Partners, the 450-foot-tall project represents a major milestone for what will become the city’s largest multi-residential development. John Moriarty & Associates serves as the general contractor, with full completion expected in early 2026.

Abbott M 6945 intends to move forward with a boutique hotel that would replace a smaller, 11-room hotel in Miami Beach.

Newgard Group and Two Roads Development have secured $513 million in construction financing for One Brickell Riverfront, a mixed-use condominium development underway along the Miami River in the Brickell Financial District. The financing package, one of South Florida’s largest residential construction loans of the year, was structured with $370 million in senior financing from an undisclosed private lender and a $143 million mezzanine loan originated by 3650 Capital.

An affiliate of Abacus Group has resubmitted plans for a mid-rise apartment in Tampa’s Ybor Heights.