Development changes focus of REIS meeting

The Florida Legislature has just passed a number of bills that change growth management practices and development regulation. At the same time, economic conditions are hindering infrastructure projects and causing concurrency moratoria throughout the state. All of these factors affect the way real estate development will take place as the state emerges from the downturn in the real estate market. The changes, challenges and options available to the real estate industry will be discussed by land-use attorney Ron Weaver at the June 9 meeting of the Real Estate Investment Society.

Mr. Weaver will review legislative actions and issues affecting business growth and real estate development. He is also expected to present options for securing land use entitlements and planning development under the changing regulatory and market conditions. Mr. Weaver is a partner in the Tampa law firm Stearns Weaver Miller and frequently lectures and publishes articles on Florida's growth management laws and land use regulations.

The meeting will begin promptly at 11:45 a.m. on Tuesday, June 9, in the Osprey Room at Pelican Preserve's Clubhouse on Treeline Avenue at Colonial Boulevard. Admission is $25 for members and $35 for guests, which includes lunch. Reservations are required by June 3 and may be made at the REIS Web site: www.reis-swfl.org.