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By  Julius Whigham II and Bill DiPaolo The Palm Beach Post RIVIERA BEACH, Fla. — Quick action by neighbors and firefighters — and a little luck — saved three infants trapped inside a burning apartment on Friday that police say was set on fire by their father after a domestic dispute with the children’s 19-year-old mother. Using hammers, chairs and whatever they could grab to smash through hurricane windows, neighbors entered a burning second-floor unit at the Stonybrook Apartments. They handed a 3-year-old boy and a 1-year-old boy out the window. children inside . (Photo/ Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office)" />Velmando J. Williams, 22, set the apartment on fire with his three children inside . (Photo/ Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office) “They kept pounding and pounding. They were using hammers and chairs, anything they could get their hands on. They wouldn’t stop until they got those kids out,” said Riviera Beach Mayor Thomas Masters . A video taken at the scene ...

Offices, a grocery store and “micro-condominiums” might soon rise out of the ground on a prime piece of land in West Palm Beach west of Northwood Village. These are the first projects that Boca Raton-developer Mario Caprini wants to build as part of an ambitious $70 million complex dubbed Northwood Common s, on a 3.5- acre parcel owned by the West Palm Beach Community Redevelopment Agency . Can Caprini get the job done? His company’s website lists his prior development work in Canada and Ohio, including 1,000 residential units, 5 million square feet of industrial parks and “hundreds of thousands” of square feet of office, retail and medical buildings. In South Florida, Caprini recently completed construction of a “green” home in Pompano Beach at 4620 N.W. 18th Ave. The project, dubbed Modernista, was recognized by the mayor of Pompano Beach in March and won a national award in February from the Structural Insulated Panel Association , earning first place in the affordable housing...

When Dr. Oz isn’t in, his vintage Palm Beach vacation house is for rent. And its $95,000-a- month price tag  once again ranks it near the top of the listings available for lease during the approaching snowbird season . Dr.  Mehmet Oz and his wife,  Lisa , bought Louwana — their landmarked 1923 house on the ocean at 473 N. County Road — nearly two years ago. The star of  The Dr. Oz Show  and his family are longtime fans of Palm Beach. >> PHOTOS: Dr. Oz's landmarked $18M Louwana estate in Palm Beach The Ozes have leased the property for at least part of the season since they bought it for $18 million. The listing, by agent  Shirley Wyner of  The Fite Group , says a $90,000 deposit will secure rental of the 12-bedroom house, which is directly on the beachfront and has 12, 483 square feet of living space, inside and out. RELATED: Dr. Oz behind purchase of landmarked $18 million Louwana estate Yet even with its jaw-dropping price, the house is only the second-most- expensive...

| Share | Share | Share | Share Aug. 13--RIVIERA BEACH, FL-- Quick action by neighbors and firefighters -- and a little luck -- saved three infants trapped inside a burning apartment on Friday that police say was set on fire by their father after a domestic dispute with the children's 19-year-old mother. Using hammers, chairs and whatever they could grab to smash through hurricane windows, neighbors entered a burning second-floor unit at the Stonybrook Apartments. They handed a 3-year-old boy and a 1-year-old boy out the window. "They kept pounding and pounding. They were using hammers and chairs, anything they could get their hands on. They wouldn't stop until they got those kids out," said Riviera Beach Mayor Thomas Masters . A video taken at the scene shows neighbors struggling to pound through the doors and flames coming through the roof. "There's a newborn baby in there! Somebody locked the doors! Somebody get that baby out of there," a woma...

A Florida judge denied bond for 22-year-old Velmando Williams, who is being accused of locking three children in a bedroom before setting fire to their apartment after an argument with their mother, according to the Palm Beach Post . Last week, a Stonybrook Apartment fire nearly took the lives of three children. It was reported that Tranice Smith, 19, and Williams, who is the father two of her children, was in a heated argument. Smith stated that she was cut in the back of the head and held down by her shirt. When she was able to break free, she said she ran out of the apartment and told Williams that she was going to call the police. That’s when Williams told her that he was going to set the apartment on fire before slamming and locking the door. Williams allegedly locked the three children in a bedroom inside the Stonybrook Apartment before setting fire to the couches in the living room by using cooking oil. Afterward, he jumped from an open window and fled the scene, according t...

An old, really bad idea is new again in The Palm Beach Post ! “We’re in a housing crisis !” “Why can’t we just live in shipping containers?” Sometimes a really, really bad idea just won’t go away as evidenced by the increasing number of shipping containers being stored and used in the Park of Commerce. Already some are suggesting, “Hmmm, those would make good homes for people.”. These containers, if you didn’t know, are those large containers that get placed on tractor trailers and trains for distribution of commodities, products, etc. throughout the country. You’ll also see these containers used by companies for storage, temporary and permanent, on back lots and work sites. Starting next month and into October–December a lot of people will be returning to our region — many of whom have struggled to solve societal issues such as homelessness, unsuccessfully in other areas of the country — but are suddenly the ‘experts’ on how to solve those same vexing problems here in South Florid...

BOCA RATON, FL - Mill Creek Residential , a leading multifamily investor and operator specializing in premier apartment communities across the U.S., announced the acquisition of Emerald Bay Club Apartments , a two-story garden- style community situated in the highly desirable West Boca submarket .Mill Creek will rebrand the community Alister Boca Raton and complete renovations to better meet the expectations of today's luxury apartment residents . The community, featuring 448 apartment homes , will receive interior updates , landscaping improvements and the addition of several resort- style amenities , including a luxury pool and fully equipped fitness center . " Palm Beach County is an extremely attractive location with a strong mix of entertainment destinations, employment opportunities and top-of-the-line schools," said Wes Dickerson, senior managing director of acquisitions for Mill Creek Residential . "We believe our upgrades to Alister Boca Raton wi...

BOCA RATON, Fla. , June 7, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Mill Creek Residential , a leading multifamily investor and operator specializing in premier apartment communities across the U.S., today announced the acquisition of Emerald Bay Club Apartments , a two-story garden- style community situated in the highly desirable West Boca submarket . Mill Creek will rebrand the community Alister Boca Raton and complete renovations to better meet the expectations of today's luxury apartment residents . The community, featuring 448 apartment homes , will receive interior updates , landscaping improvements and the addition of several resort- style amenities , including a luxury pool and fully equipped fitness center . " Palm Beach County is an extremely attractive location with a strong mix of entertainment ...

The mood was tense, the hour was late and the conflict had a familiar ring to it. Ansca Homes is seeking permission to build 206 apartments on Hypoluxo Road, and the neighbors were not happy. “There are two sets of property rights here, the existing communities and the people who want to build,” Palm Beach County Commissioner Shelly Vana said. “I hope the answer is something everybody can live with.” Vana reminded the homeowners that workforce housing , which accounts for 142 of the 206 apartments, is a mandatory program heavily supported by the Palm Beach County Commission . It was declared to be at a crisis level in 2005. Vana added that it would behoove the developer to make any concessions it could, even though some had already been made. At the Wednesday night meeting west of Boynton Beach, a dozen homeowners representing six nearby communities called the planned apartment complex “an eyesore” and “a Pandora’s box.” Homeowners mainly objected to the rental units, which they...

A father in Florida is being held without bond after allegedly setting an apartment on fire with his three children inside before escaping through a window, authorities say. Velmando Jahvon Williams , 22, remains jailed at the Palm Beach County Jail on three counts each of attempted homicide and false imprisonment, as well as first-degree arson and battery charges, jail records show . Williams set the apartment on fire Friday during an argument with the children’s mother at Stonybrook Apartments in Riviera Beach, she told WPTV. “I’m trying to get over it, but I can’t,” the children’s mother, Tranice Smith, told the station. “I have no words for him. None.” Williams held Smith down by her shirt prior to setting the fire, but she was able to break free by ripping her shirt off during the scuffle, according to a police report obtained by the Palm Beach Post . Smith then told Williams she was going to call police about the domestic dispute, prompting him to tell her that he was going to...

SUBURBAN WEST PALM BEACH , Fla. -- Firefighters extinguished an apartment fire in suburban West Palm Beach on Saturday. At 11:40 a.m., Palm Beach County Fire Rescue crews received a report of a fire on the 900 block of Cotton Bay Drive East . First arriving crews reported smoke from the second floor of the building. Firefighters quickly entered the building, located the flames and worked to extinguish them. The American Red Cross is assisting two occupants that were displaced by the fire.

Survey: Broward has Florida’s 5 priciest cities for rental apartments The survey by RENTCafé ranked Miramar as the state's most expensive rental market August 19, 2017 02:00PM Aerial view of Broward County (Credit: Francisco Azola) Led by Miramar, Broward County has the five most expensive rental apartment markets in Florida, according to a survey by RENTCafé, a national apartment -search website. The average monthly rent for a Miramar apartment was $1,800 in July, a 3.2 percent increase from July 2016, RENTCafé reported. RENTCafé surveyed apartment buildings with at least 50 units. The survey excluded houses and condominiums on the rental market. Adrian Rosenberg, a spokesman for the website, told the Sun-Sentinel that Miramar rents reflect a large stock of high- end apartment buildings in the southwest Broward County suburb , where developers have opened 1,500 new apartments since 2013. RENTCafé found that the average apartment rent in Fort Lauderdale ranked second amo...

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WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Palm Beach County Fire Rescue crews responded to reports of a fire on the 900 block of Cotton Bay Drive E. on Saturday morning. First arriving crews reported smoke from the second floor of an apartment building . Firefighters quickly entered the building and discovered flames on the second floor. Advertisement The fire is out at this time and overhaul operations continue . The Red Cross was called to assist two people who were displaced by the fire. The cause of the fire is under investigation. Stay with WPBF 25 News for updates.

RIVIERA BEACH Quick action by neighbors and firefighters — and a little luck — saved three infants trapped inside a burning apartment on Friday that police say was set on fire by their father after a domestic dispute with the children’s 19-year-old mother. Using hammers, chairs and whatever they could grab to smash through hurricane windows, neighbors entered a burning second-floor unit at the Stonybrook Apartments. They handed a 3-year-old boy and a 1-year-old boy out the window. “They kept pounding and pounding. They were using hammers and chairs, anything they could get their hands on. They wouldn’t stop until they got those kids out,” said Riviera Beach Mayor Thomas Masters . A video taken at the scene shows neighbors struggling to pound through the doors and flames coming through the roof. “There’s a new-born baby in there! Somebody locked the doors! Somebody get that baby out of there,” a woman screams in the video. A one-month-old girl was still inside, residents told firefi...