FORT LAUDERDALE: A $1 billion neighborhood of homes, senior-living apartments and hotel rooms, including a 45-story tower that could become Fort Lauderdale’s tallest building, may eventually rise around the Galleria at Fort Lauderdale.
The mall’s owner, Keystone-Florida Property Holding Corp., announced plans this week for seven buildings containing 1,600 apartments or condos and 150 hotel rooms, connected by tree-lined streets, walkways and bike lanes in what the company calls a walkable community off Sunrise Boulevard.
If approved by the city, construction would start in late 2015 and be completed in phases over seven years, mall executives said…