Reports

Residential Market Study for the City of Pensacola

The CRA has seen much improvement in a variety of business activities over the past twenty years; however, residential growth has stagnated in many of our inner city neighborhoods and this appears to be limiting continued revitalization of our city. It is widely recognized that a growing and diverse residential population can bolster commercial and cultural activities and strengthen our local economy and quality of life, and that maintaining an appropriate balance of activities Downtown can in turn have a positive impact on our entire region.

In the Fall of 2008 the CRA and Downtown Improvement Board (DIB) recommissioned Zimmerman & Volk, Inc. to update their 2004 study identifying the market potential for new market-rate housing units to be leased or sold within both the Community Redevelopment Area (the CRA Study Area) and within Downtown Pensacola. The 2008 and 2004 studies are provided in PDF format below.

Residential Market Study Report, 2008

Study Area Map

Residential Market Study Report, 2004

CRA Urban Core Progress Report, 2008

CRA Urban Core Progress Report, 2008 - (PDF 19MB)

The Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) is responsible for developing and implementing a Community Redevelopment Plan that addresses the unique needs of the targeted area.  The plan, as required by FS 163.360, includes the overall goals for redevelopment in the area, as well as identifying the types of projects planned for the area.

Additional studies, reports and more detailed planning are often required for implementation of specific projects within the CRA Plan and to provide necessary information for proposing updates and changes to the Plan that respond to the changing needs.  The following additional plans, studies and reports have been prepared for that purpose.