Locate Here

Looking West from City Hall rooftop

Why Location Matters


It's all about location and Hollywood has it! Hollywood is located in the heart of South Florida between Miami and Fort Lauderdale with easy access to key transportation routes and major employment centers.
Whether you're seeking a relocation or expansion for a well-established corporation or you're an entrepreneur seeking the right environment for your start up, Hollywood offers opportunity. Here affordable corporate office space allows your business to grow with trends showing an increase in the office rental market. Our warm winters and beach location make it easier to attract talented professionals to build your successful team. The tri-county area from Miami to the Palm Beaches also affords easy access to a large customer base and workforce that spans interns to executive-level. The city also works in partnership with private industry, economic development organizations and educational institutions to create the ideal conditions to help you grow your business.

Downtown Hollywood...The Perfect Location for Your Vocation

The city's historic downtown offers the kind of walkable, urban village that many are seeking with competitive rents for both living and working. As technology puts the world at our fingertips, locating your business becomes more about choosing a home base where your employees will want to be. Since its founding in the 1920's Hollywood has been marketed as a place to  "make a living and live while making it!" Today's Hollywood continues to offer a great lifestyle in a sought after destination with an ideal climate for both business and pleasure. Request more information.

Hollywood Key Development

More than $1.5 billion in development was completed in Hollywood recently, including more than 225,000 square feet of retail, restaurant, and entertainment space, with more on the way. It's never been a better time to invest in Hollywood. From its strategic location and proactive business environment to its outstanding quality of life, Hollywood's where you want to be.

Development Opportunities

The City currently has several development opportunities available. View the opportunities currently available.    

Interactive Maps

Find an interactive map of the City of Hollywood, Florida, and learn about development activities recently completed, under construction, and in the pipeline. 

Key Industries

The City of Hollywood is focused on expanding these target industry clusters:

Male doctor looking into microscopeHealthcareHollywood Beach Broadwalk. Looking south towards the beach and broadwalk.TourismAirplane at Hollywood/Fort Lauderdale Airport sitting on tarmac waiting for boarding.Aerospace/Aviation
Boats docked at Hollywood MarinaMarine
A group of professionals having a discussion at a table Professional/Business ServicesContainer crane machine at Port EvergladesInternational TradeHEICO cutting machine TechnologyNova Southeastern University students in marine labEducation

 

Additional information on Key Industries 


Recruitment

Having the right person, in the right place at the right time is crucial to your organization's performance and success. Employing the right person for your business is undoubtedly one of the most important parts of your venture. Your goal is to find and hire the best-qualified candidate in a timely and cost-effective manner.  

By matching up the right person who possesses the right job skills to the right position in your organization, you can effectively reduce turnover and improve productivity. There are resources available to help your business find the right people for the job.

Recruitment Assistance


Business Location Services

The City's Economic Development Team serves as a single point of contact for companies, site selection consultants, and corporate real estate executives considering doing business in Hollywood, Florida. 

Business Location Resources  


Transit-Oriented Corridor

The Transit Oriented Corridor is a developed, pedestrian-friendly area within one quarter-mile of a public transit system and includes amenities that promote the safe movement of pedestrians. The City is currently in the process of re-zoning the Transit Oriented Corridor in West Hollywood, which is intended to promote Public health and safety; Pedestrian mobility; Public transit use, and most importantly Mixed-use development. Learn more about the designation and opportunities in the Transit Oriented Corridor. 


Regional Activity Center

The Regional Activity Center is a high-intensity, high-density multi-use area designed as appropriate for growth by the local government or jurisdiction. RACs are intended to encourage attractive and functional mixed living, working, shopping, education, and recreational activities, in areas of regional importance. The Hollywood RAC was designated in 1990 and subsequently expanded in 2005. It is generally located East of I-95 and West of 17th Avenue. 

Hollywood RAC
  

Real Estate

Management of real estate owned by the City of Hollywood is coordinated by the Office of the City Manager through the Chief Development Officer.

For information on:

  • Real property acquisition/disposition by the City
  • Lease negotiation/administration for the City land/property
  • Review of real property valuations
  • Property management
  • Special projects including real estate related economic development
Please contact:
Herb Conde-Parlato
Economic Development Manager
Office of Communications, Marketing and Economic Development
954.924.2922