"Timothy Becker, director of the school's Bergstrom Center for Real Estate Studies, attributes the sunny outlook to defeat of the Hometown Democracy Amendment and the election of Republican Gov. Rick Scott in November.
The citizen initiative would have required voter approval for changes in development plans."
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