Investors’ projects may transform Sistrunk Blvd.

FORT LAUDERDALE – Years of stagnation on Sistrunk Boulevard have given way to a flurry of investment along the black community’s Main Street in Fort Lauderdale.

The future for Sistrunk Boulevard/Northwest Sixth Street includes a micro- brewery, a blues club, YMCA, a chicken wings restaurant, apartment tower, senior living complex, performing arts center, retail strip and office complex, according to city redevelopment records.

Fort Lauderdale for years sought interest from developers, hoping to return Sistrunk to its days of economic vibrancy. Millions in public and private money could revive the historic stretch.

“We welcome this new development,” said former Police Chief Frank Adderley, who grew up in northwest Fort Lauderdale and lives there now, in the Dorsey Riverbend neighborhood. “If we’re going to grow and be, say, another Las Olas or those type of areas, we need to be able to attract people to our neighborhood to invest in our neighborhood.”

Most of the investors are seeking public subsidies through the city’s Community Redevelopment Agency, which aims to remove urban blight. But even with incentive programs available, the city was unable to attract much investment until now.

“There’s just a lot of interest and just a lot of energy,” Mayor