Things are starting to look up down our way. I was at the CASF’s (casf.org) semi-annual BBQ last night, and the mood was brighter than I’ve seen it in a while. This may be a contributing factor: ‘Downtown Fort Lauderdale this year will see a surge of construction — the first of hundreds of apartment units developers have in the works. Apartment projects also are under way in suburban Broward and Palm Beach County’.