- July 19, 2025
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Gym chain expands into Manatee County
EōS Fitness, the national gym chain, has signed a lease for the former Big Lots space at the Cortez Commons shopping center in Bradenton. The gym is scheduled to open in 2027 and will be 40,920 square feet. The Big Lots was an anchor at the 140,000-square-fooot center on Cortez Road at 59th Street before it closed last year after the discount retailer filed for bankruptcy. EōS, which already has a location in Sarasota, says the Bradenton gym will aim to reach customers in the city as well as Bradenton Beach, Longboat Key, Anna Maria Island and Holmes Beach. The newly announced Bradenton location is part of a major expansion for EōS in the state. In January it announced leases for space in St. Petersburg and Fort Myers. It also signed a lease to take over a 39,801-square-foot space formerly occupied by a Walmart Neighborhood Market in Pinellas Park. According to the chain’s website, it has more than 125 open gyms nationwide with 25 more opening soon and another 25 planned. Along the Gulf Coast, it has opened seven gyms and is set to open another five.
Industrial property ready for tenants
Developers have finished work on a 93,287-square-foot flex industrial building in Fort Myers’ Premier Airport Park. Building 7A, as it’s called, is made up of five units each with at least 1,500 square feet of office space. The units, according to Colliers, the listing agent for the park, have at least two 143-feet-deep-loading docks with 24-foot-high clear height along with 1.55 parking spaces for each 1,000 square feet of building. Colliers says the space will address a demand for smaller flex industrial space in Southwest Florida and that the new space is aimed at users in the 15,000-square-foot to 20,000-square-foot range — service-related businesses in need of office and warehouse space or subcontractors and distributors needing a showroom. Construction on the 225-acre Premier Airport Park, being developed by Principal Real Estate Investors, started in 2018 and when complete it will have 1.87 million square feet of space. Of that, 958,775 square feet has already been built at the park, which is near Southwest Florida International Airport. Colliers says the current tenant roster includes Pepsi, Home Depot, Renewal by Andersen, Raymond Building Supply and Arthrex. The firm’s Dan Miller is representing the park.
Luxury tower project reaches construction milestone
The construction of a 42-story downtown Tampa residential tower took a big step forward last week, but you had to look down to see it. The milestone was the foundational pour that will allow crews to start building upward. According the developers behind the One Tampa tower, Kolter Urban, the pour began at midnight June 11 and lasted nine hours. In that time, 160 trucks delivered 1,500 cubic yards of concrete that was poured into 20 drilled caissons, each 72 inches in diameter and approximately 100 feet deep. Kolter, working with Moss Construction, is building the tower on North Tampa Street about a block from Curtis Hixon Waterfront Park and city’s Riverwalk. When complete, the building will have 225 residences and 5,000 square feet of retail and restaurant space. The units will be one-, two- and three-bedroom ranging from 1,100 to 4,000 square feet. The top three floors will include two story units and four penthouses.
Brandon hotel sells for nearly $19 million
A Richmond, Virginia, real estate investment trust has bought the Homewood Suites by Hilton Tampa-Brandon. The REIT, Apple Hospitality, paid $18.8 million for the 126-room hotel at 10240 Palm River Road just off Interstate 75 and Falkenburg Road. Apple already owns the Embassy Suites next door. The Homewood Suites was previously owned by an Atlanta investor that paid $20.29 million for it in 2023. Apple, in a statement announcing the deal, says the property had been offered up for sale by a loan servicer. (As of June 13, Hillsborough County court records showed no pending cases against the company.) Apple says it is planning to renovate the hotel, though it did not offer details of the work to be done. With the purchase, Apple’s portfolio will have 221 hotels with 29,893 rooms in 37 states and Washington, D.C. Of those, 23 are in Florida.
Office building hits the market
A standalone office building in Clearwater has been put up for sale with the distinction of being one of the least expensive buildings in Pinellas County. That’s what Axxos Commercial Real Estate, the listing brokerage, calls it in marketing materials. Axxos has the sale price listed as subject to offer but says in the materials that the building, built in 1965, is one of the few in the county available for under $175 per square foot. At $175 per square foot the price would be $1.75 million for the 10,000-square-foot, two-story building, which is at 301 S. Missouri Ave. between Court Street and Cleveland Street near the city’s downtown. The previous owner, a local LLC named Knight Acquisition One, paid $950,000 for the building in 2017. According to the listing says the first floor includes a reception area, conference room, nine offices, three restrooms, a kitchenette, and a large open area that works as a bullpen or classroom. The second floor has 10 offices and an open area large enough for cubicles or a bullpen. It too has a kitchenette as well as two restrooms. The property comes with a vacant half acre of land for parking and is completely furnished. Axxos’ Jon Reno La Budde listed the building.
Investor acquires McAllister’s Deli site
A Wyoming investor has bought a piece of land on Cochran Boulevard near Tamiami Trail in Port Charlotte where McAllister’s Deli opened a restaurant earlier this year. The property is at 19570 Cochran Blvd. and is an outparcel to a Kohl’s and PetSmart. The buyer, according to Florida’s Department of Corporations database, is a Cody, Wyoming LLC. It paid $2.85 million, according to Charlotte County property records. The previous owner was another LLC, this one from Deerfield Beach. It paid $1 million for the then-vacant land in 2022. According to a profile of the property on the commercial real estate website LoopNet, the restaurant is 3,100 square feet and the property is 1.37-acres. The McAllister’s has a 20-year lease with three five-year options. There is a 1.75% rental increase each year. The lease is guaranteed by Focus Brands, which owns the chain along with Auntie Annie’s, Moe’s Southwest Grill, Schlotzsky’s and Carvel.
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