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Reforms to new condo safety law may be coming

The Florida Legislature is expected to take up changes and tweaks to a safety law passed to prevent a repeat of the Surfside condo collapse in 2021.

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  • December 27, 2024
Year in review: The top Business Observer headlines of 2024

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  • December 24, 2024
Largest commercial transactions in the region per county surpass $1B

Five of the nine largest deals in 2024 in Charlotte, Collier, Hillsborough, Lee, Manatee, Pasco, Pinellas, Polk and Sarasota counties involved multifamily properties.

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  • December 23, 2024
Florida IRS criminal investigators close busy 2024, aim for busier 2025

The national office wrapped a busy year as well.

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  • December 22, 2024
The top commercial real estate deals of the year

Big transactions in Southwest Florida stand out as hardware stores, condos and hotels changed hands across the region.

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  • December 16, 2024
The week's top commercial real estate transactions in Charlotte, Collier, Hillsborough, Lee, Manatee, Pasco, Pinellas, Polk, Sarasota

A vacant land sale in Naples for $10.6 million paces transactions.

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  • December 15, 2024
47-year-old Fort Myers retail plaza sells for $4.8 million

In the week's top commercial real estate news, a new hotel is coming to Sarasota, a new subdivision to be built near Tampa, and a Naples industrial property brings $1 million.

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  • December 12, 2024
Report: Charlotte foreclosure rate jumps 420%, Manatee's rate drops 31%

Some counties in the region, such as Manatee, Polk and Collier, are bucking the trend and posting declining foreclosure rates.

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  • December 11, 2024
Arkansas bank doubles loan loss reserves from Florida storms to $33.4M

Home BancShares Inc.'s chairman says it "is a prudent and predictable course of action."

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  • December 9, 2024
The week's top commercial real estate transactions in Charlotte, Collier, Hillsborough, Lee, Manatee, Pasco, Pinellas, Polk, Sarasota

$50 million in land purchases in Sarasota and Hillsborough counties pace transactions.

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  • December 8, 2024
Buyer found for 6,000-acre Collier farm listed at $59 million

In the week's top commercial real estate news, Sarasota office building sells, apartment buyer gets $52 million loan for Tampa apartments and $39 million in grants for affordable housing in Lee County.

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  • Elizabeth King
  • December 6, 2024
Florida, with $1.6B, leads nation on livestream sales platform Whatnot

Sellers in Florida grab top spot nationally in live commerce sales, according to a new report from livestream shopping platform Whatnot.

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  • December 1, 2024
Polk County office building sells for $6.25 million

In the week's top commercial real estate news, a legendary Tampa bakery is getting a new home, a Palmetto salvage yard gets sold, and Babcock Ranch is getting new tenants.

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  • November 29, 2024
Bank names market execs for Fort Myers, Sarasota areas

As one leader is promoted outside the area, two others rise into new positions at Regions Bank.

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  • November 28, 2024
Florida is top moving destination in US: National Association of Realtors

Nearly 373,000 people moved to Florida in 2023, according to the National Association of Realtors 2024 Migrations Trends report.

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