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  • Mark Gordon
  • June 17, 2024
Business Observer 2024 40 Under 40 nominations now open

The Business Observer's annual 40 Under 40 issue celebrates the best of the best of the up-and-comers.

  • Florida
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  • Steven Benna
  • June 17, 2024
The week's top commercial real estate transactions in Charlotte, Collier, Hillsborough, Lee, Manatee, Pasco, Pinellas, Polk, Sarasota

A pair of hotels in Fort Myers sold for over $40 million to highlight transactions.

  • Transactions
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    By
  • Louis Llovio
  • June 16, 2024
Developer pays nearly $18M for 195 acres along I-75 in Punta Gorda

In the week's top commercial real estate news, a Sarasota tower is approved, four Tampa properties are included in $1.5 billion portfolio sale, and a Cape Coral pizza joint opens.

  • Florida
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  • Elizabeth King
  • June 12, 2024
Report: Cape Coral-Fort Myers construction jobs up nearly 35%

Construction jobs have increased by 34.7% in one area of the Gulf Coast since 2019, according to ABC Florida Gulf Coast.

  • Florida
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    By
  • Mark Gordon
  • June 12, 2024
Report: Trouble lurks for big banks with big CRE loan overexposure

Billions of dollars in property financing will mature by 2026. For banks seeped in commercial real estate loans, this poses some outsized risks.

  • Florida
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    By
  • Louis Llovio
  • June 11, 2024
COVID fraud lands Riverview, Fort Myers men in federal prison

Two men were sentenced to federal prison this week in separate cases stemming from criminal charges for using ill-gotten COVID relief fraud for personal use.

  • Florida
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  • Elizabeth King
  • June 10, 2024
Area Anheuser-Busch owner joins board of Naples family nonprofit

The newest board member for Better Together is the head of Gold Coast Eagle Distributing.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • Steven Benna
  • June 10, 2024
The week's top commercial real estate transactions in Charlotte, Collier, Hillsborough, Lee, Manatee, Pasco, Pinellas, Polk, Sarasota

A Lee County commercial condo complex sale for $92.5 million leads transactions.

  • Transactions
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    By
  • Louis Llovio
  • June 9, 2024
$120 million hospital project to officially break ground in east Manatee

In the week's top commercial real estate news, a Pinellas County shopping center sells for $7.5 million, a Sarasota condo project sees double and Lee County keeps fighting for discount.

  • Florida
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    By
  • Louis Llovio
  • June 6, 2024
Real estate exec: Troubled condo market will get worse

As new safety rules take effect, Florida’s condominium owners are struggling to adjust to the cost of the mandates, and a bad hurricane season could make things much worse.

  • Florida
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    By
  • Elizabeth King
  • June 6, 2024
Pair of Collier County hotspots rank in top 10 on national retirement list

Retirees and those nearing retirement were surveyed about where they want to live when they’re done working.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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    By
  • Elizabeth King
  • June 5, 2024
The Factory in St. Pete sells, anchor tenant rebrands

A building sale in St. Petersburg resulted in the expansion and rebranding of an immersive art experience.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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    By
  • Louis Llovio
  • June 4, 2024
Washington D.C. company launches AI chatbot for real estate industry

The free, for now, AI tool is meant to assist real estate professionals with their finances.

  • Florida
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    By
  • Louis Llovio
  • June 3, 2024
Publix rolls out line of summer products

The grocer, which is opening a store in Apollo Beach this month, is offering the nearly dozens items at it stores during the summer season.

  • Florida
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    By
  • Louis Llovio
  • June 2, 2024
Collier County pays $20.77 million for 2,500 acres near Immokalee

In the week's top commercial real estate news, an engineering firm leases more space in Tampa, lots are ready for multifamily development for sale in Sarasota, and Babcock Ranch reaches a milestone.

  • Florida
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