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Industries

  • By Mark Gordon
  • November 1, 2020
Challenges weigh on the construction sector, but innovation reigns

Builders in the region deliver cool projects, even as industry grapples with pandemic.

  • Development
  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • October 30, 2020
Movin' On Up

Latest “Emerging Trends in Real Estate” report from the Urban Land Institute and PwC ranks Tampa/St. Petersburg as the sixth most attractive area in the U.S. based on job growth and development.

  • Commercial Real Estate
  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • October 30, 2020
Saunders brokers $43 million Bluffs land deal

SVN Saunders Ralston Dantzler Real Estate founder negotiated Florida’s largest conservation property purchase in more than a decade.

  • Commercial Real Estate
  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • October 30, 2020
Ritz-Carlton GM returns to Southwest Florida

James McManemon has been named general manager of the two Ritz-Carlton hotels in Naples. He led the Marriott-flagged luxury hotel in Sarasota for nearly a decade before leaving in 2011.

  • Commercial Real Estate
  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • October 30, 2020
St. Armands deal sets pricing record

Limestone Asset Management's purchase of two St. Armands Circle retail properties shatters price per-square-foot for shopping haven retail stores

  • Commercial Real Estate
  • By Michael Saunders & Company
  • October 30, 2020
Q3 2020 State of the Market & Economy

Sarasota, Manatee, & Charlotte Counties

  • Manatee-Sarasota
Sponsored Content
  • By Mark Gordon
  • October 29, 2020
Developer makes big gains in self-storage

It doesn’t have the sizzle of multimillion-dollar construction projects. But self-storage done right, discovers one area firm, could deliver a tidy profit.

  • Commercial Real Estate
  • By Grier Ferguson
  • October 28, 2020
Homebuilder sees success by sticking to niche

Focusing on one neighborhood has been a boon for an enterprising businessman. One advantage? He can ride his bike to job sites.

  • Development
  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • October 23, 2020
A Heritage Play

Ally Capital Group’s gamble on aging Westshore City Center buildings pays off with one of the largest new office deals in Tampa in the past several years with Heritage Insurance Holdings.

  • Commercial Real Estate
  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • October 23, 2020
Florida firm buys Tampa offices

CTO Realty Growth buys Sabal Pavilion property occupied by Ford Motor Credit

  • Commercial Real Estate
  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • October 23, 2020
Ryan Cos. promotes Bosso

Ryan Cos. promotes Max Bosso in Tampa, one of several prominent recent commercial real estate moves and hires in the Tampa Bay area recently.

  • Commercial Real Estate
  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • October 23, 2020
CRE defaults loom in a post-COVID-19 Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay banks are bracing for a wave of foreclosures in 2021, but industrial development continues to be a bright spot for the region

  • Commercial Real Estate
  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • October 23, 2020
Work begins on Sarasota apartments, retail

Belpointe REIT intends to replace moribund Main Plaza complex in downtown Sarasota with mix of shops, eateries and multifamily rental units

  • Commercial Real Estate
  • By Akuwa Solutions Group, Inc.
  • October 23, 2020
Set Up Remote Workers to Thrive

Set Up Remote Workers to Thrive

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Sponsored Content
  • By Mark Gordon
  • October 22, 2020
Florida charter school leader targets expansion

Launching — and then managing — a charter school is a singular business challenge. Financial executive-turned-school choice leader Erika Donalds might be the perfect student for the task.

  • Education
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