Industries

By Grier Ferguson
November 4, 2020

Cool Construction: Girl Scouts cabins prove to be challenging project

Jonathan Moore hopes the cabins can serve as prototypes for other Girl Scouts organizations nationally.

Construction-Development

By Grier Ferguson
November 4, 2020

Cool Construction: New fire station includes special operations facility

The new Fire Station 8 facility was built on a site that had a doublewide trailer as a temporary station.

Construction-Development

By Business Observer Staff
November 4, 2020

Partnership buys land, plans $22M affordable housing project

Civitas of Cape Coral will have one, two and three bedroom units.

Charlotte–Lee–Collier

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.

Construction-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

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.

Construction-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.