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Industries

  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • March 8, 2019
Pair of Tampa-area apartments sell for $230 million

Buyers in two separate apartments transactions in Brandon and downtown St. Petersburg cite the area's growing population as the primary reason behind investments in excess of $100 million.

  • Commercial Real Estate
  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • March 8, 2019
Institutional buyer purchases Sarasota shops

New York Life Insurance Real Estate Investors' purchase of the Whole Foods Market-anchored Shoppes at Sarasota Row, in downtown Sarasota, marks the first regional deal for the institutional investor.

  • Commercial Real Estate
  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • March 8, 2019
Benderson sells center in rare move

In a rare move, Benderson Development sells a Port Charlotte shopping center called Peachland Promenade.

  • Commercial Real Estate
  • By Mark Gordon
  • March 1, 2019
Trump's man in Florida gets pumped for 2020

Joe Gruters relishes his disruptor role in local and state politics, where he’s mostly been behind the scenes. His influence on a vast array of topics is likely to grow — quickly.

  • Florida
  • By John Haughey
  • March 1, 2019
Florida Senate to tackle major business issues

The State Senate’s No. 1 leader enters the new Legislative session with lots of ambition, from medical marijuana clarification to infrastructure needs. His chief worry: blind spots.

  • Florida
  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • March 1, 2019
To Renovate or Sell?

Developers & Associates Corp. of California has been planning to renovate the Baymont Inn & Suites in Sarasota as part of a conversion to the Four Points by Sheraton brand, but the company now is considering selling the property to focus on other projects

  • Commercial Real Estate
  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • March 1, 2019
Solutions for the Future

Commercial real estate brokerage firm Land Solutions Inc. is expanding its services and installing a second-generation leader to carry the 20-year-old firm forward

  • Commercial Real Estate
  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • March 1, 2019
LandQwest Commercial adding Naples office to its fold

LandQwest Commercial Realty Services is adding a fourth office in Naples to better serve clients and beef up its property management portfolio

  • Commercial Real Estate
  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • March 1, 2019
David Weekley begins Sarasota townhome, villa project

David Weekley Homes has broken ground on Payne Park Village, a 135-unit residential community in Sarasota that will be the company's first ground-up community development in the city.

  • Commercial Real Estate
  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • March 1, 2019
Austin Center's value largely flat from 2015 purchase

Ally Capital's $28.96 million deal for the five-building Austin Center office project in Tampa's Westshore district was just 1.8% more than previous owner Redstone Commercial paid for the property in 2015

  • Commercial Real Estate
  • By Brian Hartz
  • March 1, 2019
Up in smoke: A bank explains its big bet on barbecue

Dr. BBQ, Ray Lampe, has teamed up with Tampa Bay restaurateurs Roger and Suzanne Perry to open Dr. BBQ, an upmarket barbecue restaurant in St. Petersburg, Florida, financed by Valley National Bank.

  • Finance
  • By Grier Ferguson
  • March 1, 2019
College plans center to further link school with area business community

SCF's Center for Advanced Technology & Innovation will be built inside the school’s former library building on its Bradenton campus.

  • Education
  • By Brian Hartz
  • February 22, 2019
Master class: Restoration firm takes big step up with new property

With the help of a $2.5 million loan from American Momentum Bank, Master Restoration — a 10-year-old Clearwater, Florida, firm that helps residential and commercial property owners across Florida and the Southeast recover from fires, floods, hurricanes an

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Brian Hartz
  • February 22, 2019
Package deal: Long-vacant former post office given new lease on life

In December, Plant City, Florida, officials finalized the city's acquisition of the former downtown post office, a building on the prime corner of Reynolds and Wheeler streets that sat vacant and dilapidated for more than a decade.

  • Commercial Real Estate
  • By Grier Ferguson
  • February 22, 2019
New spring training stadium for Atlanta Braves in North Port almost complete

With just a handful of weeks left, the construction team behind the $125 million project is wrapping up several elements.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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