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  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • November 6, 2020
Developer kicks off Longboat Key St. Regis condo sales

New St. Regis Resort & Spa and associated luxury condos will replace the famed former Colony Beach & Tennis Resort on the Sarasota County barrier island.

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  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • November 6, 2020
Vinoy names Ritz-Carlton vet as its GM

Tabish Siddiquie joins St. Petersburg's Vinoy Renaissance resort from luxury Marriott hotel in Denver, marking a return to Central Florida.

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  • By Mark Gordon
  • November 5, 2020
New school designed for function, inspiration

The idea behind the Heights Early Learning & Education Center is to be uplifting for students, teachers and staff.

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  • By Mark Gordon
  • November 5, 2020
Bank's new HQ includes high-end kitchen

FineMark National Bank & Trust's new headquarters in Fort Myers is expected to open in December.

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  • 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.

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  • 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.

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  • November 4, 2020
Partnership buys land, plans $22M affordable housing project

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

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  • 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.

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  • 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
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  • 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
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  • 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
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  • 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

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  • 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
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  • 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.

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