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  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • April 5, 2019
HFF will fold talent, expertise and listings into JLL regionally

With HFF, JLL will strengthen its capital markets abilities in hotels, apartments and other sectors throughout Florida following the close of its $2 billion acquisition.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • April 5, 2019
Real estate investment trust playing a growth game

HC Government Realty Trust has received a capital injection and new management from a Charlotte, N.C.-based investment company, as part of a strategy to boost the size of its portfolio of properties occupied by federal government agencies.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • April 5, 2019
An Atypical Land Deal

Nancy Surak of Land Advisors Organization was awarded the Florida Gulfcoast Commercial Association of Realtors "Deal of the Year" for brokering the sale of 1,557 acres in a Pasco County master-planned community to Lennar Corp. for $26.54 million.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • April 5, 2019
Peridot Palms apartments in St. Petersburg trade for $98.25 million

UDR Inc. has invested $98.25 million to buy the luxury Peridot Palms apartments in St. Petersburg, one of the largest multifamily rental deals along the Gulf Coast over the past five years.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • April 5, 2019
Life Storage buys Tampa self-storage center to augment portfolio

Life Storage Inc. purchased a multilevel self-storage facility in Tampa in a deal brokered by SkyView Advisors' Ryan Clark to augment its existing portfolio of Tampa-area properties.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Andrew Warfield
  • April 5, 2019
Moneyball

Major League Baseball spring training means big money to Lee County businesses. After the Red Sox and Twins leave, their facilities mean even more.

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  • By Mark Gordon
  • March 29, 2019
New private club seeks to be hub for business leaders

Waterworks is a business and social club that combines new with old in Sarasota.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • March 29, 2019
Bonita Springs hires planning firm for upgrades as developers plow ahead with projects

Bonita Springs has hired Duany Plater-Zyberk to overhaul its zoning code and make other urban planning improvements to the city, but Hovland Real Estate is forging ahead with a pair of new projects near the municipality's downtown.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • March 29, 2019
In Focus: Sarasota

Sarasota has been on a growth tear over the past four years, posting gains in its office, industrial, retail and multifamily sectors through a combination of new growth and positive absorption

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • March 29, 2019
Former CBRE Tampa head lands at Fore

Chase Pattillo, who until late last year led commercial real estate brokerage firm CBRE's Tampa operations, has been hired by Fore Property Co. to oversee apartment development from a new Tampa office

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • March 29, 2019
Savills drops Studley name from firm

After five years of ownership, London-based Savills plc has dropped the Studley Inc. name from its Savills Studley brand in the U.S. to better align with the company's worldwide brand.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • March 29, 2019
Generation Income gets OTC stock symbol

Tampa-based Generation Income Properties, which expects to become the only real estate investment trust specializing in net lease properties listed on the OTC broker dealer network when it begins trading later this year, has received a stock symbol from t

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Brian Hartz
  • March 29, 2019
Partner play: Developer works the system with its approach to deals

Christ United Methodist Church in downtown St. Petersburg, Florida, has reached a preliminary agreement with the DeNunzio Group and the City of St. Petersburg that will see DeNunzio acquire, for $5.3 million, the church’s 0.65-acre parking lot, at the sou

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Grier Ferguson
  • March 29, 2019
Commercial real estate investor finds niche in area retail centers

The hunt for more commercial real estate investments that fit the bill for Lita Sciturro-Smith is on.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By John Haughey
  • March 29, 2019
Highly-touted driverless car testing track in region nears several milestones

Commercial clients are coming into view for SunTrax. Will Google or Uber be next?

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