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Industries

  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • November 17, 2017
Storm clouds ahead?

A leading Southwest Florida land broker warns there are some ominous signals that could impact the region's real estate industry.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • November 17, 2017
GSC buys second area complex this year

Continuing a wave of multifamily rental acquisitions throughout the Gulf Coast, a Virginia-based apartment operator has purchased a Sarasota complex for $43.25 million, according to property records.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • November 17, 2017
Market Spotlight

Sarasota-Manatee retail market

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Alex Walsh
  • November 17, 2017
Economic Forecast 2018 - By the Numbers

Charts paint the picture for the region.

  • Industries
  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • November 17, 2017
New York developer plans Naples retail

Fifth Avenue South property comes together.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • November 10, 2017
Feldman to demo Tampa's CapTrust Building

Calling it a “significant hurdle” in the planned development of a 52-story, mixed-use tower that would become Tampa's tallest building, Feldman Equities and Tower Realty Partners are planning to demolish a downtown office building early in 2018.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Brian Steiner
  • November 10, 2017
Stay on Course

A GE Aviation plant tucked away in Pinellas County has gone high-tech with its latest products to help pilots navigate better.

  • Manufacturing
  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • November 10, 2017
Culture Driven

Avison Young's business model and privately held status empowers its agents to put clients first.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • November 10, 2017
Meridian sells Tampa industrial project

Meridian Development Group has sold a three-building industrial project in East Tampa for $8.25 million, the latest move by the Tampa-based investment firm to recalibrate its portfolio.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Traci McMillan Beach
  • November 10, 2017
Knock down obstacles

From growing up with a drug-addicted parent to building a $170 million business, Tony DiBenedetto has seen it all. Now at the top of the business world, he's searching for the next move.

  • Strategies
  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • November 10, 2017
Carlyle finalizes Postcard Inn sale

A Rhode Island-based hotel investment firm has closed on the purchase of the 196-room Postcard Inn on the Beach for $47.4 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Ted Carter
  • November 10, 2017
Star Search

An entrepreneur — barely of legal age to drink alcohol — hopes to nurture and grow the Southwest Florida tech scene.

  • Strategies
  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • November 3, 2017
Institutional Magnet

The pending sales effort for Urban Centre is expected to generate interest from large, institutional real estate players.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • November 3, 2017
Sasaki tapped for Sarasota bayfront design work

Sasaki Associates Inc. has been picked to lead design and planning work for a 42-acre, municipally owned cultural tract just outside downtown Sarasota.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • November 3, 2017
Mainsail awarded top Marriott prize

Mainsail Lodging & Development has received the Partnership Circle Award from Marriott International, the highest accolade presented to the hotel operator and lodging industry behemoth's property owners and franchisors.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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