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Industries

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  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • February 17, 2017
HCP buys Charlotte, Colliers medical space

HCP Inc., one of the nation's largest health care-oriented real estate companies, has acquired a trio of medical-related properties in Southwest Florida for $53.8 million.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • February 10, 2017
Q&A | Ron Wheeler

Ron Wheeler is the chief executive officer of Sembler Co., a firm that over the course of its more than 50-year history has developed more than 325 projects containing more than 27 million square feet of mostly retail real estate throughout the southeastern U.S. and Puerto Rico.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • February 10, 2017
Taking shape

Massive Gulf Coast real estate developments are gelling thanks to population growth and demographic shifts.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • February 10, 2017
Sarasota hotel to have two flags

There are roughly 1,000 new hotel rooms under construction in downtown Sarasota and Sarasota County — and another 400 or so keys on the drawing board — but those numbers aren't dissuading TDR Land Holdings.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • February 10, 2017
Applebee's sales show retail health

In a further sign that the Gulf Coast retail market remains healthy — at least for triple net deals involving credit tenants — a Tampa-based investment firm has sold 14 properties occupied by Applebee's restaurants for $46 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Business Observer Staff
  • February 10, 2017
Sarasota slated for dual-flagged hotel

An Ohio developer plans to build a 200-room lodging property in Sarasota.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff
  • February 10, 2017
Applebee's sales a signal of the health of retail market

It's another sign of the resurgence of the Gulf Coast retail market.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Beth Luberecki
  • February 10, 2017
How to ... Land a government contract

You don't need to be Boeing or Raytheon to land a government contract.

  • Florida
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  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • February 3, 2017
Back from the brink

An Illinois developer has plans to revitalize a Tampa eyesore.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • February 3, 2017
Some runway left

Signs of a CRE bubble are emerging elsewhere. But Southwest Florida seems primed for future growth.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • February 3, 2017
Tampa area brokerages shake up

A trio of top Tampa commercial real estate brokerages have kicked off 2017 with some high-level personnel moves.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • February 3, 2017
Maryland firm buys Lee site for apartments

One of the Baltimore area's best-known development firms has acquired a 37.6-acre tract in Fort Myers, where it plans an “upscale” apartment community.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • January 27, 2017
Polk County Industrial Market

Distributors, logistics firms and e-commerce purveyors alike have flocked to Polk County because of its central Florida location, sophisticated highway network that connects Interstate 4 with Interstate 75 and Interstate 95 and its ability to reach roughly 18 million customers within a 24-hour drive.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Traci McMillan Beach
  • January 27, 2017
No longer vacant

A site that sat empty for more than a decade has new life, with a $60 million project.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • January 27, 2017
Meridian ends 2016 in disposition mode

Meridian Development Group likely had a busier December than most, because it sold a pair of major Gulf Coast commercial properties for a combined $67.25 million.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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