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Commercial Real Estate

  • By Elizabeth King
  • August 6, 2026
Recently shuttered Denny’s property in Sarasota sells for $4.25 million

The restaurant property on Bee Ridge Road is a “unicorn site,” says one of the brokers involved in the sale.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Louis Llovio
  • August 6, 2026
Hillsborough latest locality to take up ban on data centers

County leaders are looking to pass a moratorium on the facilities and want to study land use rules.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Elizabeth King
  • August 5, 2026
Entrepreneur proposes luxury motor club for former Sarasota drone facility

The members-only club would be a place for storing luxury, exotic and collector vehicles that also offers amenities from fine dining to a golf simulator.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Elizabeth King
  • August 5, 2026
Fried chicken chain buys Bradenton property

Church’s Texas Chicken purchased more than an acre of land on First Street.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Louis Llovio
  • August 5, 2026
Lakeland industrial project to get upgrades after $66M purchase

The new owner of the three-building portfolio plans improvements to help attract tenants.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Elizabeth King
  • August 4, 2026
Sarasota Military Academy's downtown campus listed for sale

The nearly 5-acre property at 801 N. Orange Ave. is being marketed as a downtown development opportunity.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Louis Llovio
  • August 4, 2026
Pasco County retail center sells for $7.8 million

The three-tenant property was sold to a Tampa investor.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Louis Llovio
  • August 1, 2026
Tampa tower owners get $55 million loan

The financing is for a portion of Midtown East, the 18-story office building partly owned by TECO in the city’s Midtown Tampa development.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Elizabeth King
  • July 30, 2026
Downtown Sarasota medical office building sells for $8.43M

The property formerly housed the Florida Cancer Specialists & Research Institute.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Louis Llovio
  • July 28, 2026
Fort Myers CRE firm brokers pair of deals totaling $5.75 million

LSI Cos. was behind the sale of industrial property in Fort Myers and a residential parcel Naples.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
  • By Louis Llovio
  • July 27, 2026
Naples project secures $202 million financing package

The developers behind the long-awaited The Avenue mixed-use development expect to complete work in early 2028.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
  • By Louis Llovio
  • July 27, 2026
Industrial buyer borrows $23.15M for Tampa purchase

The three-building portfolio is in Tampa.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Louis Llovio
  • July 25, 2026
Naples industrial property sells for $26.5 million

The two-building site was 82% leased at the time of the sale.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
  • By Louis Llovio
  • July 24, 2026
New York investor buys Riverview shopping center

The nearly filled center on U.S. 301 sold for $14 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Elizabeth King
  • July 23, 2026
Fishermen's Village in Charlotte County sells for $43M

The Charlotte County mixed-use development is now owned by two Florida real estate investment firms, including one based in Punta Gorda.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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