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Commercial Real Estate

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  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • February 15, 2019
Market Spotlight: Sarasota.Manatee Retail Market

The Sarasota and Manatee retail submarket has enjoyed steady activity over the past four years, with shrinking occupancies and rising rental rates. At the same time, development has largely been limited to certain sectors and projects.

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  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • February 15, 2019
Nuveen buys Tampa apartments for $62 million

Nuveen Real Estate, the affiliate of the Teachers Insurance & Annuity Association, has purchased the 5 West apartments in Tampa's Rocky Point, it's third major multifamily rental project in the region in the past 18 months.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • February 15, 2019
Key Logistics Center building sells — again

Chicago-based logistics leader GLP spent $47 million to buy a Lakeland Ikea fulfillment center run by DHL Supply Chain, part of a portfolio deal involving multiple properties worldwide.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • February 15, 2019
NAIOP Hall of Famer's "Fan Club" well deserved

CRE Consultants' Managing Partner and former Florida Market Leader at CBRE Inc. Ray Sandelli was recently inducted into the NAIOP Tampa Bay's Hall of Fame, and former colleagues marked the occasion to create a "Fan Club" for him

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • February 8, 2019
q&a | Stan Stouder

Stan Stouder, a founding partner of commercial real estate brokerage firm CRE Consultants in Fort Myers, unpacks what's driving Southwest Florida's commercial real estate market and what might be ahead in the coming year.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • February 8, 2019
Self-storage superstars join Cushman & Wakefield

Self-storage industry leader Mike Mele and his team of 15 other brokers and support staff are joining commercial brokerage firm Cushman & Wakefield to gain more national status.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • February 8, 2019
Heights Union building breaks ground at 45% leased

With a lease for 50,000 square feet, co-work giant WeWork has pushed commitments in the Heights Union office building to 45% just as the project has broken ground.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • February 8, 2019
NAIOP awards its annual "Best of the Best"

The National Association of Industrial and Office Parks Tampa Bay recognized firms Central Florida Development and brokerage JLL as its "Best of the Best" for 2018 at a recent awards ceremony.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • February 8, 2019
Experts says Tampa has tailwinds behind it

Despite all of the growth it has had over the past seven years, a joint ULI and PricewaterhouseCoopers' annual report states that Tampa is poised for future economic expansion.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • February 1, 2019
NetPark Tampa Bay was a creative conversion

NetPark@ Tampa Bay in Tampa represents the only retail mall in the U.S. to be successfully converted to pure office space, the result of an investment and commitment by insurer John Hancock Corp.

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  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • February 1, 2019
Sarasota Memorial's downtown office purchase will generate greater efficiency for the hospital

Sarasota Memorial Hospital's purchase of the vacant 1741 Main St. office building in Sarasota will generate greater efficiency and collaboration for the heathcare provider and bring 300 new jobs to downtown.

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  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • February 1, 2019
Fawcett Memorial buys land for Estero hospital

Fawcett Memorial Hospital has purchased nearly 100 acres in Estero for $52.5 million for a new hospital in Lee County, after the state granted parent company HCA Healthcare permission to build one last year.

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  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • February 1, 2019
New York firm buys Highwoods Preserve building in Tampa

Strategic Office Partners' purchase of the Highwoods Preserve I building in Tampa from Highwoods Realty is anchored by Syniverse Technologies.

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  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • February 1, 2019
Knott Realty Group to kick off Decorum apartments leasing in April

Knott Realty Group, in advance of an anticipated August delivery, intends to begin pre-leasing of its new Decorum Luxury Apartments in Fort Myers in April

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • February 1, 2019
Atlanta-based company acquires pair of Interstate 4 corridor apartment projects

Centennial Holding Co. of Atlanta has added to its Florida portfolio by acquiring a pair of multifamily rental projects in Lakeland and Plant City.

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