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Commercial Real Estate

  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • September 29, 2017
Sarasota code update progressing

The city of Sarasota's overhaul of its zoning code is on track to be completed by next summer, the official overseeing the effort says.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • September 29, 2017
Calculated risk

Central Florida Development took a chance developing spec in the Interstate 4 corridor before many others. The bet has paid off in a big way.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Grier Ferguson
  • September 29, 2017
New reality

The latest plans for a 41-acre Sarasota development call for retail, office space, apartments and a hotel. Technology is helping the project move forward.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • September 29, 2017
Infill Inkling

Benderson Development Co. is converting aging and underperforming shopping centers into successful ventures.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Brian Hartz
  • September 29, 2017
Hold the foosball

Industrious is redefining what it means to do business in a co-working space.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • September 22, 2017
Sarasota developers grappling over site

As part of a comprehensive effort to redevelop its downtown, Sarasota officials last year sold a slice of land for $260,000 adjacent to a municipal parking garage to a development team that included Dr. Mark Kauffman and Joseph Hembree, head of commercial brokerage firm Hembree & Associates.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • September 22, 2017
Medical Match

More retail landlords than ever before are turning to medical-related tenants to fill their centers, to the delight of both.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • September 22, 2017
Optimal Timing

By focusing on medical-related properties, Optimal Outcomes is riding trends and a demographic wave to success.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • September 22, 2017
Billions in CMBS exposure in Irma's wake along Gulf Coast

Morningstar Credit Ratings LLC says that when Hurricane Irma ripped through Florida earlier this month, it brought in its wake billions of dollars worth of commercial mortgage-backed securities exposure.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • September 15, 2017
Benderson starts industrial project in Ellenton

Buoyed by a lack of industrial space in Sarasota and Manatee counties, Benderson Development Co. has kicked off construction of a new multi-building “flex” project in the Ellenton section of Manatee County.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • September 15, 2017
BTI sells another tract in Marina District

BTI Partners has notched yet another major sale within its Westshore Marina District project, bringing to 32 the number of acres sold or committed this year within the 54-acre project in South Tampa.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • September 15, 2017
Sobelman starts new NNN firm

Triple net lease specialist and Calkain Cos. co-founder David Sobelman has left the Herndon, Va.-based firm to start his own commercial real estate brokerage.

  • Commercial Real Estate
  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • September 15, 2017
Vision Qwest

LandQwest Commercial has grown from a single Fort Myers office into operations in Tampa and Orlando, and more expansion is planned.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • September 8, 2017
Priatek name disappears from building

Less than three months after purchasing St. Petersburg's tallest building, its new owner appears to be changing its name.

  • Commercial Real Estate
  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • September 8, 2017
Executive Profile

LARRY RICHEY Managing Principal, Florida, Cushman & WakefieldTampa

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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