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Commercial Real Estate

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  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • December 29, 2017
Multifamily mania grips region (again)

For the second consecutive year, multifamily rental deals outpaced other commercial real estate classes in 2017, as investors sought to take advantage of macroeconomic trends and positive gains in population and employment throughout the region.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • December 29, 2017
2017 Top Deals: Sarasota-Manatee

Echo Lake Apartments leads Sarasota-Manatee

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • December 29, 2017
2017 Top Deals: Tampa Bay

The Don CeSar leads the field.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • December 29, 2017
2017 Top Deals: Southwest Florida

Alvista at Laguna Bay lands in top spot.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • December 22, 2017
Brookwood buys Southwest Florida portfolio

Brookwood Financial Partners LLC, a Beverly, Mass.-based private equity firm with a total capitalization of $2.4 billion, has purchased a portfolio of more than a dozen office buildings in Fort Myers and Bonita Springs.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • December 22, 2017
Buy Side

A Chicago firm has bought more than a dozen Naples commercial properties in the past three years, and has more in its sights.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • December 22, 2017
Brixmor adds Venice center to portfolio

Brixmor Property Group, a New York-based retail property owner that controls roughly a dozen Gulf Coast centers, has acquired a Sarasota County shopping center for $33.5 million.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • December 15, 2017
Ibis awards leasing job to Ian Black

Michigan-based Ibis Group has awarded leasing for a half-dozen office and flex buildings in Sarasota County to Ian Black Real Estate.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • December 15, 2017
Market Spotlight: Pelican Bay Financial Center

Pelican Bay Financial Center

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • December 15, 2017
Lee County closes on Edison Farms deal

Less than a year after the property first came to market, Lee County has acquired a massive Bonita Springs tract in the southern part of the county for $42.43 million.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • December 15, 2017
Hitting Critical Mass

Gulf Coast apartment buyers find advantages in acquiring multiple properties.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • December 15, 2017
TruAmerica promotes acquisitions director

TruAmerica Multifamily, which earlier this year invested $165 million to acquire apartment complexes in Fort Myers and Orlando, has promoted its director of East Coast acquisitions.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • December 8, 2017
Hoffmann buys more Naples buildings

St. Louis-based Hoffmann Commercial Real Estate last month acquired a pair of downtown Naples office buildings for nearly $14 million, records show.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • December 8, 2017
CREW Tampa Bay presents Excellence Awards

Commercial Real Estate Women Tampa Bay recently held its 6th annual Excellence Awards event, recognizing group members and others whose deals topped the market in the past year.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • December 8, 2017
Sarasota hotel boom continues unabated

Sarasota County has added more than 500 hotel rooms in the past 18 months, and another 720 rooms are under construction — more than replacing the keys lost to condominium development a decade ago.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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