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Commercial Real Estate

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  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • May 26, 2017
State reduces rent tax

The Florida Legislature during its most recent session trimmed the tax businesses must pay annually on commercial real estate leases, a step that advocates hope could lead to the eventual elimination of the fee.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Grier Ferguson
  • May 26, 2017
Cottage industry

Developer Marshall Gobuty says his plans for a new development could spark a shift in homebuilding, to smaller, more efficient properties.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Beth Luberecki
  • May 26, 2017
Worlds collide

The Guy Harvey brand has new ideas for hospitality. 'We're excited about the opportunity to do more than one,' says an executive.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • May 19, 2017
Q&A: Trey Carswell, Avison Young

'Our team has a lot of clout.'

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • May 19, 2017
The wisdom of Solomon

Ronto Group's opportunity-driven culture hinges on caution, market knowledge and customer trust.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff
  • May 19, 2017
Tampa growth, Gulf Coast communities leading the nation

Tampa ranked in the Top Five in the U.S. last year for metro area population growth, according to U.S. Census figures contained in Eshenbaugh Land Co.'s first quarter newsletter to clients. In all, the city grew by 58,000 residents.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • May 19, 2017
Millennials are pushing regional CRE growth, report says

At least a portion of the commercial real estate growth in Tampa and St. Petersburg, especially, is the result of millennials aged 18 to 35 who have been moving to the area, according to a new report by commercial real estate brokerage Coldwell Banker Commercial.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • May 12, 2017
Northland buys targeted Pasco apartment

Northland Investment Co.'s $52.87 million deal for a 14-building, 311-unit apartment complex in Land O'Lakes, on its surface, appears to be just the latest deal in a Gulf Coast multifamily buying spree that shows no signs of abating.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • May 12, 2017
New again

A New York property investor bet right in buying and renovating Baypoint Commerce Center in St. Petersburg.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • May 12, 2017
Stars aligned

Charlotte County is poised to become the next real estate mecca along the Gulf Coast, thanks to a handful of rejuvenated projects.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • May 12, 2017
Liberty Group closes $56 million hotel fund

Hotel developer and investor Liberty Group has finalized its second lodging acquisition fund, with plans to buy select-service and extended-stay properties through 2020.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • May 5, 2017
Branching out

Barron Collier Cos. has deep roots in Collier County. But a new CEO says the company may look beyond its home for new projects.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • May 5, 2017
Profile

'I don't think the industrial market here will slow down anytime soon. The current environment is the best I have ever seen.'

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • May 5, 2017
Blackstone senior housing deal touches Gulf Coast

Deal nets Sarasota County and Winter Haven properties.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • May 5, 2017
Naples firm plans 563-acre Charlotte development

In the wake of its $6.5 million purchase of a 563-acre tract in Punta Gorda, Lely Development Corp. intends to start work on a project that could contain as many as 2,400 residents and hundreds of thousands of commercial square feet at completion.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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