Commercial Real Estate

By Jean Gruss
May 27, 2016

Office space

Endeavor Innovative Workspaces combines private offices with open co-work space in an industrial park.

Charlotte–Lee–Collier

By Mark Gordon
May 27, 2016

Go deep

Football brought land brokers David Hitchcock and Clay Taylor together. They have stayed through a lot of deals.

Tampa Bay-Lakeland

By Kevin McQuaid
May 27, 2016

Man of the land

Bruce Erhardt gave up boat sales for land deals in the 1970s. He's never looked back.

Tampa Bay-Lakeland

By Kevin McQuaid
May 27, 2016

Hospitality numbers for the first three months of the year showed Gulf Coast hotels' year-over-year occupancies declined, but average daily rates went up. With several hot spots of hotel development occurring on the Gulf Coast, we asked four leaders in the industry: Is the region in danger of over-saturation? Why or why not?

Manatee-Sarasota

By Jean Gruss
May 27, 2016

Future vision

The entrepreneurs behind Metro Forecasting Models have forecast population growth with uncanny accuracy. Now they're taking their model nationally.

Manatee-Sarasota

By Steven Benna
May 27, 2016

Front and center

The race for the best, hippest and most funky-cool office space in the region has a possible winner in a global hospitality company. Rock walls and swings are just the beginning.

Commercial Real Estate

By Business Observer Staff
May 27, 2016

New industrial planned for Lee

As the Lee County industrial vacancy rate shrank to 6.5% in the first quarter of this year, brokers and users alike have lamented that new product hasn't come online.

Charlotte–Lee–Collier

By Mark Gordon
May 27, 2016

Stay classy

A onetime Central American presidential candidate brings his bold vision stateside with an $8 million acquisition. He hopes it's just the beginning.

Manatee-Sarasota

By Kevin McQuaid
May 20, 2016

POWER BROKERS: Southwest Florida Winners

For 2015, 21 companies and 44 individuals in Southwest Florida were recognized on CoStar's Power Brokers list.

Charlotte–Lee–Collier

By Kevin McQuaid
May 20, 2016

POWER BROKERS: Tampa/St. Petersburg Winners

For 2015, 20 companies and 40 individuals in Tampa/St. Petersburg were recognized on CoStar's Power Brokers list.

Tampa Bay-Lakeland

By Kevin McQuaid
May 13, 2016

COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE PROFILE: Don Paxton

Don Paxton has been involved in the development of more than 175 multifamily communities throughout Florida and two dozen other states throughout his career.

Charlotte–Lee–Collier

By Kevin McQuaid
May 13, 2016

Commercial Real Estate Profile | Don Paxton

Don Paxton has been involved in the development of more than 175 multifamily communities throughout Florida and two dozen other states throughout his career.

Charlotte–Lee–Collier

By Kevin McQuaid
May 13, 2016

Gulf Coast apartment growth to continue

The 2008 foreclosure crisis, an improved job market, population gains, increased household formations — especially among millennials aged 21 to 37 years old — have combined to make the multifamily sector along the Gulf Coast one of the hottest in the country in the aftermath of the economic recession of the last decade.