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Commercial Real Estate

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  • 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
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  • 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
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  • 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
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  • 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
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  • 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
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  • 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
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  • 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.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • May 13, 2016
Multi family mania

Despite an anticipated slowdown, buyers sank $1 billion into area apartments in the first quarter alone.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • May 6, 2016
Going intermodel

Purchase of the 489-room Doubletree by Hilton is part of a larger state plan for future public transportation.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • For Subscribers Only
  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • May 6, 2016
Juggling act

Ron Struthers has made a career focusing on the relatively small Charlotte County commercial market.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • May 6, 2016
JLL fund buys Tampa warehouse

JLL Income Property Trust, a Chicago-based non-listed real estate investment trust, has acquired the Madison Business Center in Tampa for $28.3 million.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • May 6, 2016
Naples property fetches $38 million

A Naples property that is part of the tony Moorings Park at Grey Oaks has traded for $38.4 million, which is considered to be the largest real estate transaction in Collier County so far this year.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • May 6, 2016
Beneficial ready to build Sarasota apartments

After more than a year of obtaining approvals and readying the site, Sarasota-based Beneficial Communities and Winter Park developer Tom Settle are preparing to go vertical with an apartment complex in Sarasota County near Interstate 75.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • April 29, 2016
Storage firm makes $34 million Tampa play

Storage firm makes $34 million Tampa play

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • April 29, 2016
Kolter unveils Ritz-Carlton Sarasota residences

Kolter unveils Ritz-Carlton Sarasota residences

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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