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Commercial Real Estate

  • By Beth Luberecki
  • August 15, 2024
SWFL contractor expands services, nears $50M in revenue

The rapid expansion of Duane and Jennifer Lopez's contracting business is made easier with the firm's core hiring philosophy: It recruits people it knows "would run it like (they) would run it as owners."

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
  • By Elizabeth King
  • August 13, 2024
Michael Saunders & Co. buys land for south Sarasota County office

The real estate company plans to construct an office and a building for lease in Wellen Park.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Andrew Warfield
  • August 13, 2024
Project to turn Sarasota mall into apartments moves ahead

Benderson Development plans to redevelop the site, now called Crossings at Siesta Key, into a mixed-use town center.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Steven Benna
  • August 12, 2024
The week's top commercial real estate transactions in Charlotte, Collier, Hillsborough, Lee, Manatee, Pasco, Pinellas, Polk, Sarasota

A $43M apartment complex sale in Sarasota highlights the week in transactions.

  • Transactions
  • By Louis Llovio
  • August 11, 2024
Walmart shopping center in Brandon sells for $6.9 million

In the week's top commercial real estate news, matching Sarasota apartment buildings sell, a CRE firm closes a deal and wins a prize in Fort Myers, and an interesting Lakeland property is on the market.

  • Florida
  • By Mark Gordon
  • August 6, 2024
High-end steakhouse president leads by taking others with her

Leadership, says the president of a high-end steakhouse, can be a learned skill you can adapt to, not just muscle memory.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Louis Llovio
  • August 5, 2024
Fort Myers Publix being demolished to make way for redevelopment

The grocery store is being knocked down to make way for a new one that will upgrade the Daniels Crossing shopping center.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
  • By Louis Llovio
  • August 5, 2024
Developer obtains $47M loan for apartment conversion at Bradenton mall

The North Carolina company will use construction loan to build 240-unit complex on the site of the former mall.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Louis Llovio
  • August 4, 2024
Atlanta firm pays $10.5M, borrows $38.5M to build Fort Myers apartments

In the week's top commercial real estate news, a Bradenton property owner gets a loan, a massive Tampa office park gets a leasing agent, and a West Palm Beach developer gets some help to market its Pasco project.

  • Florida
  • By Elizabeth King
  • August 2, 2024
Study: Florida ranks third in nation in office space demand

California and Texas lead the country in demand for office space, with Florida coming in third, a new study shows.

  • Florida
  • By Elizabeth King
  • July 31, 2024
Lakewood Ranch office sold for nearly $32M in off-market deal

Center Point Medical Center is 100% occupied, according to the buyer.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Louis Llovio
  • July 30, 2024
Tampa Bay Rays win final approval for new $1.2 billion stadium

Pinellas commissioners approved use of tourism money to fund the county's portion of a new stadium for the Rays.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Louis Llovio
  • July 30, 2024
$2 billion Tampa REIT pays $29 million for Arkansas hospital

The NYSE-listed firm has added eight properties totaling $164 million to its portfolio this year.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Steven Benna
  • July 29, 2024
The week's top commercial real estate transactions in Charlotte, Collier, Hillsborough, Lee, Manatee, Pasco, Pinellas, Polk, Sarasota

A Tampa warehouse changing hands in $94.5 million deal paces the week in transactions.

  • Transactions
  • By Mark Gordon
  • July 28, 2024
Manatee County entrepreneur buys 333 rural acres for $2.5M

In the week's top commercial real estate news, a self-storage company is building six facilities, St. Petersburg apartment complex The Drake sold, and a boutique hotel is scheduled to open this fall in Naples.

  • Florida
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