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Commercial Real Estate

  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • April 29, 2016
Shipping news

Cheney Brothers' decision to locate in Charlotte County seemed an odd choice — at first.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • April 29, 2016
Commercial Real Estate Profile | Mark Chait

Mark Chait has been with Benderson Development Co. for more than 16 years.

  • Commercial Real Estate
  • By Mark Gordon
  • April 29, 2016
Wider net

Turning a cubicle farm into a hip workspace is a big undertaking. The payoff could come in increased productivity.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Steven Benna
  • April 29, 2016
Corporate Report

Marketing firm acquires Web design business; Hotel developer reworks management team; Hospital board fills vacant seat; Dental group announces five affiliations; Executive named to national retail post; Economic development office launches program

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Anita Todd
  • April 29, 2016
Satisfying hunger

Is downtown Lakeland ready for high-end destination dining? A global businessman and aspiring restaurateur, with a $4 million investment, says yes.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • April 22, 2016
Market Spotlight | Lee County Industrial Market

Lee County's industrial market, which consists of roughly 2,170 buildings totaling 30.55 million square feet of space in Bonita Springs, Cape Coral, the city of Fort Myers, Estero, Lehigh, North and South Fort Myers and its islands, had an overall vacancy rate of 5.8% at the end of the first quarter of this year.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • April 22, 2016
Commercial Real Estate Profile | Maryann Mize

Maryann Mize has been with Charlotte State Bank and Trust, one of Charlotte County and Southwest Florida's leading commercial real estate lenders, for 26 years.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • April 22, 2016
Being David

Mid-sized brokerage firms are finding unique ways to battle the Gulf Coast area industry giants.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • April 15, 2016
Profile | Rick Narkiewicz

Rick Narkiewicz joined commercial real estate brokerage firm Newmark Grubb Knight Frank at the end of last year, after spending nearly 18 years at rival CBRE Inc., the world's largest commercial real estate services firm.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • April 15, 2016
Exit strategy

Osprey Real Estate Services spent years amassing an enviable office portfolio along the Gulf Coast. Now, it's for sale.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • April 15, 2016
Meridian signs Sarasota deals

Meridian Development Group has signed a pair of deals that solidify occupancy at its Meridian Distribution Center in Sarasota, a nearly 1 million-square-foot project that is among the largest industrial spaces in Sarasota or Manatee counties.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • April 15, 2016
LW adds Florida hotel analyst

LW Hospitality Advisors, a New York consulting practice that tracks major hotel sales throughout Florida and nationwide, has hired a Boca Raton-based analyst to drill down into the Sunshine State's hospitality market.

  • Commercial Real Estate
  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • April 15, 2016
Hoffmann expands Naples holdings

St. Louis-based Hoffmann Commercial real Estate has added to its portfolio of Naples' retail properties with the acquisition of the Four Corners Building, for $6.5 million, property records show.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • April 8, 2016
A big squeeze

Technology is allowing companies to put more workers into smaller spaces. But that shift has also added more parking.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • April 8, 2016
Cushman hits pinnacle of awards

Cushman & Wakefield took home 18 awards in 23 categories at last week's 2015 Pinnacle Awards show, an annual competition sponsored by the Florida Gulfcoast Commercial Association of Realtors that recognizes the top brokers and deals in the Tampa Bay area.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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