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Commercial Real Estate

  • By Louis Llovio
  • April 22, 2025
$107M MacDill Air Force base school built to fight hurricanes

The new Tinker K-8 School on the Tampa military base is being built with a focus on resiliency and how students learn.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Eric Garwood
  • April 21, 2025
Sarasota County leaders to consider land buy for jail expansion

The Main Street parcel would be an early step in a yearslong process to add space to the over-capacity facility.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Louis Llovio
  • April 21, 2025
Riverview retail center to be built on nearly 16 acres

A South Florida developer paid $4.2 million for the property and will build a center whose roster of tenants include fast food restaurants and a self-storage facility.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Steven Benna
  • April 21, 2025
The week's top commercial real estate transactions in Charlotte, Collier, Hillsborough, Lee, Manatee, Pasco, Pinellas, Polk, Sarasota

Multifamily deals — $76 million in Tampa, $56.7 million in Fort Myers — pace transactions for the week.

  • Transactions
  • By Louis Llovio
  • April 20, 2025
Palmetto parcels primed for commercial development up for sale

In the week's top commercial real estate news, a retailer returns in Tampa, a retailer is making its Florida debut in Sarasota, and a Fort Myers real estate firm has a good week.

  • Florida
  • By Elizabeth King
  • April 16, 2025
156-unit Bradenton workforce housing project moves ahead with $5.6M loan

Local employers will help pay for the $28.6 million project south of downtown Bradenton.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Laura Lyon
  • April 16, 2025
Tampa gym franchisee acquires nine locations, plans major investment

The company now has 84 locations in five states.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Louis Llovio
  • April 14, 2025
FDLE develops new, 64,000-square-foot Fort Myers operations center

The new facility will be built on 8.4 acres along the Alico corridor and bring several divisions under one roof.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
  • By Eric Garwood
  • April 14, 2025
Iconic Longboat Key inn closes, property listed for $15.5M

Damaged in 2024's storms, the Wicker Inn Beach Resort resort is for now for sale.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Louis Llovio
  • April 13, 2025
Sarasota church sells property to charter school developer for $3.5M

In the week's top commercial real estate news a New York scent company's building is completed in Lakeland, a restaurant chain is expanding into Naples and developers, commissioners agree in Sarasota.

  • Florida
  • By Elizabeth King
  • April 10, 2025
Condo sales brisk at former Bath + Racquet Club site in Sarasota

Construction has begun at a 13-acre property off US 41 in Sarasota where a residential and recreational development will take shape.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Louis Llovio
  • April 8, 2025
Brandon memory care center sold as part of $23 million portfolio

The Hillsborough County facility was one of five properties sold after previous owner defaulted on debt.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Louis Llovio
  • April 7, 2025
Pasco County industrial site developer gets $26M construction loan

The developer behind the 299,030-square-foot first phase of Park 52 Logistics nailed down the financing for Phase 1 of industrial project.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Steven Benna
  • April 7, 2025
The week's top commercial real estate transactions in Charlotte, Collier, Hillsborough, Lee, Manatee, Pasco, Pinellas, Polk, Sarasota

$16 million Polk County land sales pace transactions.

  • Transactions
  • By Louis Llovio
  • April 6, 2025
Lee County pays $10.5 million to conserve 132 acres

In the week's top commercial real estate news, Fort Myers land sold to medical provider, Brandon gets Scandinavia furniture retailer's first Florida store, and a much-anticipated Sarasota project officially starts.

  • Florida
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