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Commercial Real Estate

  • By Louis Llovio
  • January 3, 2025
Beverly Hills, Miami investors buy Port Charlotte properties

The outside investors picked up the recently completed commercial spaces for nearly $9 million.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
  • By Louis Llovio
  • January 2, 2025
Naples senior living facility borrows $76 million

The owners of The Carlisle Naples, who paid more than $100 million in 2021, have borrowed the money after making improvements.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
  • By Elizabeth King
  • December 29, 2024
Hyatt Regency Sarasota to be demolished in 2025 for mixed-use development

The current hotel will be razed and two towers built in its place on Boulevard of the Arts.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Laura Lyon
  • December 26, 2024
Transformative Ybor project is going full throttle, despite headwinds

Darryl Shaw spent the year seeing projects come to life and isn’t done yet.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Steven Benna
  • December 24, 2024
Largest commercial transactions in the region per county surpass $1B

Five of the nine largest deals in 2024 in Charlotte, Collier, Hillsborough, Lee, Manatee, Pasco, Pinellas, Polk and Sarasota counties involved multifamily properties.

  • Transactions
  • By Louis Llovio
  • December 22, 2024
The top commercial real estate deals of the year

Big transactions in Southwest Florida stand out as hardware stores, condos and hotels changed hands across the region.

  • Florida
  • By Laura Lyon
  • December 19, 2024
NJ manufacturer expands in Tampa, plans to add 20 positions

Automation machinery manufacturer Norwalt is moving into a new year with a new address and room to grow.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Louis Llovio
  • December 18, 2024
Tampa's WestShore Plaza likely facing a future without Macy's

Just months after losing Dick's Sporting Goods, employees at the mall's Macy's store prepare to close.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Louis Llovio
  • December 17, 2024
Pasco County resort obtains $72 million loan for redevelopment

The developers of the Saddlebrook Resort have secured financing to pay for a major revamping of the historic property.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Louis Llovio
  • December 17, 2024
Utah developer buys Manatee land, building 210 apartments

The Lotus Co. has bought 7.64 acres on University Parkway and plans to build a multifamily development on the property.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Steven Benna
  • December 16, 2024
The week's top commercial real estate transactions in Charlotte, Collier, Hillsborough, Lee, Manatee, Pasco, Pinellas, Polk, Sarasota

A vacant land sale in Naples for $10.6 million paces transactions.

  • Transactions
  • By Louis Llovio
  • December 15, 2024
47-year-old Fort Myers retail plaza sells for $4.8 million

In the week's top commercial real estate news, a new hotel is coming to Sarasota, a new subdivision to be built near Tampa, and a Naples industrial property brings $1 million.

  • Florida
  • By Louis Llovio
  • December 12, 2024
Texas developer pays $100M for nearly 1,750 acres in Cape Coral

The development could bring as many as 3,500 residences and 425,000 square feet of retail to the Lee County city.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
  • By Andrew Warfield
  • December 11, 2024
10-story Hilton-branded hotel proposed in downtown Sarasota

A Tempo Hotel by Hilton is proposed to replace a row of one-story merchant spaces, providing multiple adjustments are granted.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Elizabeth King
  • December 10, 2024
Miami real estate agency acquires pair of Sarasota-Manatee firms

A firm headquartered in Miami has entered the Sarasota market with the acquisition of two local agencies.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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