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Commercial Real Estate

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  • 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
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  • 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
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  • 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
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  • 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
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  • 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
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  • 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
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  • 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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  • By Steven Benna
  • December 9, 2024
The week's top commercial real estate transactions in Charlotte, Collier, Hillsborough, Lee, Manatee, Pasco, Pinellas, Polk, Sarasota

$50 million in land purchases in Sarasota and Hillsborough counties pace transactions.

  • Transactions
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  • By Louis Llovio
  • December 8, 2024
Buyer found for 6,000-acre Collier farm listed at $59 million

In the week's top commercial real estate news, Sarasota office building sells, apartment buyer gets $52 million loan for Tampa apartments and $39 million in grants for affordable housing in Lee County.

  • Florida
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  • By Louis Llovio
  • December 4, 2024
HVAC wholesaler in Fort Myers moving

Philadelphia-based United Refrigeration has leased 17,000 square feet of warehouse and office space about two miles from its current location.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Elizabeth King
  • December 4, 2024
Downtown Sarasota mixed-use project to get cafe in 2025, several restaurants

"This side of Main Street was not the most energetic side," says Eric Fenton, vice president of development for Belpointe.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Louis Llovio
  • December 1, 2024
Polk County office building sells for $6.25 million

In the week's top commercial real estate news, a legendary Tampa bakery is getting a new home, a Palmetto salvage yard gets sold, and Babcock Ranch is getting new tenants.

  • Florida
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  • By Mark Gordon
  • November 29, 2024
120-attorney law firm extends downtown Tampa lease for 12 years

Officials say the move demonstrates the "firm’s ongoing commitment to downtown Tampa and the Tampa Bay region."

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Louis Llovio
  • November 24, 2024
South Florida investor pays $5.8 million for Tampa industrial site

In the week's top commercial real estate news, a Pasco hardware store is sold, a Sarasota project gets a builder, and a Naples developer takes out a loan.

  • Florida
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  • By Louis Llovio
  • November 20, 2024
Northtowne Square in Polk County sold for $15.5 million

Local investors bought the 96,000-square-foot retail property using, in part, funds from a credit union loan.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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