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Commercial Real Estate

  • By Elizabeth King
  • April 18, 2024
Demolition of Sarasota restaurant makes way for new development

A restaurant demolition is underway near The Landings Shopping Center.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Louis Llovio
  • April 18, 2024
Retail boom hits Estero as Publix and a shopping center open

Thursday is a busy day in Lee County as the grocer and a developer open in the 2,400-home Verdana Village planned community.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
  • By Andrew Warfield
  • April 17, 2024
County OKs 93-acre Sarasota Square mall redevelopment project

Last-minute height reduction of apartments secures enough Sarasota County Commission votes to transform the mostly vacant mall into an upscale lifestyle town center.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Mark Gordon
  • April 17, 2024
Texas company buys 75-employee SWFL-based engineering firm

A Texas engineering and consulting services company has acquired GradyMinor, a civil engineering firm with two Southwest Florida offices and 75 employees.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
  • By Louis Llovio
  • April 16, 2024
Developers pay $102 million for Naples waterfront condo community

The South Florida developers plan to build 45 units less than a mile from where the Naples Beach Club is undergoing a major redevelopment.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
  • By Jim DeLa
  • April 15, 2024
Developer plans pair of boutique condo projects in downtown Sarasota

V.J. Chukkapalli, who splits his time between Colorado and Longboat Key, also bought a Siesta Key hotel for $5.4 million.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Louis Llovio
  • April 15, 2024
St. Pete property management firm merges with Arizona company, rebrands

Weller Management grows more than doubles its portfolio and expands to 11 states after combining to create new firm.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Louis Llovio
  • April 14, 2024
Swedish firm Skanska completes $59M in Tampa school projects

In the week's top commercial real estate news, a Palmetto resort is opening, Clearwater gets a new boat dealer, and a Port Charlotte apartment complex is under construction.

  • Florida
  • By Andrew Warfield
  • April 12, 2024
Federal government denies SRQ airport land sale to New College

FAA nixes the $11.5 million deal for 31 acres of the West Campus that the college leases from the airport. Airport officials disagree with the decision and will "pursue further discussions on this matter."

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Louis Llovio
  • April 12, 2024
Change in rating systems will cost Lee County residents millions

FEMA's downgrade of Lee County and several municipalities means flood insurance rates in the county will rise 25% starting in October.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
  • By Louis Llovio
  • April 11, 2024
6M-square-foot Ybor City waterfront project picks up first key approval

The Darryl Shaw-backed project will bring a hotel, offices and 4,700 residences along with a boardwalk with retailers and restaurants.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Louis Llovio
  • April 11, 2024
Publix opens Sarasota store, its 12th new location this year

The Lakeland grocer's new store is the first in the new Benderson-developed Fruitville Farms project.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Louis Llovio
  • April 8, 2024
Aldi confirms South Tampa store will open later this year

An executive with the German grocery chain confirms the store’s square footage and says it will be ready some time this year.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Louis Llovio
  • April 8, 2024
Tampa real estate trust seeks more Wall Street respectability

Sila Realty Trust has begun the process to get listed on the New York Stock Exchange.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Steven Benna
  • April 8, 2024
The week's top commercial real estate transactions in Charlotte, Collier, Hillsborough, Lee, Manatee, Pasco, Pinellas, Polk, Sarasota

A Tampa Ford dealership sale for $21.7 million highlights transactions.

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