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Development

  • By Elizabeth King
  • September 10, 2024
Venice patio enclosure company expands, rebrands

Absolute Aluminum has a new office in Bradenton as well as a new look overall.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Louis Llovio
  • September 10, 2024
Tampa's development chief looks for consistency, clarity in rewritten land code

As Tampa updates its land development code with the assistance of the public, the goal is to provide a guide for the city's future growth.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Louis Llovio
  • September 9, 2024
50-acre Gasworx project outside downtown Tampa starts to take shape

While it is still in the early stages, the plans for and the work on the Gasworx project shows how the development may transform Tampa.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Louis Llovio
  • September 8, 2024
Publix pays $223 million for seven Florida shopping centers

In the week's top commercial real estate news, Sarasota County is conserving more than 600 acres, a Tampa industrial building sells to New Jersey buyers, and Venice is getting a new 7-Eleven.

  • Florida
  • By Louis Llovio
  • September 5, 2024
Affordable housing community for seniors boosts St. Pete neighborhood

The site of the former Edward White Hospital, which has been vacant for 10 years, is being transformed into an affordable housing community.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Louis Llovio
  • September 4, 2024
Tampa asks for public's help to rewrite development codes

The city is turning to residents for insight as it looks to update rules that govern development and growth.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Andrew Warfield
  • September 2, 2024
City of Sarasota, developers to deliver 600 affordable housing units

With several projects in the pipeline, the city has earned a Local Action Award from the Florida League of Cities for its attainable housing density bonus program.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Elizabeth King
  • September 2, 2024
Pinellas construction firm adds Sarasota office, nears $6M in revenue

Russell & Russell Construction builds everything from high-end condos to restaurants.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Louis Llovio
  • September 1, 2024
Naples developer secures $234 million loan for luxury condos

In the week's top commercial real estate news, the Baltimore Orioles look to expand in Sarasota, and an Immokalee affordable housing development gets its first residents.

  • Florida
  • By Louis Llovio
  • August 30, 2024
Mall owners turn from new tenants to complete redos

While the future of traditional malls continues to be in flux, new mall owners see the huge pieces of land as an opportunity to reinvent.

  • Florida
  • By Andrew Warfield
  • August 28, 2024
Orioles plan high-tech expansion of Sarasota spring training site

A proposed clubhouse addition would bring high-tech batting cages, player facilities and additional parking.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Laura Lyon
  • August 26, 2024
$190M Clearwater contractor promotes second-gen leader to CEO

After 50 years of running Clearwater-based Creative Contractors, founder Alan Bomstein is handing over the CEO title to his son, Joshua Bomstein.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Louis Llovio
  • August 22, 2024
128-unit affordable housing community addresses 'enormous' Tampa need

The complex connects two neighborhoods that are near Busch Gardens and the University of South Florida.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Mark Gordon
  • August 20, 2024
$12.5M Naples condo sale bests building record by nearly 80%

The Chapman family had owned the condo for nearly 15 years.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
  • By Louis Llovio
  • August 16, 2024
Report: 11,100 apartment units to open in Tampa Bay this year

A new report finds that a nationwide apartment boom is ongoing as developers look to meet a growing demand.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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