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Residential Real Estate

  • By Louis Llovio
  • December 20, 2023
Church, developer break ground on $42M affordable housing project

Construction has officially begun on a $42 million affordable housing project in Hillsborough County being built by a local developer and a local Catholic church.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Louis Llovio
  • December 20, 2023
Crucial impact fee discussion in Manatee gets costly, complicated

The collection of impact fees — when and how much — has stirred up a significant amount of controversy in Manatee County, with few answers.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Jim Stinson
  • December 19, 2023
Report: 11 prospective renters compete for each vacant unit in Tampa

Recent apartment rental statistics show a more stable, competitive market for Tampa rentals in 2023 compared to 2022, owing much to recently completed apartment units.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By James Peter
  • December 18, 2023
Clothing tycoon buys record-setting Sarasota home for $12M

At $11.5 million, 683 Mourning Dove Drive surpasses the previous record set in June of this year.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Jim Stinson
  • December 16, 2023
Tampa Bay service company promotes president

Valet Living, a Tampa-based residential amenities provider to the multifamily housing industry, made Steve Davis its president of MultiPro Property Solutions.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Louis Llovio
  • December 8, 2023
Tampa to award 18 lots as part of affordable housing plan

Tampa is expanding an infill program launched six years ago that’s aimed at bringing in more affordable housing to the city.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Louis Llovio
  • December 7, 2023
Builders plan 88 new homes in Hillsborough County

More than 80 new homes are coming to Hillsborough County as a pair of builders buy up property and plan for development.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Jim Stinson
  • December 6, 2023
Tampa home prices tripled since 2013

Tampa has had the second highest increase in home prices of large U.S. cities over the past decade.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Louis Llovio
  • December 3, 2023
California defense contractor pays $3.9 million for Pinellas industrial site

In the week's top commercial real estate news, two hotels sell, two luxury condos towers are in the works, and a local developer heads east again.

  • Florida
  • By Mark Gordon
  • November 22, 2023
Work begins at first Ritz-Carlton Residences project in Naples

Construction of the first Ritz-Carlton-branded Residences in Naples is underway.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
  • By Mark Gordon
  • November 21, 2023
Sarasota luxury waterfront condo project receives $173M loan

An uber-luxury oceanfront condo development on Lido Key in Sarasota has obtained $173.5 million in construction financing.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Mark Gordon
  • November 21, 2023
Michael Saunders on life and leadership: You can’t ‘retire from passion’

Dynamic mother-son real estate duo Michael and Drayton Saunders share secrets on sustaining a business for five decades in a cutthroat industry.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Mark Gordon
  • November 20, 2023
$6M waterfront home sale in Cape Coral sets local record

A custom-designed waterfront home in Cape Coral has set a record for what officials called the highest residential sale ever in the city.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
  • By Louis Llovio
  • November 19, 2023
Construction starts on $220 million Sarasota cancer center

In the week's top commercial real estate news, a Sarasota gas station is sold, a St. Pete office building brings $7.9 million, and an apartment complex opens in Fort Myers.

  • Florida
  • By Beth Luberecki
  • November 17, 2023
$7M environmental studies dorm project overcomes early obstacles, hurricane

The Conservancy of Southwest Florida project is proof that building relationships in the building industry can pay dividends.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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