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Residential Real Estate

  • By Louis Llovio
  • May 12, 2026
Tampa low-income apartments sell for $30M, $24M in renovations planned

A New York firm has bought the Silver Oaks Apartments just off of Hillsborough Avenue and will make major improvements and add programing for residents.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Beth Luberecki
  • May 12, 2026
Workforce housing firm navigating pricing challenges adds units in Naples, Sarasota

Ohio developer CIG Communities, despite some bureaucratic and legislative challenges, grows its multifamily and workforce housing portfolio in Florida.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
  • By Louis Llovio
  • May 11, 2026
Report: Pasco County ZIP code named hottest housing market in the US

Land O' Lakes, with Plant City not far behind, is ranked first on a list of the 100 busiest home markets nationwide thus far this year.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Louis Llovio
  • May 11, 2026
Texas developer pays $6.5M for Hillsborough land, plans industrial park

In the week's top commercial real estate news, a Bradenton workforce housing project gets a loan, a historic St. Pete Beach hotel sells, and a Cape Coral retail center changes hands.

  • Florida
  • By Louis Llovio
  • May 8, 2026
358 affordable housing units under construction in Fort Myers

The community is being built on State Road 82 by Naples affordable housing developer Onda Housing Group.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
  • By Louis Llovio
  • May 3, 2026
Lee, Hillsborough, Charlotte county shopping centers sell, land tenants

In the week's top commercial real estate news, retail centers in Punta Gorda, Tampa, Bonita Springs and Brandon sell, and construction starts at a Palmetto hotel.

  • Florida
  • By Anastasia Dawson
  • April 29, 2026
Alabama developer, contractor bring 224 apartments to west Pasco

Construction has begun on Charleston Ridge Apartments, a 247,000-square-foot multifamily development in New Port Richey.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Louis Llovio
  • April 29, 2026
Vinik's Tampa home sells for $19.14 million

The sale price makes it the second most expensive home sold in Hillsborough County’s history according to the real estate firm that sold the house.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Louis Llovio
  • April 29, 2026
Sales jump 43% year over year at Charlotte, Lee eco-friendly community

Babcock Ranch hit 30% of its annual sales goal in the first three months of the year.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
  • By Elizabeth King
  • April 27, 2026
Apartment developer closes on riverfront-adjacent Palmetto property

Gray Property Group purchased one of two parcels near the Manatee River where it plans to develop an 80-unit luxury apartment and retail complex.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Louis Llovio
  • April 26, 2026
Naples warehouse sells to Fort Lauderdale investor

In the week's top commercial real estate news, an unbuilt Sarasota tower is selling units fast, construction starts on a major academic building in Tampa, and a storage facility changes hands in Manatee.

  • Florida
  • By Andrew Warfield
  • April 25, 2026
Assisted-living facility near downtown Sarasota wins rezoning approval

On second reading, a divided Sarasota City Commission approves Alderman Oaks rezoning without a site plan, opening the door for proposed renovation.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Louis Llovio
  • April 23, 2026
Fort Myers contractor to rebuild two Sanibel condo communities

Both complexes were severely damaged during Hurricane Ian and are being completely rebuilt.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
  • By Louis Llovio
  • April 22, 2026
Naples waterfront house sells for $40 million

The Port Royal house is just the latest residential property in the city to top $30 million.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
  • By Elizabeth King
  • April 20, 2026
Sarasota condo project passes $40M in sales in 45 days

1000 Boulevard of the Arts is building “momentum,” an executive with developer Kolter Urban says.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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