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Residential Real Estate

  • By Louis Llovio
  • March 13, 2023
Developer to provide update on $300M affordable housing project

The Related Group and city officials will discuss Tampa's Rome Yard development project at a community event Tuesday.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Louis Llovio
  • March 13, 2023
5,500 acres primed for residential development hit market for $58M

An NBA legend building affordable housing units, a Swiss food and beverage giant getting a new office, and a penthouse selling for $5.2 million top the week's commercial real estate news.

  • Commercial Real Estate
  • By Mark Gordon
  • March 9, 2023
Developer plans more than 500 housing units, retail in south Sarasota

The two residential projects broke ground March 1.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Andrew Warfield
  • February 24, 2023
Sarasota considers a new approach to workforce housing

A city commissioner suggests the city build and hold its own workforce housing developments. Staff is now working on a plan.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Louis Llovio
  • February 15, 2023
Construction of $34M affordable housing community underway in Bradenton

A Miami developer has financing in place and is building the 80-unit community at Manatee Avenue and Ninth Street.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Brian Hartz
  • February 13, 2023
Homebuilders set to capitalize on shifting demographics

Stubbornly high housing costs are pushing homebuyers out of the core Tampa Bay counties, but residential developers are ready for the surge.

  • Development
  • By Andrew Warfield
  • February 3, 2023
Answers to the most-asked questions on affordable housing in Sarasota

With initial land-use changes in place, the city is embarking on more granular changes to open the doors for private development.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Louis Llovio
  • February 2, 2023
Activists argue housing crisis will worsen if more development not allowed

The need for housing has reached a critical point, and only bringing in more, and affordable, units can help ease the need.

  • Commercial Real Estate
  • By Louis Llovio
  • January 24, 2023
Home sales fell more than 20% in Florida last year

Tampa, Sarasota-Manatee and Naples-Fort Myers saw double-digit drops of housing sales in 2022 as inflation and rising interest rates cooled the market.

  • News
  • By Louis Llovio
  • January 19, 2023
Housing prices go up as mortgage rates go down

Two reports show that dynamics are improving for homeowners looking to sell.

  • News
  • By Louis Llovio
  • January 17, 2023
Study finds glimmer of hope in Florida’s battered housing market

As negative news continues to pour in, a study shows that home construction in Florida is among the best in the country.

  • News
  • By Louis Llovio
  • January 12, 2023
Developers get nearly $95M in financing for Tampa apartments

An apartment complex to be built in Tampa Heights neighborhood must include affordable housing units, per an agreement with the city.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Louis Llovio
  • January 3, 2023
Study: As housing prices crater, condos aren’t hit as hard

Research shows that condos “are much more resistant to price contractions than single family home prices.”

  • News
  • By Louis Llovio
  • December 20, 2022
School district partners with developers to possibly convert properties into affordable housing

The Hillsborough County school district has picked the developers, including one with ties to the Related Group in Miami, to work on repurposing schools if a redistricting plan is enacted.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Louis Llovio
  • December 10, 2022
Tampa boosts funding for affordable housing by $20M

The city’s CRA is adding the money to fund initiatives addressing critical housing issues.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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