Residential Real Estate

By Elizabeth King
July 28, 2025

105-home community to be built in Lakewood Ranch

Lennar will begin construction this fall on Stillwater.

Manatee-Sarasota

By Louis Llovio
July 27, 2025

Lakeland apartments sell for $57 million

In the week's top commercial real estate news, a Sarasota company arranges two commercial loans, a Naples developer spends $40 million in Tampa, and a Captiva gets its day before commissioners.

Florida

By Louis Llovio
July 26, 2025

Affordable house development in Brandon starts construction

Habitat for Humanity of Tampa Bay Hillsborough officially broke ground last week on a 23-home affordable housing community in Brandon.

Tampa Bay-Lakeland

By Andrew Warfield
July 26, 2025

Sarasota rejects 58-unit apartment project north of downtown

Sarasota city commissioners side with residents of The Strand to deny the long-delayed plans to build 58 apartments on the 1700 block of North Tamiami Trail.

Manatee-Sarasota

By Elizabeth King
July 24, 2025

Cortez community now accepts cryptocurrency from homebuyers

Pearl Homes, which developed Hunters Point, has partnered with a crypto-to-real-estate platform.

Manatee-Sarasota

By Louis Llovio
July 22, 2025

Fort Myers Beach property listed for $35 million

Marketing for the Royal Beach Club property is aimed at developers looking to build a luxury project.

Charlotte–Lee–Collier

By Louis Llovio
July 20, 2025

Cape Coral shopping center sells for $4.5 million

In the week's top commercial real estate news, a day care chain is growing in Lee County, a beachfront property sells in Pinellas County, and a medical building is going up in Sarasota County.

Florida

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By Mark Gordon
July 19, 2025

Real estate agent goes viral with racy jokes, Trump impersonations

Bidets, big trucks and everything in between. Not much is off limits for broker Breanna Banaciski as she carves out a comedic cult-following in a competitive field.

Tampa Bay-Lakeland

By Louis Llovio
July 17, 2025

Naples residential tower tops $300M in sales

As housing struggles, luxury market remains solid in the Collier County city.

Charlotte–Lee–Collier

By Steven Benna
July 16, 2025

The week's top commercial real estate transactions in Charlotte, Collier, Hillsborough, Lee, Manatee, Pasco, Pinellas, Polk, Sarasota

Deals for an auto repair shop in Tampa and vacant land in Parrish, both for $11M, pace the week in transactions.

Transactions

By Lesley Dwyer
July 16, 2025

Manatee receives threat of litigation over increased impact fees

Freedom Housing Alliance Inc. says the impact fee increase — it could go from $13,442 for a house to more than $33,000 — violates state statute.

Manatee-Sarasota

By Mark Gordon
July 14, 2025

$53M roofing firm expands office, facility in Fort Myers

Tallahassee-based Lloyd Roofing has seen a continued increase in demand the past three years in Fort Myers and the surrounding areas.

Charlotte–Lee–Collier

By Louis Llovio
July 13, 2025

Lakewood Ranch hotel project gets key construction financing

In the week's top commercial real estate news, neighboring office buildings sell in Cape Coral, a Lakeland real estate giant expands, and a Naples project hits a sales milestone.