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Manatee–Sarasota

    By
  • Kevin McQuaid
  • December 28, 2018
Apartments dominate, but resorts rise

This year's top commercial real estate sales differed from recent years past in that resorts topped the list in each of the three Gulf Coast submarkets

  • Commercial Real Estate
    By
  • Kevin McQuaid
  • December 28, 2018
Top commercial real estate deals for 2018 in Tampa Bay

A high-end resort topped the list of commercial real estate sales in the Tampa Bay area in 2018, but significant office sales and apartment projects also cracked the top five transactions list.

  • Commercial Real Estate
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • December 20, 2018
Master-planned community home sales rise 20%

November home sales at West Villages Florida exceeded the previous month’s sales by about 20%.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • December 19, 2018
Manufacturing executive appointed to nonprofit board

All Star Children’s Foundation is building a 5-acre campus in Sarasota.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • December 17, 2018
Group acquires manufacturer for $21 million

Intertape Polymer Group estimates Maiweave will generate approximately $25 million of revenue in 2018.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • December 17, 2018
Area entrepreneur agrees to pay $17 million for export, smuggling violations

Eric Baird founded shipping company Access USA Shipping, then known as MyUS.com, in 1997.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • December 15, 2018
Nonprofit names major gifts officer for $7 million campaign

Lives Transformed: The Campaign for Hammock Place is an initiative to build a 40-home neighborhood.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Kevin McQuaid
  • December 14, 2018
q&a: Julia Silva Rettig

"Last-mile distribution" is shaking up the industrial real estate industry, and causing investors to look twice at older, smaller properties that are close to urban centers and could be retrofitted for today's logistics firms

  • Commercial Real Estate
    By
  • Kevin McQuaid
  • December 14, 2018
DeSota could garner $80 million in sale

The forthcoming sale of the 10-story DeSota apartments in downtown Sarasota could set a record for the market for multifamily deals when it trades, as is anticipated early next year.

  • Commercial Real Estate
  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • December 14, 2018
Kolter Group’s long-range focus influences Florida projects

Kolter Group has become one of Florida's most prolific real estate developers since shifting its operations from Toronto to the Sunshine State, with projects from Tampa to Fort Myers.

  • Commercial Real Estate
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • December 13, 2018
Chamber CEO leaves for aquarium leadership role

Kevin Cooper will join Mote Marine in a role focused on public relations and branding.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • December 11, 2018
Hotel nabs manager for top sales and marketing post

Heather Spiegel will oversee a team of group sales managers and event services professionals, in addition to heading up advertising and marketing opportunities for the hotel,

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • December 11, 2018
Transformative waterfront project shifts leadership roles

A.G. Lafley, past chairman of SBPO, will assume a newly created position of startup CEO for the Conservancy.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • December 10, 2018
Homebuilder names new president for area

Ed Suchora has replaced David Hunihan as M/I Homes' area president for the Sarasota division.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Business Observer Staff
  • December 7, 2018
Health organization announces CEO's retirement

Jack Minge joined Coastal Behavioral Healthcare in 2013.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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