The nearly 3-million-square-foot development Echelon LLC is planning in Carillon Park is designed as a miniature city in the heart of suburban St. Petersburg. The buildings proposed for on the 16.5-acre site maximize the available land with dense, urban buildings — 20-story office towers and apartment towers atop parking decks with street-level retail. Echelon City […]
Tampa Mayor Bob Buckhorn will continue to trumpet mass transit as a necessity for the Bay region in his second term. Inaugurated Wednesday in a ceremony at the Tampa Convention Center, Buckhorn said the city will “transform the streetcar into a real means of transportation for residents and visitors.” “Our investment in the streetcar is […]
Jonathan H. Bernhardt May 7, 2014 New hire Employer: Blalock Walters PA Position: Attorney Summary: Bernhardt joined the firm’s real estate law services group in Bradenton where he will serve clients as counsel in commercial and residential real estate transactions, as well as commercial leasing. This is part of the Lawyers & CPAs on the […]
Two former HUD secretaries are leading a Bipartisan Policy Center task force that will look at how meeting the housing needs of senior citizens can also reduce health care costs. Henry Cisneros led the Department of Housing and Urban Development during former President Bill Clinton’s administration. Mel Martinez was HUD secretary during former President George […]
More good news for the housing market: Pending home sales increased 3.1 percent in February to their highest level in 20 months. A National Association of Realtors’ index based on contract signings rose to 106.9 in February. That’s 12 percent over where it was a year earlier. The Pending Home Sales Index has been above […]
Robert “Bob” Schumaker Sept. 1, 2014 New hire Employer: GrayRobinson Position: Of counsel Summary: Schumaker joins the firm’s real estate practice with more than 30 years of experience in the industry. Schumaker has represented numerous developers and owners in the Tampa Bay area, and throughout Florida, in the acquisition, sale, assemblage, documentation and negotiation of […]
Kaitlyn Bagnato Statile Nov. 5, 2014 New hire Employer: Shumaker Loop & Kendrick LLP Position: Staff attorney Summary: Statile has joined the Tampa office as a staff attorney in the litigation department. She practices primarily in the area of community associations. …read more
Richard S. Giunta saw a lot of potential in a site off Waters Avenue in the Citrus Park area — with its proximity to major employers and retail, he thought it would be perfect for apartments. But the demand for the property came as a surprise even to the principal of Giunta Group Ltd. The […]
Downtown Tampa hasn’t quite reached the point where retailers and restaurants are clamoring to be there — the sign in urban revitalization that a neighborhood has officially arrived. With just shy of 7,000 residents between the urban core, Channel district and Harbour Island, there’s not yet enough of a population to attract businesses who rely […]
A string of abandoned storefronts on downtown Tampa’s North Franklin Street will give way this summer to a glitzy 23-story apartment tower, bringing potentially hundreds of residents to this largely unfrequented corner of the urban core. At 360 apartments, the tower that Atlanta-based developer Carter is pursuing represents a fraction of the residential units in […]