Downtown St. Pete’s tallest apartment tower has topped out at 36 stories
The hotel portion will have a separately branded restaurant with an outdoor terrace and bar.Original Article
Tampa Bay home prices rise as cash investors dominate the housing market
As home prices continue to rise in the Tampa Bay area, the question becomes, is there enough room for everyone?Original Article
Report: New home construction is up, but projects are stalling at a higher rate
There's more new home construction happening now than in the years leading up to the Covid-19 pandemic, as the nation's housing shortage and growing affordability crisis remains a key issue in most cities, towns and states.Original Article
Downtown St. Pete developer is crafting a blueprint for affordable housing in Florida
The St. Pete-based company is creating the first affordable housing development under House Bill 1339 and may soon be seeing its work replicated throughout the state.Original Article
Tampa Bay home prices up 29% from last year
The Tampa Bay housing market is hot as ever, and a new report from real estate company RE/MAX suggests this won't change anytime soon. The data shows the Tampa metro area is home to the second-largest year-over-year price increase for house sales from March 2021 to March 2022. Median home prices rose from $275,000 to $355,000 over the course of the year, a 29.1% increase trailing only Billings, Montana, which saw a 31.2% increase during this same period. According to the data, homes also spent…Original Article
New York investor buys prime downtown St. Pete lot
A parking lot approximately one block from Mirror Lake in downtown St. Pete was sold.Original Article
First of its kind affordable housing development approved in St. Pete
This development — which will be entirely made up of affordable and workforce housing — is the first to be approved under the new ordinance that allows affordable housing projects to be built in non-residential zoned areas.Original Article
Here’s how the March housing market fared and what’s on the horizon
More of the same was delivered in the U.S. housing market last month, with March 2022 being the hottest market on record.Original Article
A church appears to have purchased Bucs co-owner’s former Avila home
A Michigan church appears to be the buyer of a palatial Avila estate sold by Tampa Bay Buccaneers co-owner Darcie Glazer Kassewitz and her husband. A deed filed Wednesday in Hillsborough County shows that the Kingdom of God Global Church in Taylor, Michigan, paid $8.3 million for the 28,893-square-foot main house and a 2,620-square-foot guest house. The church also secured a $4.9 million mortgage from an entity linked to Miami Beach-based Crosby Capital. The church's address on the mortgage is…Original Article
Report: Tampa Bay residents support affordable housing measures
The research team surveyed 12,000 people in 26 metro areas.Original Article