Mixed-use Ringling Square in downtown Sarasota sold to New England investor
A New England group has acquired downtown Sarasota’s Ringling Square for $11.5 million. Ringling Square is a five-story office and retail building with an adjacent five-story parking garage, built in 2005. Including the garage, Ringling Square totals 124,527 square feet, for a sales price that breaks down to $92 per square foot. That figure is […]
Waterfront home in Westshore’s Beach Park Isles sold for nearly $3 million
The recent sale of a waterfront home in Westshore’s Beach Park Isles neighborhood illustrates the urgency in Tampa’s luxury housing market. A home on Beach Park Isles sold for $2.7 million on April 3, according to a Hillsborough County deed filed Friday. The seller, Christina Lavery, paid $2.025 million for the home in 2012. The […]
A miniature city in the heart of suburban St. Pete
Darryl LeClair wanted to build it, but they didn’t come. LeClair, chairman of Echelon LLC, in 2012 proposed land in St. Petersburg’s Carillon Park as a site for a new Tampa Bay Rays stadium. The Rays never engaged with Echelon. As the real estate market improves, Echelon feels now is the time to pursue a […]
Jeff Vinik’s C-suite blends new blood and Tampa’s old guard
It’s nearly dusk as Jim Shimberg walks onto the riverfront lawn at Ulele, where hundreds of people are congregating to celebrate Mayor Bob Buckhorn’s re-election. Shimberg can’t take more than a few steps without shaking another hand, greeting another familiar face. They’re real estate developers, attorneys, political connections, family friends: These are relationships that span […]
Longboat Key estate known as Bayside Villa, complete with 14-car garage, sold
A bayfront mansion on the Manatee County side of Longboat Key has been sold. The estate, known as Bayside Villa, sold to an undisclosed buyer for $3.25 million, Michael Saunders & Co. said Wednesday. The seller, according to Manatee County property records, was Irene Pompliano. Richard Perlman, an agent with the Longboat Key South office […]
Carillon developer shares more details on behemoth plan: ‘We’re building another city’
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 […]