EWI Construction founder: ‘Things are moving along at a faster pace’
Hotels, apartments, restaurants: Tampa-based EWI Construction is seeing a surge of activity across all sectors of commercial real estate. The company is about to begin construction on a 48-unit apartment project in Ballast Point and is working on plans for hotels in downtown Tampa and Ybor City, EWI Founder Casey Ellison told Tampa Bay Business […]
Husband-and-wife custom homebuilders auctioning off personal estate in Winter Haven with no reserve
An 11,000-square-foot estate on the auction block in Winter Haven has an in-house movie theater, music room and massage room — but if that’s not enough to keep a potential buyer entertained, the home is a five-minute drive from Legoland Florida. The husband-and-wife team behind Built By Waters, a custom homebuilding company, will auction off […]
Florida’s economy ranks No. 7 in the U.S.
Great weather that attracts hordes of tourists, growth in non-farm payrolls, a recovering housing market and a $15 billion state government surplus all played a role in Florida being ranked as the seventh-best economy among the 50 states. The rankings were compiled by Business Insider, which ranked the states’ economies on six measures: recent change […]
$70M apartments to break ground in downtown St. Petersburg
St. Petersburg’s next high-end apartment development is imminent. Coral Gables-based Allen Morris Co. will break ground on the Hermitage, a 348-unit apartment building at 750 First Ave., on Wednesday. The Hermitage will include studio, one- and two-bedroom units. The building will stand eight stories and feature a rooftop pool. The $70 million project is backed […]
Exclusive: New apartment development planned in Ballast Point
EWI Construction is building a 48-unit apartment complex at the intersection of Paxton and Macdill avenues in the Ballast Point area. The site was once slated for a townhouse development that never came to fruition, said Casey Ellison, EWI Construction founder. ABC Capital is the developer of the project, Ellison said, and he anticipates construction […]
5 things to start the day: Voting on the Pier, and what can Ringo open with his key to Sarasota?
The city of St. Petersburg is conducting a public survey on seven designs for the Pier on the waterfront. The Pier has been an attraction for downtown, previously housing retail, restaurants and gatherings. Surveying lasts until Friday. Tampa landed on BuzzFeed’s list of ” 9 places to move if you want Wall Street as your […]