If you’re in the market for a private island off Florida’s Gulf Coast, you have until Thursday to make an offer on Little Bokeelia.

The 104-acre island between Sarasota and Fort Myers has been on the market for more than two years. It was originally listed with an asking price of $29.5 million, which was dropped to $24.5 million in 2014. Earlier this year, the Michael Saunders & Co. real estate agents who are marketing the property moved the listing to an “immediate sale” and said they would consider… …read more

Businesses that make products, the stores that sell them and the real estate professionals who find the sites where they can house their companies are among potential big winners as Florida’s population grows.

Population gains in the Sunshine State are twice those of the national average, said Richard Hokenson, head of global demographic research at Evercore Partners’ International Strategy and Investment business.

In an interview just before speaking to Evercore Wealth Management clients in… …read more

The landmark headquarters buildings that once defined daily newspapers have become a source of capital for a beleaguered industry.

Three daily papers in Tampa Bay have put their real estate on the market, but they’re hardly an anomaly: Newspapers nationwide, from small-town papers to major metro dailies, have been selling off their property for the last few years. Locally, the Tampa Bay Times, the Tampa Tribune and the Sarasota Herald-Tribune buildings have gone up for sale within the last three… …read more

CDW

• Bigger category

A sense of family helps maintain the Best Place to Work atmosphere at CDW, a technology services provider in Tampa.

After nabbing the top spot as Tampa Bay Business Journal’s Overall Best Places to Work winner in 2014, CDW is back on the list as the Bigger category winner.

Alex Miles, account manager, says the Best Place atmosphere begins the minute you step off the elevator – from the line of company awards and accolades, to CDW’s receptionist, Carole Snider, who… …read more

The site of an antiquated office building in downtown St. Petersburg will be redeveloped to include a glitzy new retail center anchored by a grocery store.

The ARC Group Inc., a St. Petersburg-based developer, filed plans with the city on April 16 to add 50,000 square feet of retail space and three levels of parking to the southwest corner of Central Avenue and Seventh Street South. The six-story office building, built in 1968 and owned by ARC, will remain on the site. (See site plan embedded below.)

The… …read more