A Tampa designer and builder who once competed on HGTV’s “Design Star” is building speculative homes in South Tampa’s Old Hyde Park. Tobin Green, owner of AADMIXX in Tampa, is planning two adjacent homes, at 1312 W. Azeele St. and 400 S. Orleans Ave. Boyd Construction Co. will build the shell components. The Azeele house […]
Jana Balicki has worked in behavioral health for more than 30 years, and a lot of that time has been spent helping the homeless population. She’s watched “Housing First” models work since the 1980s, and is passionate about the program. So this week’s news that the Hillsborough HEART project will receive $1.8 million in grant […]
Organizations in Florida focused on aiding the homeless received close to $73 million this week from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Continuum of Care grant program. HUD estimates there were 564,708 persons experiencing homelessness on a single night in 2015, according to a statement announcing the grants. The cost and impact of […]
A gated waterfront estate in Safety Harbor that hits the market Monday is an opportunity for real estate developers as well as luxury homebuyers. The 9,365-square-foot home at 2600 Phillippe Parkway sits on roughly 10 acres, making it one of the largest parcels available on the Tampa Bay, said Jennifer Zales, an associate with Coldwell […]
A waterfront home on Anna Maria Island with a prominent next-door neighbor has been sold. The home at 101 Palmetto Ave., which is on the Gulf of Mexico, has sold for $3.6 million or $740 per square foot, Coldwell Banker Residential Real Estate announced Friday. The home was built in 2015 as part of a […]
There’s a notable change in the attitudes of investors and lenders toward deals in Seminole Heights, says a development pioneer in the neighborhood. Wesley Burdette, who converted an old warehouse into loft-style apartments, struggled to find a bank willing to take on his development in 2014. After talking to at least 10 other lenders, Burdette […]
Residential remodeling in the United States increased by 9 percent from December 2014 to December 2015 and Tampa had some of the most activity in the country, according to a report from BuildFax. Tampa was ranked No. 6 for residential remodeling in the BuildFax report, which calculated the ranking by using construction records with more […]
A national player in the apartment market has sold off a development site in Tampa’s Westchase area. Houston-based Camden Property Trust (NYSE: CPT) sold nearly 6 acres adjacent to Camden Westchase Park to a buyer who plans to build a 120-bed senior living community there. The purchase price was $2.15 million. Vertica Commercial Advisors, a […]
Florida’s metropolitan cities are experiencing some of the the highest housing market growth rates in the country, according to the latest data by Jacksonville-based Black Knight Financial Services. The 10 metros that increased the fastest were all from Florida , according to the firm’s December price index released Tuesday. Sarasota (1.4 percent), Punta Gorda (1.3 […]
Past the strip centers, drive-thrus and cookie-cutter housing developments that define suburban Tampa, a palatial multifamily compound is rising above the Carrollwood landscape. Surya Estates, the formal name of Dr. Kiran Patel’s luxuriant residence, has been under construction since March 2013 on a 17-acre site about three blocks from the intersection of North Dale Mabry […]