One of the most credible real estate developers in Florida sees downtown Tampa’s real estate market as “very promising” for years to come. Miami-based Related Group has confirmed its plans to redevelop the Tampa Tribune’s waterfront office building into an eight-story residential tower with 400 units. Related is under contract to buy the 4.4-acre site […]
A Clearwater developer is proposing a small apartment project in North Hyde Park. Southport Financial Real Estate LLC has asked the city to rezone 1.7 vacant acres at 707 N. Rome Ave to make way for 86 apartments ranging from 750 to 1,150 square feet. Sixty units will be 900 square feet with two bedrooms; […]
Sales of new single-family homes increased by more than 2 percent in May to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 546,000. That’s the best sales number since February 2008 and is nearly 20 percent above the pace at which new homes were being sold a year ago. The median sales price was $282,800, according to […]
Highwoods Properties Inc. is adding the potential for a new multifamily building in Highwoods Preserve, a mixed-use development in New Tampa. Raleigh, North Carolina-based Highwoods (NYSE: HIW) has filed plans with the city to add multifamily zoning to a nearly 15-acre parcel at 18311 Highwoods Preserve Parkway. Highwoods is requesting additional zoning that would allow […]
A prime South Tampa site — a block off Bayshore Boulevard and walking distance to bars and restaurants — is being readied for a multifamily development. John Dingfelder, a land use attorney and agent with Keller Williams, has filed a request with the city to rezone the .44 acres at 2901 W. Barcelona St. for […]
Sales of existing homes jumped to their highest level in nearly six years in May, according to the National Association of Realtors. The 5.1 percent increase in May brought sales to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 5.35 million. That’s 9 percent above the pace a year ago. Included in this total are sales of […]
Westshore’s residential boom rolls on, this time with a developer proposing for-sale townhouses near Met West International. Icon Residential Living, based in Largo, is asking the city to rezone about 5 acres of the southern portion of the former Without Walls International Church property, which is on Columbus Drive. (See map below.) The rezoning would […]
A mi d a backlash by two religious organizations against Wells Fargo & Co.’s first national ad featuring a gay couple, the bank’s top executive in Tampa Bay is an outspoken advocate for the bank’s approach. “Being diverse and inclusive, it’s just the right thing to do,” David Guzman, who is gay, said in a […]
Ellen M. Macfarlane • Title, company: Shareholder, chairman, board of directors, Macfarlane Ferguson & McMullen PA • Grew up: In the steel town of Alliance, Ohio • Education: Ohio State University, undergrad and law school • Family followed: Her parents and brother followed her to Tampa. “It’s a great place to live and spend your […]
The U.S. Treasury’s newly redesigned $10 bill will feature a woman. Treasury Secretary Jacob J. Lew will choose a notable woman — with a focus on celebrating a champion of democracy, the Treasury Department said. So, it’s asking for help in the form of ideas from the American people. The only criterion: the person must […]