Meet Ben DeBrocke, a 2018 CFO of the Year honoree

Name: Ben DeBrocke Title: Chief financial officer Company: Century 21 Beggins Enterprises Years with company: 20 Category: Medium company We asked our CFO of the Year honorees a series of non-business questions, since all work and no play makes CFOs a dull group. What do you collect, if anything? I don’t really collect anything physical. I collect experiences and memories with my family. Those are what I cherish the most. Nothing can replace time and experience spent with the family. Your…Original Article

Anonymous Owner, LLC: Why it has become so easy to hide in the housing market

When Sean Hannity, the popular Fox News host, was revealed to be a property owner and landlord of considerable scale, it highlighted how opaque the housing market has become.Original Article

One goal of Amazon’s HQ2: Learn the lessons of Seattle

Local officials did not anticipate Amazon’s interest in how to tackle some of the troubles that have turned it into a polarizing symbol of Seattle’s booming economy. The e-commerce giant is celebrated by many in Seattle for being the city’s biggest employer and adding tremendous wealth to the area. But it is villainized by others for bringing too much change, too quickly.Original Article

June is the best month to sell your house in Tampa Bay

Want to get the most for your house? If you live in Tampa Bay, the time to put it on the market is approaching. According to new data from ATTOM Data Solutions, June is the best month to sell your home in the Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater and Lakeland-Winter Haven metropolitan statistical areas. Based on analysis of 14.7 million home sales from 2011 to 2017, May is the best month to sell nationally, with sellers receiving an average of 5.9 percent above estimated market value during the month.…Original Article

Most homeowners plan to stay put

A new survey by Bankrate.com shows that 6 in 10 homeowners have no plans to move. In the survey taken by YouGov of 1,330 homeowners, only 30 percent said they expect to leave their current home in the next decade. The survey reflects the state of the housing market in big cities, where a low number of existing homes are available for sale and prices keep rising. In March, existing home sales grew for the second month, but remained below last year's levels, according to the National Association…Original Article

Sarasota residents sue for recovery in billion-dollar real estate ‘Ponzi scheme’

It's the latest chapter in a high profile case against Woodbridge Group of Companies and its owner, Robert H. Shapiro of Sherman Oaks, California.Original Article

As golf real estate stabilizes, the hottest demand is coming from developers

Florida’s pristine golf courses went from amenities to liabilities in the depths of the Great Recession — but the market is headed back toward an upswing, between redevelopment and opportunistic operators.Original Article

53-story Riverwalk Place developers reveal ultra-modern design (Rendering)

The 53-story Riverwalk Place will redefine Tampa's skyline not only with its height, but also with an ultra-modern, all-glass exterior. The tower's developer — a partnership between Feldman Equities, Two Roads Development and Tower Realty — on Thursday released the first rendering of the project since it went public almost three years ago. Gensler is the architect on the project. Feldman Equities CEO Larry Feldman traveled to the firm's Shanghai office to meet with Shamim Ahmadzadegan, who…Original Article

See some of Tampa’s biggest residential construction projects from the sky (Photos)

The massive construction projects changing Tampa's landscape change almost daily. Many of the large multifamily and mixed-use developments proposed throughout the city in 2015 and 2016 are well under construction. Projects in and around downtown Tampa and are taking shape, from Altis Grand Central to Seazen, the apartment building that has replaced the former Chart House restaurant. View the photo gallery to see aerials of the following developments: Where: Across Grand Central Avenue from Oxford…Original Article

Demolition of A La Carte events pavilion, to make way for million-dollar homes, has begun (Rendering)

A national homebuilder has started demolition on the A La Carte events venue, making way for what will eventually be a gated community of million-dollar homes.Original Article