New home sales hit seven-year high; more good news for housing market (Video)
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 preps New Tampa land for potential multifamily development
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 […]
Prime South Tampa site being prepped for multifamily development
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 […]
Existing home sales hit highest level since 2009
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 […]
Urban townhouses proposed for Westshore near former Without Walls site
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 […]
Ellen Macfarlane works to bring women into law leadership
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 […]