A passion for downtown Tampa drives new Channelside GM
After Adam Vosding left Tampa Bay for Colorado last summer, it didn’t take him long to feel like maybe he shouldn’t have left. Vosding, a 20-year veteran of Publix Super Markets Inc., moved to Colorado in July 2014, attracted by the lifestyle and the idea of being closer to his sister and her family. But […]
Businesses and city leaders push for redevelopment in the Skyway Marina District
There’s a $1 million bounty for the developer who buys into the vision for the Skyway Marina District. The district — a 1.5 mile corridor spanning both sides of 34th Street in south St. Petersburg — was once a thriving business area but in the last 20 years has become the city’s “forgotten place,” said […]
Atlanta investors double down on Clearwater with $34M apartment buy
An Atlanta investor is betting big on Clearwater’s rental market, acquiring the 276-unit Bay Meadows apartment community for $34.15 million. Radco Companies announced the acquisition Thursday. The purchase price breaks down to $123,731 per apartment. Bay Meadows is Radco’s second acquisition in Clearwater in three months. In February, Radco acquired the 228-unit City Park Clearwater […]
Real estate flipper gets 11 years, ordered to pay $7 million
A Florida man described as a “mastermind of real estate flipping” was sentenced to more than 11 years in federal prison and ordered to pay more than $7 million. A federal judge in Tampa sentenced Stephen Mayer about three months after he was found guilty on nine counts of wire fraud and conspiracy. Evidence presented […]
100-year-old Bayshore Boulevard mansion listed for sale at $13.9 million (Photos)
A storied Bayshore Boulevard estate known locally as the Stovall-Lee house is on the market for $13.9 million. Jennifer Zales, a sales associate with Coldwell Banker Residential Real Estate, listed 4621 Bayshore Blvd. for sale on Monday. Built around 1909 by L.T. Tousdale, then general manager of the Florida Brewing Company in Ybor City, the […]
Number of foreclosures down nationally but Florida still further underwater
While the number of home foreclosures was down across the country for the month of March, to 1.5 percent, Florida is not doing quite as well. The Sunshine State recorded more than double the national average for foreclosures, coming in at 3.2 percent of the broader real estate market, according to the latest Mortgage Monitor […]