New townhouses in Seminole Heights to break ground speculatively next month
A townhouse development in Seminole Heights will break ground speculatively by mid-May. Developer Wesley Burdette had planned to wait until at least one of the homes was under contract before breaking ground on the four-unit development at 113 W. Giddens Ave. But since he launched the sales campaign in mid-January, he’s found that most buyers […]
5 things to start the day: Tampa loses a mayor to St. Pete and an actual number we can tie to the gender earnings gap
Women in Florida earned 84 percent of what men earned in 2013, according to the spring 2015 “The Simple Truth about the Gender Pay Gap” report from the American Association of University Women. See the info graphic below for state rankings. The state ranked similarly in a report from the Institute for Women’s Policy Research, […]
How I faced a tragic loss at my company
The death an employee is a tragedy for any company. Here Rand Construction CEO Linda Rabbitt talks about her president, Jon Couch, who died last fall when the plane he was piloting crashed near Richmond, Virginia. Couch’s mother, Francis Gene Couch, 72, also died in the crash. Couch, 46, was piloting a T-28C Trojan Navy […]
Mixed-use Ringling Square in downtown Sarasota sold to New England investor
A New England group has acquired downtown Sarasota’s Ringling Square for $11.5 million. Ringling Square is a five-story office and retail building with an adjacent five-story parking garage, built in 2005. Including the garage, Ringling Square totals 124,527 square feet, for a sales price that breaks down to $92 per square foot. That figure is […]
Waterfront home in Westshore’s Beach Park Isles sold for nearly $3 million
The recent sale of a waterfront home in Westshore’s Beach Park Isles neighborhood illustrates the urgency in Tampa’s luxury housing market. A home on Beach Park Isles sold for $2.7 million on April 3, according to a Hillsborough County deed filed Friday. The seller, Christina Lavery, paid $2.025 million for the home in 2012. The […]
A miniature city in the heart of suburban St. Pete
Darryl LeClair wanted to build it, but they didn’t come. LeClair, chairman of Echelon LLC, in 2012 proposed land in St. Petersburg’s Carillon Park as a site for a new Tampa Bay Rays stadium. The Rays never engaged with Echelon. As the real estate market improves, Echelon feels now is the time to pursue a […]