Best Real Estate Deals: Verso Luxury Apartments is a multifamily deal of the year

The sale of Verso Luxury Apartments was a record for Polk County — and a bellwether of the types of multifamily properties that are in highest demand.Original Article

Best Real Estate Deals: Sanctuary at Alexandra Place is a development of the year

The Sanctuary has proven that a development doesn’t have to be enormous in scale to make an impact.Original Article

The inaugural Best Real Estate Deals in Tampa Bay showcase the area’s transformation

The Tampa Bay region is in the midst of a major transformation — and the commercial real estate industry is at the forefront of that movement.Original Article

Office park in St. Pete’s Skyway Marina District sells for $40M to South Florida developer

“We’re committed to the St. Petersburg community, so we have no hesitation in doubling down our investment here,” the developer said.Original Article

St. Pete power players have a vision for property near Tropicana Field

Ark Investment Management and Third Lake Capital Partners have joined forces with Dynasty Financial to pitch a vision for a site near Tropicana Field that's rooted in economic development.Original Article

Analysis: Public companies boosted by pandemic surge in homebuilding and renovations see big market-cap jumps

Public companies in the building products, construction materials and home-improvement retail sectors have seen their stock values skyrocket since the pandemic.Original Article

Already challenged, US affordable-housing sector faces new hurdles through pandemic

The U.S. has a shortage of 6.8 million rental homes for extremely low-income renters, or households earning at or below 30% of their area median income, according to a National Low-Income Housing Coalition report from earlier this year. That doesn't account for households at 60% AMI, 80% AMI and 120% AMI,Original Article

Report: Tampa ranks in top five for real estate cities, according to PWC

While Covid-19 affected the housing markets nationally, the Tampa/St. Petersburg remained one of the best.Original Article

Newly built apartments in downtown St. Pete sell for $92 million

A Denver investor has purchased a newly built complex in downtown St. Pete.Original Article

Ranked: These 30 MSAs will be 2022’s top housing markets, according to Realtor.com

The markets that'll see the biggest price gains and number of sales, though, could look a little different than 2021's top performers, according to an analysis by Realtor.com released Tuesday.Original Article