Bradenton Sarasota Investment Real EstateCommercial • Industrial • Retail • Office • ResidentialSales  • Leasing  • ManagementInvesting in Sarasota Manatee real estate investment property might not be as strightforward as in the previous boom, but for the patient and capitalized investor, there are many commerical investment opportunities. Especially in today’s market where the Sarasota and […]

New Home Builders Report Sales Are Up. Florida: In the last year, Lakewood Ranch has seen nearly 40 homes priced at $1 million or above sell and the number of listings fall significantly at all price levels. Both new and resale homes are moving in the community… Broadway Promenade, a mixed-use development in downtown Sarasota that includes 186 […]

The U.S. commercial real estate market in June hit its lowest annual price appreciation since May 2001, according to the Standard & Poor’s/GRA Commercial Real Estate Indices. The national composite is comprised of 10 underlying indexes, which cover both geographic, and real estate sectors, and tracks price appreciation month-by-month, and year-over-year.
At the end of June, the composite […]

Friday, September 19, 2008
From the Tampa Bay Business Journal - by Steven Ekovich

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The current housing downturn and capital markets crisis have caused investors to worry about the commercial real estate market and remain on the sidelines. Despite […]

In a move that will certainly solidify Publix as the dominating force in Florida’s supermarket industry, Publix acquires 2.8M SF of store space

Lakeland, FL-based Publix, Florida’s largest supermarket chain, closed on the purchase of 49 Florida Albertson’s grocery stores. First announced in early June without a price tag, Publix disclosed in a Jun. 28 SEC […]

The combined bottom line of commercial banks in Florida flipped into the loss column in the second quarter as banks here join national saving institutions in the red, according to Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. data released Tuesday.
Florida-based commercial banks lost $79 million in the second quarter after pulling in $75 million in the first quarter. […]

Like most real estate markets in the US today, the commercial real estate market in the Sarasota-Bradenton region is seen as a struggling one these days, compared with other markets across the country. This fact was analyzed according to a new report released by the New York-based analyst, Integra Realty Resources. Although the report says […]

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Home sales in the Sarasota MLS for May 2008 stood at 627 - the highest level in 14 months, and approximately 92 percent higher than the sales in January 2008. In 2008, sales have been increasing each month, possibly due to the influence of the new property tax portability law enacted in late January. Sales […]

 
LAKEWOOD RANCH Lakewood Ranch Corporate Park wants to add 2 million square feet of office space to its 1,300-acre complex off University Parkway, which many already refer to as the new commercial hub for the region.

Developer Schroeder-Manatee Ranch was limited in an earlier plan to building 2.3 million square feet of office space at the […]