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Development

  • By Jim Stinson
  • November 15, 2023
Eye care medical group sees bright future with HQ redesign

U.S. Eye fixed up the interior of its Manatee County headquarters with innovative design to bring employees together.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Louis Llovio
  • November 15, 2023
Hospital simulation facility brings real-life settings to the classroom

A new Naples health care facility helps train medical providers and others in nearly real-world scenarios.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
  • By Louis Llovio
  • November 15, 2023
Naples resort and water park owners plan to welcome guests by next fall

As crews continue to work on Great Wolf Lodge South Florida and its myriad offerings, the hope is that it can open earlier than expected.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
  • By Louis Llovio
  • November 13, 2023
12 retailers coming to new Babcock Ranch commercial center

Commercial real estate firm Katz & Associates has signed leases with a dozen retailers for 68,100 square feet of space in The Shoppes at Yellow Pine.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
  • By Mark Gordon
  • November 9, 2023
Mellow Mushroom pizza chain plans Cape Coral location

National stone-baked pizza chain Mellow Mushroom Pizza Bakers plans to open a Cape Coral location in 2024.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
  • By Louis Llovio
  • November 5, 2023
Looking to shed stores nationwide, Walgreens sells Fort Myers location

In the week's top commercial real estate news, Manatee buys an office building, Tampa Bay condo towers surpass $200 million in sales, and a Naples medical building is getting new tenants.

  • Florida
  • By Mark Gordon
  • November 3, 2023
Construction company, restaurant group partner to buy Lee County marina

Wallace Bait Marina will soon be relocated down the street.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
  • By Louis Llovio
  • November 3, 2023
A few months in, affordable housing legislation makes big impact

The Live Local Act is already having an effect as developers begin to take advantage of provisions in the new law aimed at boosting affordable housing.

  • Florida
  • By Mark Gordon
  • November 1, 2023
Naples luxury homebuilder expands for first time in 70-year history

A. Vernon Allen Builder will start taking on projects on Sanibel Island.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
  • By Louis Llovio
  • October 29, 2023
50-acre, $41.5 million affordable housing community coming to Collier County

In the week's top commercial real estate news, Port Charlotte resort hires top food staff, an expanding fast food chain is looking for space, and a Tampa hotel sells.

  • Florida
  • By Jim Stinson
  • October 27, 2023
An entrepreneur and a developer are rebuilding an Ybor City corner

In the shadows of a massive, transformational project in Tampa lies a separate and smaller — albeit important — second development. This one goes heavy on urban ethos.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Louis Llovio
  • October 23, 2023
First step of 19,900-square-foot emergency room complete

The Polk County emergency room is part of AdventHealth's plans to build a 42-acre medical campus in Winter Haven..

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Louis Llovio
  • October 22, 2023
Mississippi investor pays $14.5M for Tampa vacant lot

In the week's top commercial real estate news, construction starts in Cape Coral, apartments sold in Sarasota, and work on Pasco project reaches a milestone.

  • Florida
  • By Louis Llovio
  • October 20, 2023
30,000-square-foot home to be built on site of Derek Jeter’s Tampa mansion

Ellison Construction will build the new house on the Davis Island property where the baseball legend — and Tom Brady — once called home.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Louis Llovio
  • October 20, 2023
Historic Venice apartment buildings sell for $4 million

The buildings are part of the city's Armada Road Multi-Family District, a collection of apartment buildings built in the 1920s.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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