Regional Development Expands

Dwellings for residents, hospital patients, and car storage are moving forward in various stages throughout our region. · Groundbreaking for 256 affordable housing units in Manatee County and car condos in Lakewood Ranch. · 303 multi family units in North Venice moves toward planning approval. · New 100 bed hospital planned for North Port.  All … Continue reading Regional Development Expands

This Week’s News Is All About Housing!

452 home sites are being considered in Venice, 600 adult housing apartments are planned for the region, and a manufactured home community sells in Manatee County for nearly $70 million.  

Growth Continues Across The Region

From Lakewood Ranch’s Slim Chicken to a new Assisted Living facility coming to Englewood, our community keeps growing while struggling to deal with low availability and high rental rates for multi-family housing. The Sarasota/Manatee region has just been ranked as the #8 highest priced rental market of 185 areas in the U.S.  

Humbled to be Featured in the Business Observer

It was truly an honor to be interviewed by the Business Observer and to share my perspective on the state of  Sarasota-Manatee Commercial Real Estate for 2021. Q1 2020 office market was strong with $118 million in sales, or almost double the sales volume of 2019 for the same period. The office market YTD at … Continue reading Humbled to be Featured in the Business Observer

Wave of planned developments, expansions, and openings transforms the region

There’s some good news this week in Sarasota commercial real estate: developers are adapting. The newly opened The Floridian has created an alternative to the traditional senior living model that offers residents more flexible leasing options with resort-style amenities. A vacant Toys R Us will be converted into a self-storage facility near the DeSoto Square … Continue reading Wave of planned developments, expansions, and openings transforms the region

NAR Resources for Dealing with COVID-19 for CRE Professionals

During this difficult time, many matters are bringing up more questions than answers. However, NAR has come out recently with some resources and tips that those of us in Commercial real estate would need to know about to perform the best at our job during this time. I have decided to post this as a … Continue reading NAR Resources for Dealing with COVID-19 for CRE Professionals