Commercial Real Estate

Just as the economy is revving up around the country, we are gearing up as well locally. We have a drone-cam and have started thinking about ways to market and view property with it. Lesson 1: careful flying inside warehouses with columns! Here’s a short video of our marketing capabilities…

The governor of Florida was at a ground-breaking at a new flex/industrial product being developed in Pasco County at ComPark 75. The site is home to 2 new tilt-wall buildings, one a flex/grade-level product and the other a dock-high building being built as spec. They have some pre-leasing at the…

Have you listened to the conversations we’re having lately? When to build a speculative construction project, organic growth within existing tenant base, local developments and economic wins on the rise, new jobs being created, and Florida moving up in the ranks of population and job growth statistics! You’ll see articles…

It’s public info - Amazon is a go! They are to begin construction on the Ruskin site in Hillsborough County, per county commissioners. There could be ancillary users that need space near Amazon, so that’s another positive externality of this move. As of yet we can’t identify who or what…

Eureka! I know what’s going in Tampa finally, and this is based on feedback from prospecting calls we’ve been making. Users have excess space they couldn’t give back in the downturn, and as their businesses grow they are putting that excess space back into use. This doesn’t explain why we…

There was another cheap, cheap sale of an industrial building in East Tampa that is likely a redevelopment play. It is a 112,000 SF building next to IKEA on Adamo, which the adjacent owner bought for under $8/SF in order to assemble a large enough parcel, along with his existing…

We had an internal company conference out west, and the trip to Vegas was insightful! We were able to talk to brokers from around our network and hear how they’re markets are doing. It was obvious that Industrial real estate is doing better around the country mostly in primary distribution…

So we’ve had a few things occurring locally in Tampa Bay, around our airports and seaports.  See the links below to read more on each…from airplane parts to cargo ships! Brazilian Aircraft Parts via Port of Tampa I-4 / Selmon / Port Connector Update Aircraft Manufacturer in Bartow Cargo to…

There were worthwhile presentations made in Tampa this past week, both by the new Port Director and the Urban Land Institute. Good news is the new Port Director in Tampa had a lot to say about the potential and long-term growth plans for our area in terms of cargo and…