Tampa Real Estate Blog

The success of [tag]Emerge Tampa[/tag] in bringing [tag]under-40 professionals[/tag] together leads to the birth of [tag]Emerge Florida[/tag]. Among the many [tag]Tampa Bay[/tag] area business organizations with grand mission statements, 2-year-old Emerge Tampa stands out for having a pretty simple goal: Give young professionals a means to strengthen their ties to the area and broader [tag]business [...]

Crescent Resources plans to start construction soon on its fourth office building fronting the International Plaza mall in Tampa, Fla. The [tag]Duke Energy[/tag] Corp. real estate unit will add 260,000 square feet of offices to an unusually tight market in the [tag]Westshore[/tag] business district. Westshore’s vacancy rate for Class-A office space was low as 5 [...]

One by one, the [tag]mom-and-pop motels[/tag] with neon signs and [tag]plastic flamingos[/tag], [tag]vintage beach cottage[/tag]s and small [tag]seaside shops[/tag] that for decades beckoned budget-minded families and tourists to [tag]Pinellas County beaches[/tag] are closing their doors. Although some have tried to tough it out, more and more are being forced out as property taxes soar and [...]

When her clients get hit with the [tag]alternative minimum tax[/tag], [tag]St. Petersburg[/tag] [tag]CPA[/tag] Celia Hall says some of them respond: “I don’t want that alternative.” Unfortunately for them, the [tag]AMT[/tag] isn’t optional. If your income tax calculated under the AMT is higher than the tax calculated the regular way, you pay the AMT amount. More [...]

The [tag]real estate boom[/tag] that led to development of prime [tag]waterfront property[/tag] has increased [tag]boat ownership[/tag]. But it’s hurting the [tag]marina[/tag] industry and has prompted many mom and pop marinas to sell out to developers. Just like the [tag]condo conversions[/tag] forcing residents out of apartments, boaters are finding storage space dwindling and many fear it’s [...]

The [tag]Tampa Bay[/tag] [tag]real estate market[/tag] just keeps rolling along, fueled by moderate interest rates, scarce land availability for new construction, and high absorption rates for existing homes. According to the [tag]Pinellas Realtor Organization[/tag] the average marketing time for a single family home is 51`days, Sales across the board were up 19%. in 2005, albeit [...]

Want a story of a self-promotional developer with memorable hair and an affinity for splashy, multimillion-dollar deals? If you’re thinking [tag]Donald Trump[/tag], you’re fired. [tag]Grady Pridgen[/tag] doesn’t have Trump’s runaway tongue or jet-setter’s flamboyance. But he’s probably the closest thing the [tag]Tampa Bay[/tag] area’s real estate community has to a poster boy. With its flashy [...]

[tag]Hillsborough commissioners[/tag] vote to raise the rate from $196 to $4,000. But they did so with reservations. After months of debate with school officials, the commission grudgingly agreed to higher [tag]impact fees[/tag] to help a district choked by [tag]enrollment growth[/tag]. The increase, to be phased in over the next two years, promised to ease a [...]

The owners of [tag]Tampa[/tag]‘s [tag]University Mall[/tag] have put the 1.2-million-square-foot regional mall up for sale along with four other malls outside the state it no longer considers worthy of being a core asset. [tag]Glimcher Realty Trust[/tag], a Columbus, Ohio, real estate investment trust that owns 26 malls and seven shopping centers, has been weeding older, [...]

“[tag]North of Tampa[/tag]” is suddenly one of the hottest phrases in [tag]golf course development[/tag] circles. Not only have [tag]Pasco[/tag] and [tag]Hernando[/tag] counties been discovered, but there are strong indications that within five years the once sleepy, overlooked home of pastureland will be a member of the golf course big leagues. [tag]Southern Hills Plantation[/tag], designed by [...]