http://westportgroup.org A Tampa Bay Economic Development Blog from The Westport Group Tue, 15 Apr 2008 19:46:33 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Click below for 1st Quarter Pinellas Industrial Trends: 1st Q Pinellas Industrial Trends [PDF File, direct download] http://westportgroup.org/?p=82 Here is the Year End 2007 Office Trends Report. Pinellas County Office Trends Year End 2007 http://westportgroup.org/?p=78 Here are the Pinellas Trends reports for both Office and Industrial real estate. The data concerns the third quarter of 2007. Pinellas 3Q 07 Office Trends Pinellas 3Q 07 Industrial Trends http://westportgroup.org/?p=76 Here is our trends report for the Office commercial real estate market in Pinellas County. Overall we have seen a rise in rental rates, but vacancy has been up and down, depending on the submarket. Bayside and South Pinellas saw slight declines in vacancy, but there was an increase everywhere ... http://westportgroup.org/?p=72 Here is our trends report on the Industrial and Flex commercial real estate market in Pinellas County for the 2nd quarter of the year. Overall we have seen a tightening of the market. Vacancy has gone down, and there is no new construction to speak of. With the lack of ... http://westportgroup.org/?p=70 Construction is winding down on a new venture at Sarasota/Bradenton International Airport, Hangarminiums. Rectrix Aviation is building a 22-acre development that will lease hangar space to large private aircraft, as well as house a passenger facility and 24-hour line services for planes based out of the airport, and those just ... http://westportgroup.org/?p=68 Florida International University's Center for Leadership has released their list of the state's top 50 women-led businesses(.pdf document direct link), and the Tampa Bay Area had an extremely strong showing. 13 companies were on the list --which is ranked by revenue -- including Peter R. Brown Construction (president Judy Mitchell) ... http://westportgroup.org/?p=66 MetLife Inc. is all set to go before the Tampa City Council tonight to get a re-zoning of their 32 acre campus at 4010 W. Boy Scount Blvd. They have held the property since the 70s and have a 240,320 square foot office building there, as well as a few ... http://westportgroup.org/?p=65 Dr. Stephen Leatherman, aka "Dr. Beach" has come out with his annual list of the 10 best beaches in the country, and the Bay Area has yet another strong showing. Caladesi Island in Clearwater came in number 2 on the list for the second year in a row, and Siesta Key ... http://westportgroup.org/?p=64 The Greater Tampa Chamber of Commerce succeeded in bringing higher paying jobs to the Bay Area over the last year. The average yearly salary of jobs brought in this year was $52,362, up 35% from the $38,796 average of jobs brought to the area in 2005. Unfortunately this came at the ... http://westportgroup.org/?p=57