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Delays in construction seem to continue unabated on the Trump Tower development in downtown Tampa. Now comes news that Mirabilis Ventures Inc. has acquired the project, along with the Antigua Bay Yacht Club project in downtown Clearwater from developer SimDag LLC.
Mirabilis says that they are committed to getting both projects moving, but first they have […]

Selected Transactions from the November 2006 issue of Southeast Real Estate Business magazine:

RPM-1 LLC sold the 21,366 square foot Columbus Warehouse Building (located at 2712 N. 58th St. in Tampa) to Suncoast Truck Repair for $1.3 Million. Both companies are Tampa-based.
TCB Affordable Housing and The Community Builders sold the Shadow Run Apartments (located at […]

America’s Capital Partners sold Renaissance Park, an office development on Veterans Expressway in Tampa, for $104 million, after buying it for $69 million last year. The office park consists of 5 Class A buildings constructed between 1997 and 2001. Major tenants at the park include Capital One Financial Corp., who originally developed the site to […]

Construction began on Pinellas County’s 23-mile public trail. The Progress Energy Trail will ultimately extend from Tampa Rd down to Gandy Blvd along the counties eastern edge. Eventually it will connect to the Pinellas trail. The first leg of construction will actually be from Belleair Road to Brighthouse Networks Field, at which […]

Doesn’t it seem like there are more political ads this year than any other election season in recent memory? It’s because there are. According to Nielsen Media Research more television political advertising has been purchased in the Bay Area than anywhere else in the country, beating out Los Angels and the other bay area, San […]

Pinellas County is the first County in the state to receive designation as a silver award winner for Green Local Government. The award, presented by the Florida Green Building Coalition, highlights the counties efforts in becoming more environmentally friendly.
Areas of recognition include water conservation, wildlife preservation, energy conserving appliances in affordable housing units, and the […]

As noted earlier in this blog, Tampa Mayer Pam Iorio proposed hiring consultants to determine the feasibility of a merger between HARTline and the PSTA. The PSTA’s response is to put on the brakes.
Noting that they are much more financially stable the PSTA’s board put off hiring a consultant. They will look at increasing bus […]