Kolter moves forward with 21-story Bayshore condo tower (New rendering)
The 21-story condo tower a South Florida developer proposed on Bayshore Boulevard is moving forward as Hyde Park House. Kolter Group, based in West Palm Beach, has filed a site plan for the project with the city and anticipates a decision on the proposal from the Architectural Review Commission in early February, said Truett Gardner, a partner in law firm Gardner Brewer Martinez-Monfort who represents Kolter. The tower will include 70 units, Gardner said, though the current zoning on the site allows…
See which Tampa Bay suburbs have some of the most coveted rentals in the country
Living in an urban, metropolitan community can be pricey. But Rentcafe.com has uncovered the most in-demand suburbs in the country, based on renter population increase and data collected from Yardi Matrix and the U.S. Census Bureau. Three of them are in Tampa Bay's own backyard. Riverview added more than 14,100 new renters between 2011 and 2016, leading other Florida cities with a 106 percent rise between 2011 and 2016, and ranking fourth nationally. Lutz has also seen a significant 74…
Pinellas County men plead guilty in multimillion-dollar real estate scam
Three Pinellas County men are each facing 20 years in federal prison after they pleaded guilty on Monday to criminal charges connected to a multimillion-dollar real estate scam. Gary Kinard, 40, of St. Petersburg, Martin Steele, 46, of Largo, and Mark Boring, 47, of St. Petersburg each pleaded guilty in the U.S. Middle District Court of Florida to conspiracy to commit wire fraud and aggravated identity theft. The men are facing a maximum of 20 years in prison and a minimum mandatory consecutive…
The housing boom is already gigantic. How long can it last?
We are, once again, experiencing one of the greatest housing booms in U.S. history. How long this will last and where it is heading next are impossible to know now.
Send in the stagers
In a sluggish real estate market, more and more homes need to be staged to sell. Here's what's involved.
Climate change insurance: Buy land somewhere else
In case global warming makes their homes uninhabitable, some millennials have a Plan B: investing in places like the Catskills, Oregon and Vermont.
Eleve 61, 36-story condo tower proposed in the Channel district, seeks key approval for construction
A 36-story condominium tower proposed in downtown Tampa's Channel district will be up for a key approval in early December. Eleve 61, which will include 61 luxury units at 858 Channelside Drive, requires a height variance from the Hillsborough County Aviation Authority because of its proximity to Peter O. Knight Airport. The variance is recommended for approval, as it isn't expected to interfere with air traffic. Mercury Advisors, the Tampa-based developer of Eleve, secured a development loan…
US new home sales fall to lowest since March 2016
Sales of newly built homes in the U.S. unexpectedly tumbled by the most in 10 months in October to their lowest level in more than 2.5 years, adding to signs the nation's housing market is losing momentum.