Market Forecast - Summer 2015
While an abundance of capital appears eager to capture the yields that especially “early mover” developments promise, many investors for the time being seem content to wait on the proverbial sidelines...
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State of the Market - Spring 2015
While Southwest Florida’s commercial real estate market is healthier now than in the comparable quarter in 2014, it has yet to fully recover and the pace of recovery has been tepid.
Interest Rates - Spring 2015
Speculation regarding when, or if, interest rates will rise has dominated financial markets for much of the past four years.
City Zoning Changes - Spring 2015
The City’s Urban Design Studio, led by former City Planner Karin Murphy and Andrew Georgiadis, is expected to soon produce a citywide Form-Based Code...
Market Study - Spring 2015
Of the roughly 1.563 million square feet of Class A, multi-tenanted office space in downtown Sarasota (within buildings of 30,000 square feet or greater), 13.73 percent remained vacant at the close of the first quarter of 2015...
The Elephant in the Room - Spring 2015
Although the most significant downtown sale of late occurred in the final quarter of last year, it remains important for its potential to impact Sarasota’s core going forward.
Planned Downtown Projects - Spring 2015
As of April 1, a total of 1,490 residential units and 1,168 hotel rooms have been proposed for the downtown area.