The Western Florida Cooperator, The Condo, HOA & Co-op Monthly

Management

Reopening Your Community

IREM Offers a Roadmap

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Management

May 7, 2020

COVID-19 Cases Plateauing in Some Areas

Not the Time to Relax, Say Experts

March 20, 2020

COVID-19 Q&A for Condos, HOAs, & Co-ops

Keeping Pace With the Crisis

March 20, 2020

Coronavirus & COVID-19

Practical Considerations for Boards & Management

Emergency Management

Readiness is Everything

Finance

Tapping Reserves in a Time of Financial Hardship

An Option to (Carefully!) Consider

It’s a question we’re asked all the time: "Can we use reserves to cover an operating fund shortfall?" Under normal circu…

Finance

What to Do About HOA Finances & Arrears During Coronavirus

How Associations Should Respond

Winter

Keeping an Often Digital Paper Trail

Best Practices For Maintaining HOA Records

2015 July

Dealing With Code Violations

Better Safe Than Sorry

2015 July

Don’t Raid the Cookie Jar

Capital Budgeting is Essential

On The Board

CAI Releases Statement on Foreclosure Moratorium

Calls for 'Flexibility, Understanding, and Business Continuity'

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March 26, 2020

Dealing With Coronavirus Exposure

Board Powers & Limitations

Emergency Management

Readiness is Everything

March 20, 2020

Vulnerable Residents

Safety for All

Coronavirus & COVID-19

What Should Condos & HOAs Do?

Emergency Management

Readiness is Everything

Planning for a rainy day is pretty easy. Have an extra umbrella handy or a waterproof coat, and you’re probably fine. Pl…

March 20, 2020

Vulnerable Residents

Safety for All

Coronavirus & COVID-19

What Should Condos & HOAs Do?

2014 January

Knowing When to Call Your Manager

Response to Calls is an Essential Part of the Manager’s Job

2014 January

Secrets of Successful Managers

Communication, Accommodation, Cooperation

Communicate...and Then OVERcommunicate

Tips for Getting Residents Involved, Engaged, & Informed

A few years ago, I was on the phone with a homeowner. He was irate with how his community’s money was being spent. He wa…

Emergency Management

Readiness is Everything

March 20, 2020

Vulnerable Residents

Safety for All

Coronavirus & COVID-19

What Should Condos & HOAs Do?

Board Owner Do’s and Don’ts

What Makes a Board Successful?

Maintenance

Multifamily Cleaning Tips

Keeping Your Community Safe

Editor's Note: To help prevent the spread of COVID-19 in your building or association, procedures and supplies should …

Maintaining Air Quality

Managing the Indoor Environment

Coronavirus & COVID-19

What Should Condos & HOAs Do?

Winter

Elevator Refurbishment

Managing a Major Service Disruption

2018 December

Elevator Repair and Replacement Projects

Maximizing Safety, Minimizing Disruption

A Clear View

What’s New in Window Trends and Technology?

Windows can dramatically change any space, from transforming a tiny kitchen into a front row seat to a glorious skyline …

From the Outside In

Exterior Building Inspections in South Florida

Plumbing the Depths

Pipes, Drains, and Your Building's Water Supply

Of all the modern conveniences we take for granted, perhaps none is as profoundly basic —and indispensable—as indoor pl…

2014 November

The Art of Picking Professionals

To Choose or Not to Choose

2014 November

Your Building's Anatomy

Systems That Keep Your Building Functioning

Insurance

Cooperator Expo Western Florida Returns to Tampa

A Must-Attend for Board Members, Managers, and Condo/HOA Decision-Makers

To Claim, or Not to Claim?

The Insurance Dilemma

Homesharing and Insurance

What Your Board Should Know

Insurance: A Must-Have or Couldn’t Hurt?

Making Smart Yet Affordable Coverage Decisions

Who's Responsible for Repairs?

August 2014, Vol 3, No 8

Design

Splish-Splash

Enhancing Your Community with Water Features

Design for All

The Functionality of Universal Design

Organizations

The Florida Swimming Pool Association

Training, Education and Professionalism for Pool Administrators

The Florida Nursery, Growers and Landscape Association

Leading Florida's Green Industry

The Insurance Information Institute

A One-Stop Resource for Florida Homeowners

News

9/24/2020 U.S. Home Sales Spike in August, Highest Levels Since December 2006—World Property Journal

According to new data by the National Association of Realtors, existing U.S. home sales continued to climb in August 2020, marking three consecutive months of positive sales gains.
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9/22/2020 Exclusive: The First Look Inside The Residences At The Tampa EDITION—Forbes

Boutique hotel collection EDITION, founded by Ian Schrager in partnership with Marriott International, has 10 chic hotels around the world with 13 more to be completed by 2023.
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9/18/2020 Hurricane Sally damage in Pensacola, Escambia County, Santa Rosa County, Walton County—Pensacola News Journal

What was the damage like from Hurricane Sally? Flooding, rain and so much water.
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9/15/2020 Reflection, an 18-story condo tower, launches sales in downtown St. Pete—St. Pete Rising

Sales have officially kicked off for a new condominium project planned near Mirror Lake in downtown St. Pete.
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9/11/2020 Palm Beach Biltmore condo headed to ‘pre-foreclosure’ auction with $2.5M starting bid—

On and off the market since 2003, a penthouse at the Palm Beach Biltmore is headed for a private “pre-foreclosure” auction with a minimum bid of $2.5 million, according to the company in charge of the bidding.
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9/11/2020 St. Pete City Council OKs new condos downtown—St. Pete Catalyst

A five-story, 40-unit residential condominium building in downtown St. Petersburg has won approval from the St. Petersburg City Council.
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9/8/2020 Sales for The Julia, a 19-story condo tower, launch in downtown St. Pete—St. Pete Rising

Sales for a new boutique condominium building in downtown St. Pete have launched on a familiar site just two blocks from Beach Drive. Planned for the southwest corner of 4th Avenue North and 1st Street North, the building will be named The Julia.
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9/4/2020 Tampa Multifamily Wrap-Up – August 2020—Multi-Housing News

Tampa Bay saw a moderation of the coronavirus pandemic in August, after new COVID-19 cases had peaked statewide in mid-July.
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9/3/2020 Injecting New Life Into Tampa’s Western Waterfront—Commercial Property Executive

Sitting on 52 acres of formerly industrial land, the $600 million Westshore Marina District project is a master-planned community overlooking one of the largest yacht basins of Tampa Bay, off Westshore and Gandy boulevards and across from St. Petersburg, Fla.
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9/2/2020 Smith & Associates Real Estate Announces Virage Bayshore is Sold Out—GlobeNewswire

Virage Bayshore, a 24-story luxury high-rise tower with a prime South Tampa location on iconic Bayshore Boulevard, announced today that all seventy-one residences have been sold.
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8/31/2020 Police: Ex-St. Pete condo property manager vacationed at Disney on company dime—Tampa Bay Times

A former property manager of Parkshore Plaza, a high-end condominium building in downtown St. Petersburg, was sentenced to two years in prison this week after authorities say she used company money to buy vacations to Disney, book personal flights to Maryland, pay for expensive trips to the salon and cover her home water bill.
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8/28/2020 Long view: Developer sees post-lockdown surge of activity as trends converge—Business Observer

Ronto Group, a privately held Naples-based developer of luxury condo towers up and down the Gulf Coast, planned the 22-story Altura Bayshore well before the coronavirus pandemic changed life as we know it. But in retrospect, the building's design and amenities seem almost prescient.
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8/24/2020 Kolter Urban begins pair of projects—Business Observer

Developer Kolter Urban has begun construction on a pair of planned condominium towers in Tampa and St. Petersburg that will together contain 262 units.
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8/24/2020 Virage Bayshore notches $130 million in sales—Business Observer

The developers of the 24-story Virage Bayshore condominium tower have closed on roughly $130 million in unit sales with buyers, just a few months after final completion of the 71-unit residential project.
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8/21/2020 Condominium Associations’ Power to Restrict Access to Areas on the Property—Law.com

With this week’s news of the skyrocketing increase in COVID-19 cases occurring throughout Florida (the emergency), many condominium associations, condominium unit owners and outside service providers, including real estate brokers, may be confused about a condominium association’s authority to restrict access to the common areas and condominium units located within the condominium property.
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8/17/2020 Dear Penny: I bought a Florida home, but I’m homesick. Should I walk away?—Tampa Bay Times

I’m a 64-year-old single woman and retired teacher from the Chicago area. With savings and a pension, I’m pretty comfortable financially.
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8/10/2020 Neighbors feared him. Then he was shot, killed while choking a St. Pete officer, sheriff says—Tampa Bay Times

Those who shared a landing with Jeffrey Scott Haarsma were sure that he needed help.
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8/6/2020 Florida's State of Emergency for Hurricane Isaias Gives Developers, Permit Holders More Time—Lexology

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis issued Executive Order 20-181 on July 31, 2020, declaring a state of emergency due to Hurricane Isaias for several counties.
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8/6/2020 Multiple Sea Turtle Violations for South Seas West Condo Association—Coastal Breeze News

On June 5th at 1:38 PM, Marco Island Community Service Officer Lupu was conducting his usual beach patrol and observed two workers engaged in construction activity driving large wooden pilings into the beach and pouring a paved sidewalk down to the beach.
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8/3/2020 From Minecraft Tricks to Twitter Hack: A Florida Teen’s Troubled Online Path—New York Times

For Graham Ivan Clark, the online mischief-making started early.
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