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2/24/2020 Tampa Bay area home sales in January outpace U.S. market—Tampa Bay Times

The Tampa Bay area’s housing market stayed strong in January, outpacing the national market for year-over-year growth, according to new reports Friday from Florida Realtors.
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2/21/2020 Tampa investment firm accused of $170 million Ponzi scheme—Tampa Bay Times

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is accusing a Tampa real estate investment firm and its founder of running a Ponzi scheme that raised $170 million from about 1,140 investors and misappropriated millions of dollars to pay for sports cars, collector wristwatches and chartered jets.
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2/18/2020 Taylor Swift’s dad finds burglar in $4 million St. Petersburg penthouse—Tampa Bay Times

Pop superstar Taylor Swift’s dad paid $4 million for a penthouse in one of the Vinoy Place towers loaded with security measures, but a career criminal recently waltzed through the entrance to climb 13 flights to burglarize the condominium.
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2/18/2020 Praxis Capital Group Funds Construction Loan for Florida Condominium Project—SRQ Magazine

Private lender Praxis Capital Group has funded a $29 million construction loan for The DeMarcay, a luxury residential condominium project by GK Real Estate in downtown Sarasota, Florida. With new financing in place and sales already underway, the Illinois-based development firm anticipates the building will be completed in fall 2021.
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2/13/2020 Related Group unveils futuristic vision for hotel-branded Bayshore condo towers (Rendering)—Tampa Bay Business Journal

Related's development is strictly residential, but it will likely include luxury hotel branding, like St. Regis, Four Seasons or Ritz-Carlton.
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2/13/2020 In the Know: Grandview to fill 11-story, $50M luxury void on Fort Myers Beach—News-Press

The first high-rise condominium tower to be built on Fort Myers Beach in almost a decade celebrated its groundbreaking last week at the eastern end of Bay Beach Lane.
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2/13/2020 Cerabino: West Palm Beach condo owners move on from Trump in a towering act of independence—The Palm Beach Post

You may have missed it, the big Trump vote in West Palm Beach last week.
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2/7/2020 West Palm Beach condo residents vote against restoring Trump name atop buildings—Washington Examiner

Residents of the Trump Plaza condominium in West Palm Beach, Florida, voted against restoring the president’s name atop of the twin-tower complex.
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1/29/2020 18-story Condo Tower, Reflection, to Rise Above Mirror Lake—St. Pete Rising

Fred Hemmer has lived in St. Petersburg for most of his life, and while he wasn’t born here, he calls St. Pete his home.
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1/27/2020 Dog shot and killed by deputy at Gasparilla after attacking patrol horse

A Hillsborough County Sheriff’s deputy shot and killed a dog along the Gasparilla Parade route Saturday evening after it attacked a patrol horse, authorities said.
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1/27/2020 A proposed 45-story St. Petersburg condo tower just cleared another hurdle—Tampa Bay Times

There’s still a long way to go. But a development that would include the tallest building on the west coast of Florida got a little closer to existence this week.
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1/23/2020 Aggressive squirrels finally out of Tampa Bay family’s condo—News Channel 8

8 On Your Side is getting results for a Tampa Bay area mother who has been terrorized by squirrels for the past several weeks.
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1/21/2020 Letters: Vacation-rental bills threaten communities—Palm Beach Post

SB 1128 and HB 1011, the “vacation rental” bills were just introduced in the Senate and House of Representatives in Tallahassee. If these bills are passed as written, every homeowners’ and condominium association in Florida will be prohibited from restricting short-term rentals and be required to permit Airbnb, VRBO and any other companies to actively promote day to day rentals in our communities.
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1/17/2020 How a little bank from Little Rock took over Miami real estate—Tampa Bay Times

When looking back at the great South Florida condo boom of the past decade, one financial institution is likely to stand out from the rest.
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1/17/2020 Park & Rec sued by condo association at its new downtown Tampa location—Tampa Bay Business Journal

The dispute between the condo association and Park & Rec began months before the bar and restaurant even opened, according to the lawsuit.
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1/15/2020 ‘I got the steal of the century’: $1 condos for sale in Palm Beach County? It’s true and here’s why—Palm Beach Post

Jon Leiberman rarely plays the lottery but he felt like he won it this past June.
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1/15/2020 Aggressive Squirrels Terrorizing Tampa Bay Family in Their Condo—News Channel 8

A Tampa Bay area mother says squirrels have moved into the condominium she’s renting near Kokomo and Marion Roads in Haines City.
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1/14/2020 Building anticipation: New places and spaces opening soon in the Tampa Bay Area—83 Degrees

The Tampa Bay Area’s forward march continues into the 2020s as builders and other contractors put the finishing touches on several major residential and commercial developments expected to open this year.
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1/14/2020 2-Alarm Fire Breaks Out At Westshore Condo Complex—Patch.com

A number of families were left homeless when a fire broke out at the Villa Sonoma condominiums in Westshore Saturday.
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1/13/2020 Several units affected by condominium fire in Tampa, no injuries reported—ABC Action News

There were no injuries reported after a condominium fire in Tampa on Saturday. Officials say the fire was at the Villa Sonoma Condominiums at International Plaza.
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