Interested in buying a prime restaurant location on the cheap? At least seven Bennigan's or Steak & Ale locations, shuttered after the chain filed for bankruptcy, are on the market in the Tampa Bay area - four of which will be auctioned off as part of a nationwide sale next month. Some commercial real estate experts think some of the properties could sell for as little as 30 cents on the dollar. ...more

October 18, 2008

Interested in buying a prime restaurant location on the cheap? ...more

October 17, 2008

When financial panic sweeps Bedford Falls in the 1946 movie "It's a Wonderful Life," the villain, Mr. Potter, moves to snap up Bailey Savings & Loan, offering a fire-sale price of 50 cents on the dollar. ...more

October 11, 2008

TAMPA Economists say there's a bright spot to be found in one of the Tampa Bay area's rougher edges: the Port of Tampa. ...more

September 11, 2008

This is the Marcus & Millichap 2008 ranking of industrial markets based on various indicators, including employment growth, construction, amount of industrial vacancy and rent growth. ...more

September 11, 2008

AVON PARK — The Housing Authority of Avon Park's plans to acquire Ridgedale Apartments have stalled after the complex's owners balked at the possibility of paying a penalty for dissolving its contract with another management company, authority Executive Director Larry Shoeman said. According to Shoeman, Columbus, Ohio-based Ridgedale LLC needed to make the housing authority the property manager during the rehabilitation work that will be needed for the 36-unit project. To do that, however, Ridgedale needed to ditch its current management company, according to their contract. "The management is not willing to terminate the agreement without a penalty," Shoeman told the Housing Authority of Avon Park's Board of Commissioners Wednesday evening. "We're at an impasse at this point." ...more

June 22, 2008