TAMPA BAY AREA Bridgeport Center Sold Flagler Development Group of Jacksonville has acquired its first Tampa property, paying $29.5 million to buy the nine-story Bridgeport Center, 5201 W. Kennedy Blvd., from Boston-based AEW Capital Management. Mike Davis, senior director for Cushman & Wakefield, which brokered the deal, said Bridgeport Center is the area's first major office building to trade hands since the credit crunch hit Wall Street in November. Davis said the 170,924-square-foot building in the West Shore business district sold for nearly as much as Cushman & Wakefield estimated it would before the credit troubles. The deal proves buyers remain bullish about commercial properties in the Tampa Bay area, Davis said. ...more

February 2, 2008

TAMPA - Sue Ebner could be cruising the Veterans Expressway on her way to work each morning, with hot coffee in the cup holder and her favorite radio station tuned to the traffic report. Like most other drivers during the morning rush hour, she could be driving in the private cocoon of her own automobile. ...more

November 4, 2007

Houses for sale for $100,000. In Tampa. New construction. A small, not-for-profit group called the Westshore Community Development Corp. is spearheading an affordable housing project that backers hope will serve as a model for Tampa and the rest of Hillsborough County. ...more

October 28, 2007

In the past five years, the investment and interest in West Tampa has called out for the historical neighborhood's rebirth. ...more

October 17, 2007

Construction on two highway projects at Tampa International Airport remains on schedule, and the new airport interchange could even be finished early, airport and state highway officials said Thursday. ...more

October 12, 2007

The office development famine is over. But the feast might be hard to digest. ...more

September 11, 2007