From the Desk of Brian Andrus… Greetings, What should someone apply to BOTH residential and commercial markets? Local expertise and experience. One should use it when becoming engaged in either market in our area. There are factors that affect every deal, and...
A quarter century ago, the Tampa area’s commercial real estate brokerage community was mostly a loose confederation of agents who did deals together but lacked any greater cohesion. Bob Zegota and a core group of experienced agents decided to change all that....
Thursday, January 19 – FGCAR celebrated the installment of the 2017 Board of Directors with a presentation from Larry Feldman, Feldman Equities. The audience was able to learn more about Park Tower and his Riverwalk development which will break ground in 2017....
A recent June 2017 report from Credit Suisse estimates that between 20% and 25% of the nation’s shopping malls will close in the next five years as shoppers’ habits continue to shift from in-store to online buying. Traditional mall anchors such as Macy’s, J.C. Penney,...
The Florida Gulfcoast Commercial Association of Realtors® (FGCAR) stands behind its position that the recently reduced business rental tax by the Florida Senate remains economically damaging to business, even as a very small measure of relief was accomplished. A tax...
June 17, 2015 Newsletter – Here’s a hopefully useful update. There have been some changes in trends and recent information that may be of interest to you. I’ll start with the question I am often asked. What’s the real estate market like in the...