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The Best Construction Project of the Year over 50,000 square feet

Feldman Equities’ City Center renovation has been named “Best Construction Project of the Year over 50,000 Square Feet” at the ...

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St. Pete’s office market is shrinking — here’s why that matters

As residential and mixed-use towers continue to reshape downtown St. Petersburg, a quieter yet equally significant transformation is underway: a ...

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Tampa Bay developers say we can’t build offices fast enough. Here’s why

America has more office space than it knows what to do with. Since the COVID-19 pandemic, companies across the country ...

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49-story Waldorf Astoria condo could become St. Petersburg’s tallest tower

A Miami developer is one step closer to building a 49-story, $225 million luxury condominium and office tower called the ...

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49-story Waldorf Astoria Residences condo tower preliminarily approved for downtown St. Pete

The St. Petersburg City Council, acting as the Community Redevelopment Agency, has approved preliminary plans for the 49-story Waldorf Astoria ...

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Suncoast Business Forum: Larry Feldman

Larry Feldman, CEO of Feldman Equities, has been a key player in Tampa Bay’s commercial real estate market since 2009, ...

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Workforce Trends: Office Return Accelerates

Across the U.S., the office market is in tough shape. Sales volumes are down, and new construction has slowed to ...

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Will St. Petersburg get a five-star hotel brand? Here’s what it will take.

Officials with St. Petersburg-based Feldman Equities announced Monday morning that a multi-million-dollar renovation project has commenced at City Center.

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Will a Waldorf Astoria-branded tower join St. Pete’s skyline?

Officials with St. Petersburg-based Feldman Equities announced Monday morning that a multi-million-dollar renovation project has commenced at City Center.

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St. Petersburg condo development courts five-star hotel brands

Officials with St. Petersburg-based Feldman Equities announced Monday morning that a multi-million-dollar renovation project has commenced at City Center.

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Florida’s Job Market Keeps Firing on All Cylinders

Across the U.S., the office market is in tough shape. Sales volumes are down, and new construction has slowed to ...

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[RENDERINGS] Expansive renovation to transform downtown St. Pete’s City Center

The heart of downtown St. Petersburg is set for a significant transformation as Feldman Equities Realty, the leasing agent for ...

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‘Multi-million-dollar’ renovations begin on downtown tower

Officials with St. Petersburg-based Feldman Equities announced Monday morning that a multi-million-dollar renovation project has commenced at City Center.

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Downtown St. Pete’s City Center office town begins multi-million dollar renovation

Real estate values across the country have continued to increase for the last 10 years, with median home prices roughly ...

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Florida’s Office Forecast Remains Surprisingly Sunny

Across the U.S., the office market is in tough shape. Sales volumes are down, and new construction has slowed to ...

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April 2024 Office Update: Workers Keep Returning to Offices

We have been saying it for years and it is happening: Workers are returning to their offices. As of February, ...

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Suburban Offices Vs. Urban Offices: A Growing Divide

As the office market continues to struggle nationally, there remains a tendency to paint the entire sector with one broad ...

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AN AERIAL VIEW OF THE DOWNTOWN ST. PETE SKYLINE | KRAYER ZIMRING FOR ST. PETE DOWNTOWN PARTNERSHIP

Inside St. Pete’s Development Guide: Fostering equitable growth amid downtown population boom

It's no secret St. Petersburg is a jewel bustling with small locally-owned businesses and an activated waterfront, but there are ...

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Silver-level Bicycle Friendly Business

Feldman Equities, LLC has earned recognition as a Silver Bicycle Friendly Business from the League of American Bicyclists! We’ve joined ...

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Opportunity: Florida office is getting thrown out with the national bathwater

Read the headlines about the office market, and listen to the chatter among industry leaders, and the message is clear: ...

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News Update: Florida’s Office Market Is Doing Just Fine

Office markets nationwide are struggling with remote work. But in Florida, where office markets just notched another quarter of record-high ...

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Live Local Act changes could affect affordable housing projects in Tampa Bay

“A lot of developers that are looking at the changes are asking, ‘Is it even worth continuing if we can’t ...

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2024 Outlook: Florida’s Population Story Keeps Marching On

Back in late 2022, when the U.S. Census Bureau reported that Florida was the fastest-growing state in the nation for ...

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December Outlook: Sunshine State Boom Continues

Florida’s strong economy keeps rolling and, month after month, the Sunshine State’s job market outpaces that of the nation as ...

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Crafting communities: Experts illuminate placemaking pathways for St. Pete

The Developer’s Council of the Downtown Partnership heard from national experts on Placemaking at their quarterly meeting on Tuesday evening. ...

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October Outlook: Seasonal No Longer, Sunshine State Embraces Year-Round Boom

Florida’s economy just keeps churning out jobs and growth. Because job creation is a crucial ingredient in a healthy office ...

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September Outlook: Financial Firms Flock to Sunshine State

In Florida, we’ve had a front-row seat for a paradigm shift in the balance of economic power. The Sunshine State ...

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Detroit coworking company expands to downtown St. Pete

A Detroit-based coworking company is expanding to downtown St. Petersburg. SpaceLab, which was founded in 2017, has more than 500 ...

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Cypress Creek Office Park Reaches 94% Occupancy With New Lease Deals, Renewals And Expansions

Feldman Equities announced it has achieved a 94%+ occupancy following the signing of numerous new leases at Pinnacle Corporate Park, ...

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Fort Lauderdale office complex now 94% leased following addition of new tenants

A commercial park in Fort Lauderdale is 94% leased following a string of recent lease deals. Since Jan. 1, about ...

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August Outlook: Soft Landing Looks More Likely As Florida Economy Soars

For months, economists and investors predicted the pandemic-spurred economic boom would turn to bust in 2023. The only question was ...

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Feldman Equities Announces New Leases at Pinnacle Corporate Park

Fort Lauderdale, Fla., June 30, 2023 – Feldman Equities has announced the signing of numerous new leases within Pinnacle Corporate ...

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Does St. Pete need a downtown improvement district?

An initiative to implement a special assessment district in downtown St. Petersburg is gaining traction. It would fund improvements and provide cleanliness ...

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July Outlook: The Fed, Inflation and Florida’s Continued Growth Story

After a couple of great years, today’s real estate investors are staring down a vexing variety of economic variables. Is ...

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Mack Feldman Announced as ULI YLG Co-Chair

ULI Tampa Bay and Mark Stroud are pleased to announce Mack Feldman and Rachel Ebner as new YLG Co-Chairs! Thank you for joining us in congratulating ...

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5 Reasons Florida Is Creating Opportunity for Real Estate Investors

The Florida economy has been on an absolute tear. By nearly every metric, the Sunshine State is firing on all ...

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Mixed-use office development with affordable housing proposed

The property, which is currently a surface parking lot, was once part of a $200 million mixed-use proposal that would ...

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Feldman Equities, PMG bid for 800 Block site

Feldman Equities, one of the largest commercial real estate stakeholders in St. Petersburg, and Miami-based development firm Property Markets Group ...

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Affordable apartments, offices proposed at St. Pete site Moffitt sought

A development group interested in creating affordable and market-rate housing, offices and shops has submitted an unsolicited proposal for a ...

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Officials looking for solutions to office space shortages

St. Petersburg is losing large companies that provide high-paying jobs to other cities due to its lack of premium office ...

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St. Pete City Council approves zoning changes aimed to improve housing

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — St. Pete City Council voted Thursday night after a lengthy meeting to allow adding more units to some ...

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St. Petersburg City Council moves forward with rezoning plan

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla (WFLA) — St. Petersburg City Council members voted to approve a rezoning plan aimed at increasing density throughout the ...

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St. Pete approves zoning change to increase housing supply

The change makes way for what supporters call “missing middle housing,” like duplexes, triplexes and quadplexes. Read the full article ...

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Inflation. Hybrid work. AI: Tampa Bay employers face a sea of change in 2023

Across Tampa Bay and around the country, many business leaders find themselves in a phase of trial and error that ...

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In Florida office market, wise developers mix some condo units into the plan

While questions remain about the office market in states like New York or California, Florida office landlords are surviving, even ...

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Bocce, beer taps and balconies: To succeed, office buildings need hip amenities

If you’re renting office space, you better have the cool factor. That’s the lesson from the pandemic-driven shift in work ...

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More and more, employers are requiring workers to return to the office

In a move that’s good for office landlords but also for workplace collegiality and for the overall economy, large employers ...

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Special Update - Reflecting Economic Boom

Reflecting Economic Boom, Florida Tops U.S. in Population Growth

Over the course of seven decades, Florida has transformed itself from a backwater into an economic powerhouse. In 1946, Florida ...

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Florida’s office market bounces back from Covid storm

Offices emptied out during the pandemic. Now, they’re filling back up again, and Florida has one of the nation’s healthiest ...

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A Tale of Two Office Worlds

My good friend and guest today, Larry Feldman, has over 30 years experience owning and operating major downtown office buildings. ...

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It is a Rare Bear That Visits U.S. Commercial Real Estate

In the last 25 years, there have been only two serious downturns in commercial real estate, and one lasted less ...

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Amid Population Surge and Economic Rebound, Florida’s Downtown Office Market Bounces Back

In media coverage and popular perception, one steady theme has held constant throughout the COVID pandemic: The office market is ...

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Real Estate Assets Will Play a Key Role in Combating Inflation Risk

On November 10, 2021, the US Labor Department released data indicating that the year-over-year inflation rate had reached 6.2 percent, ...

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The Impact of Fed Tapering on Commercial Real Estate

It’s no secret that the Fed is preparing to taper its asset purchases which have been at record highs to ...

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Real Estate is Golden

It’s a common refrain, and yet more fabulous than truth: Gold has an abiding and near mystic intrinsic value, and ...

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How Will The Debt Ceiling Crisis Impact Housing?

Almost any news outlet you turn to today is running headlines on the impending debt ceiling crisis. Each of them ...

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Changes In Housing Policy Amidst An Affordability Crisis

Real estate values across the country have continued to increase for the last 10 years, with median home prices roughly ...

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Special Webinar Presentation

Special Webinar Presentation Recorded Live: August 17, 2021 Office Investment In a Post-COVID World: The Florida Case Study Gower dub ...

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ConnectWise to Relocate to Downtown Tampa’s Park Tower

Feldman Equities and Tower Realty Partners announced today that ConnectWise has signed a lease for 65,559 square feet in downtown ...

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Castille at Carillon Virtual Tour

400 Castille at Carillon is a 100,000 square foot office building that caters to high end tenants in a neighborhood ...

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Lack of office space raises concerns as companies bang on St. Pete’s door

Commercial real estate and economic development leaders are urging the St. Petersburg City Council not to pump the brakes on ...

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The Pandemic is Changing How Companies Are Using Office Space

There’s currently about 1.8 million square feet of office space available for lease in Tampa and St. Petersburg’s downtowns combined. ...

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Tampa-St. Pete’s biggest weakness could be a plus for the office market during Covid-19

There’s a bright spot in the Covid-19 pandemic for commercial real estate and office space. Companies looking for new sites ...

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The Office, as we know it, is NOT Dead.

Bruce Stachenfeld aka The Real Estate Philosopher™ shares his thoughts on the status of the office. The Real Estate Philosopher: ...

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Pandemic prompts local real estate developers to look at patios, package rooms

Design changes are among the trends leaders from development firms talked about during an Aug. 11 panel discussion hosted online ...

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Feldman Equities Turns to High-Tech Solutions to Create Cleaner Workspaces Amidst Pandemic

Some companies are turning to high-tech solutions to create cleaner workspaces. Feldman Equities has installed nano septic elevator buttons with ...

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Feldman Equities Among Those Investing in Health-Focused Upgrades To Win Tenants in the Era of Covid-19

By Ashley Gurbal Kritzer  – Senior Reporter, Tampa Bay Business Journal New York-based Bromley Cos, the developer of Midtown Tampa, ...

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First Central Tower

Crowdfunding proves popular for downtown St. Pete’s First Central Tower

In less than a week, Feldman Equities raised $21 million of its $22 million goal for investor funding for First ...

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Developers Pitch Ideas to Transform Two Sites in Downtown St. Pete

  Over the past few months, several groups have been in the running to redevelop two centrally located city-owned properties ...

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Real estate investors can get a stake in Feldman’s First Central Tower in downtown St. Pete

The St Pete Catalyst has reported on Feldman Equities’ latest real estate investment opportunity. The company is recapitalizing First Central Tower, a high-rise ...

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Crisis Creates Opportunity

For one of Tampa’s biggest office landlords, anti-virus measures are now a key negotiating tactic for taking market share.

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Will the pandemic cause Tampa Bay businesses to reduce their office space?

Mack Feldman, vice president of Feldman Equities, which owns several major office buildings in Tampa Bay, said Florida may see ...

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Here’s what a downtown St. Pete tower owner is doing to get tenants back in the office

A study from Gensler Research Institute found only 12 percent of U.S. office workers at companies of 100 or more ...

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Feldman Equities Partners with Property Markets Group (PMG) On Pitch for Mixed-Use Project in Downtown St. Petersburg

Back in December, St. Pete Rising reported that the City of St. Pete received an unsolicited offer from New York-based ...

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For a Decade, Tampa Bay’s Commercial Real Estate has Focused on Experiential, Social Properties. How Will Coronavirus Change That?

Larry Feldman, CEO of Feldman Equities in Tampa, said he thinks the two dynamics — more square footage per employee, ...

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Tampa Bay’s Commercial Real Estate Professionals Keep Working on Deals in the Face of Coronavirus

The coronavirus pandemic hasn’t slowed momentum, professionals say — though it’s still early days. “Office leases have been getting done ...

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Sarasota City Center Deal Could Have “Transformative Impact”

Feldman Equities and partners plan to spend up to $10 million to enhance their newest acquisition in downtown Sarasota. by: Kevin ...

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Sarasota City Center

Feldman Equities Plans Renovations for Recent Sarasota Acquisition

Feldman Equities expects to begin renovations within 45 days on its recent acquisition of Sarasota City Center, which is comprised ...

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Special Update: Covid-19 (Coronavirus) Impact on Commercial Real Estate

Corona Virus. Well, first of all, I had a cold recently, and some friends came up to me and they ...

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Feldman And Tower Announce Acquisition of Sarasota City Center

SARASOTA, FLORIDA – Feldman Equities, LLC (“Feldman”) and its joint venture partners, Tower Realty Partners (“Tower”) and Equity Street announced ...

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Tampa Bay Office Owner Expands Reach to Sarasota

“We’ve had our eye on the Sarasota market for years now, and we’re thrilled to grow our greater Tampa Bay ...

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Feldman Equities Portfolio Sees 44,000 Square Feet of Leasing in January 2020

As office vacancies tighten throughout the Tampa Bay region, Feldman Equities, LLC has secured nearly 44,000 square feet of office ...

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Tampa Continues to Surge in National Survey

Strong demographics and job growth are fueling investment, residential development throughout the metro area. The Tampa/St. Petersburg/Clearwater market continues to ...

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Thoughts from Mack Feldman on the Redevelopment of St Pete’s Tropicana Field

Tampa-St. Pete real estate leader Mack Feldman of Feldman Equities, LLC offers his ideas on how to move forward with development at St. ...

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Crowdfunding Deal Garners Sales Excellence Award

CREW Tampa Bay selects Castille at Carillon as a WINNER for the 8th Annual CREW Tampa Bay Excellence Awards “The ...

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Podcast: Reinventing the Office Building

Larry contacted me via LinkedIn over the summer and asked what I knew about digital marketing and how it could ...

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Castille at Carillon

A Crowdfunded Castille

by: Kevin McQuaid Commercial Real Estate Editor Business Observer Feldman Equities took a distinctly different path — both geographically and ...

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NAIOP Broker Update – Room to Run

If you’re on the path to becoming or being a real estate developer in any market, you’ll want to watch ...

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Castille at Carillon

Acquisition Through Crowdfunding

This August in conjunction with our partner, Tower Realty Partners, we completed our first acquisition with outside investors through the ...

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Read About our Castille at Carillon Acquisition

In conjunction with partner Tower Realty Partners, we have acquired Castille at Carillon, a two-building Class A office ...

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Castille at Carillon

Invest with us in Castille at Carillon

Experienced real estate owner Feldman Equities, is giving investors an opportunity to own a portion of one of their Class ...

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Renovations Are About More Than Adding Paint & Shiny Amenities

Office building renovations are about remaining viable. “As a landlord of an existing building, you always have to upgrade, real ...

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Feldman Equities to Purchase Castille at Carillon in St. Petersburg

Feldman Equities LLC and Tower Realty Partners are looking to raise about $6 million from outside investors as they purchase ...

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Baharea Larsen Joins Feldman Equities Team

With an eye towards the continued success of our leasing program and expansion of the company’s real estate portfolio, Feldman ...

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Tampa Bay cracks national Top 10 list for real estate investors

Tampa Bay Times “The investment prospects are across all types of properties,” said Mitch Roschelle, a partner at PwC US ...

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Check Out our Stunning Downtown Properties

We have properties on both sides of the bay in the stunning waterfront downtowns of Tampa and St Petersburg.

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Transforming Aging Structures into Modern Workplaces with Amenities Today’s Tenants Covet.

Money Well Spent BY: KEVIN MCQUAID | COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE EDITOR   While many investors inject fresh capital into assets ...

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Forbes Ranks Tampa Bay as 8th Fastest Growing Metro in 2017

Good news for our for our office portfolio and the Tampa Bay business community. Forbes ranked the Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater MSA ...

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Creating Workplaces And Spaces That Surprise And Exceed Expectations

“The contributions of Feldman Equities, and Larry Feldman specifically, to the Bay area urban environment cannot be understated.  In the last ...

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NAIOP Best of the Best

We’ve earned six nominations for the 2016 NAIOP Tampa Bay Best of the Best Awards. NAIOP Tampa Bay will recognize local ...

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