Industry Insights

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Tampa-based Melting Pot brings fondue to grocery stores nationwide Melting Pot at Home fondue packages beside a pot of melted cheese with bread and vegetables arranged on a table

Melting Pot at Home fondue packages beside a pot of melted cheese with bread and vegetables arranged on a table

Tampa-based Melting Pot brings fondue to grocery stores nationwide

Chuck Merlis October 28, 2025

Melting Pot brings its signature fondue to Publix shelves in the brand’s largest retail expansion to date.

South Sarasota gets new 325-unit luxury apartment complex Rendering of Tapestry Sarasota, a four-story luxury apartment community developed by Arlington Properties and Battery Global Advisors near Palmer Ranch in South Sarasota, featuring modern coastal architecture, palm-lined streets, and resort-style design elements.

Rendering of Tapestry Sarasota, a four-story luxury apartment community developed by Arlington Properties and Battery Global Advisors near Palmer Ranch in South Sarasota, featuring modern coastal architecture, palm-lined streets, and resort-style design elements.

South Sarasota gets new 325-unit luxury apartment complex

Chuck Merlis October 27, 2025

Arlington Properties and Battery Global Advisors are bringing Tapestry Sarasota, a 325-unit luxury apartment complex, to South...

Bojangles returns to Tampa Bay Nov. 4 with new restaurant Exterior of a Bojangles restaurant in Pinellas Park, featuring the signature red “Bo” logo on a white building with an orange awning and tree in the foreground.

Bojangles returns to Tampa Bay Nov. 4 with new restaurant

Chuck Merlis October 27, 2025

Bojangles opens its first Tampa Bay restaurant in Pinellas Park on November 4, expanding its Southern roots...

Ryan Serhant to lead Aston Martin Residences sales Rendering of the Aston Martin Residences tower beside a photo of Ryan Serhant speaking at an event.

Rendering of the Aston Martin Residences tower beside a photo of Ryan Serhant speaking at an event.

Ryan Serhant to lead Aston Martin Residences sales

Chuck Merlis October 27, 2025

Aston Martin partners with Ryan Serhant’s brokerage to lead sales and marketing for its new oceanfront residences...

Major milestone for Ybor’s Gasworx project Aerial view of the Gasworx mixed-use development under construction in Ybor City, Tampa

Major milestone for Ybor’s Gasworx project

Chuck Merlis October 27, 2025

Ybor’s Gasworx hits a milestone as the Grow Financial tower tops out, marking the next phase of...

Downtown St. Pete’s EVO nears capacity with health-focused tenants A 23-story mixed-use tower named EVO rises above downtown St. Petersburg, featuring modern architecture, glass balconies, and surrounding midrise developments under clear blue skies.

A 23-story mixed-use tower named EVO rises above downtown St. Petersburg, featuring modern architecture, glass balconies, and surrounding midrise developments under clear blue skies.

Downtown St. Pete’s EVO nears capacity with health-focused tenants

Chuck Merlis October 27, 2025

EVO’s new tenants bring wellness-focused energy to downtown St. Pete, leaving just one retail space available.

Tampa City Council approves massive observation wheel for Channelside Rendering of Tampa WOW!, a 250-foot observation wheel planned for downtown Tampa’s Channel District, illuminated at sunset with cruise ships docked nearby and The Florida Aquarium in the foreground.

Rendering of Tampa WOW!, a 250-foot observation wheel planned for downtown Tampa’s Channel District, illuminated at sunset with cruise ships docked nearby and The Florida Aquarium in the foreground.

Tampa City Council approves massive observation wheel for Channelside

Chuck Merlis October 23, 2025

A 250-foot observation wheel called Tampa WOW! will open on the Channelside waterfront in 2026, adding a...

Investors snap up West Tampa Pollo Campero for $3M Aerial view of a newly built Pollo Campero restaurant in West Tampa, located next to a Chipotle and across from a Target and Lowe’s shopping center on West Waters Avenue. Several cars are parked in the lot under a bright, sunny sky.

Aerial view of a newly built Pollo Campero restaurant in West Tampa, located next to a Chipotle and across from a Target and Lowe’s shopping center on West Waters Avenue. Several cars are parked in the lot under a bright, sunny sky.

Investors snap up West Tampa Pollo Campero for $3M

Chuck Merlis October 23, 2025

A $3.06 million sale of Pollo Campero highlights rising investor confidence in Tampa’s restaurant real estate market.

Meet the Tampa firm teaching NFL players life after football Teal Henderson and Tampa Bay Buccaneers wide receiver Mike Evans beside the Bones Investment Group logo.

Meet the Tampa firm teaching NFL players life after football

Chuck Merlis October 23, 2025

From the locker room to the boardroom, NFL players are learning what real wealth means after football.

The link between Tampa and Daytona’s biggest real estate projects Split image showing Tampa’s Gasworx development under construction alongside a rendering of the Aston Martin Residences Daytona Beach Shores tower.