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INDUSTRIAL UPDATE
Development of commerce parks gets as expensive
for what goes into the ground as on top
By Carl Cronan
4 Publisher’s Page Michael Desiato: What’s up with
the frog?
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COMMERCIAL BROKER
ALL-STARS
Meet 25 of the state’s top brokers who continue to
produce in spite of the state’s tough commercial
market
8 Florida Focus Condo owner puts 171 units on
one lot up for auction. Davidson
Hotel takes on two more properties. Could Carl Ichan have prevented WCI’s bankruptcy?
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10 GlobeSt.com Webinar Economic perceptions are
bleaker than reality, expert panelists express
12 Commercial Conversation Gary Godsey of Jones Lang LaSalle
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CHALLENGES OF
MIXED-USE PROJECTS
As they proliferate throughout the Sunshine State,
experts sort between those developments that can
truly make that claim
By Carl Cronan
14 Southeast Perspectives Institutional buyers are throwing
cash around South Florida.
Broward County retail is hit hard
by the downturn.
16 Southwest Perspectives Tampa’s Westshore is dialing down
new office plans. In Lakeland, I- 4
site switches from fast cars to
heavy trucks.
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MARKET SPOTLIGHT: BOCA
RATON/WEST PALM BEACH
Palm Beach County is experiencing rising vacancies, or as experts call it, a market correction
By Crystal Proenza
18 Central Perspectives Conservation deals surge, with
$59 million worth of recent transactions. Will development opportunities roll to the Great Orlando
Wheel?
20 North Perspectives Plans are under way after JaxPort abandons eminent domain
case at a St. Johns River site. An
interchange in Lake City emerges
as a distribution hub.
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40 After Hours Licensed pilot and commercial
broker Elliott Ross makes his
plane available to young patients
in need
