Inside this issue
Volume 3 Number 3
Exclusive FEATURES
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DESTINY’S DEVELOPERS COUNTER
CLAIMS OF CONTRIBUTING TO SPRAWL
The nation’s first “eco-sustainable city” will include a 500-acre
Alternative Energy Industrial Park that would create thousands of jobs
By Carl Cronan
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Cover Story
40 UNDER 40: RISING STARS
OF FLORIDA REAL ESTATE
The next generation of Florida commercial real estate professionals
is already hard at work in a tough market
By Carl Cronan
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OFFICE MARKET: TOPPING OUT?
As statewide vacancy peaks in the first quarter, office brokers believe
the worst may be over
By Carl Cronan
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MIAMI-DADE: MORE ROOM FOR
GROWTH
With more office and living space on the horizon, brokers are confident
that there will be takers
By Carl Cronan
Departments
Best of the Blogs: globest.com/blogs
4 Editor’s Page
Youth Movement
By Carl Cronan
COMMERCIAL GROVE
"Students Are Teaching Us”
COUNTER CULTURE
“Are Major Store Closures
Over?”
9 Top of the Market
A quick glance at the state’s most recent
deals, as reported by GlobeSt.com
10 Commercial Conversation
Highwoods Properties’ Ed Fritsch
Carl Cronan
“Rather than getting discouraged about their prospects,
the next generation appears
to be coming out of the corner
swinging.”
Ian Ritter
“Didn’t you think that by
this time there would be
more fallout from major
chains?”
23 Ad Index