February 1st, 2010 | Category Articles, News

North Florida Region’s Retail Commercial Real Estate Doing Just Fine in Difficult Economy

Idea Exchange - ICSC 2010 North Florida

Francis Rentz, CCIM, Managing Co-Director and Senior Advisor of Sperry Van Ness | Southland Commercial, was a featured guest speaker at the recent ICSC North Florida Idea Exchange that was held at the Ponte Vedra Inn & Club in Jacksonville, Florida.  Rentz is an expert in the region and shared his insight and knowledge on the state of the real estate industry from Tallahassee to Pensacola, throughout the Panhandle of Florida.  Discussion topics included key economic drivers in the region as well as signs of a recovery in these markets and an outlook on what key areas will be hot spots to watch for the future.
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November 11th, 2009 | Category Articles, News

Northwest Florida benefits from Southwest Airlines expansion

For those of us in the commercial real estate business the announcement that Southwest Airlines CEO Gary Kelley made last week is very exciting! The low-cost airline will begin servicing Northwest Florida-Panama City International Airport beginning in May 2010.  The commencement of Southwest Airlines servicing Northwest Florida will be in conjunction with the [...]