List alert: Commercial real estate brokers surveys are open

The Tampa Bay Business Journal is currently surveying for its List of the largest commercial real estate brokers in the Tampa Bay area. The List is limited to firms that have an office in at least one of the following counties: Hernando, Hillsborough, Manatee, Pasco, Pinellas, Polk and Sarasota.

The initial survey links were sent out via email on Feb. 9. Anyone who did not receive one but would like to participate can contact me at [email protected] or at (813) 342-2474. Please include the…

Southern Season to build $6.3M warehouse facility in Mebane

Southern Season, a Chapel Hill-based gourmet food and gift retailer, confirmed that it will move forward this year on a $6.3 million warehouse at the N.C. Industrial Center in Mebane.

The 108,000-square-foot structure will bring 45 jobs and replace an Orange County facility. It has the potential to double in size, company officials said.

Southern Season is going ahead with the plans after the city of Mebane late last year approved up to $90,000 worth of incentives for the company. The new warehouse…

Real Estate Roundup: $1.3M for a prime inner-city lot, Diamond Foods goes all in in Salem

Here’s a look at some of the latest commercial real estate transactions in the Portland metro region submitted to Real Estate Roundup, the Business Journal’s database of commercial real estate transactions.

You can view more deals in the database or submit transactions for inclusion in the section.

Buckman Development LLC purchased a 10,000 square-foot vacant lot at 1324 S.E. Oak St. for $1.3 million from the Bastasch Family Trust. Jared Whipps of CBRE, who specializes in multifamily investment…

Five Guys’ new Celebration eatery to feature a first in Florida

A new better-burger joint being built as part of a new shopping center in Celebration is expected to have a menu item not found in the chain’s other Florida restaurants: milkshakes.

Orlando-based franchisee Bengel’s Burgers LLC plans to open a 2,750-square-foot Five Guys Burgers & Fries eatery by late September in the planned Shoppes at Celebration Place, a new retail complex being built on a mostly vacant site at the corner of U.S. Highway 192 and Celebration Place. The new eatery is set to be…

$50M Martinrea plant a successful debut for senior-living developer

Tutera Group, a Kansas City firm known for developing retail, office, senior-living and health care facilities, has completed its first manufacturing project — a huge one.

The new 275,560-square-foot plant for Ontario-based automotive supplier Martinrea International Inc. was built — on time and on budget — at 5233 NW 41st St. in Riverside.

Tutera Group CEO Joe Tutera said land acquisition and construction costs for the new plant totaled $19 million. In addition, Martinrea will spend $30…