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Susan Taylor Martin - Former real estate reporter at the Tampa Bay Times
Susan Taylor Martin

Former real estate reporter at the Tampa Bay Times

  1. He’ll pay for $980,000 tax refund with almost 3 years in prison
    Jan. 23• Business
    Ramon Christopher Blanchett. [Courtesy of Ramon Christopher Blanchett]
  2. St. Pete is one of the country’s hottest new hotel markets. Here’s why.
    Jan. 7• Business
    The Tru by Hilton hotel under construction at 16th Street N and Central Avenue in St. Petersburg.
  3. Should a Tampa couple’s tent count as home sweet home?
    Jan. 2• Business
    In an effort to obtain a homestead exemption that would have saved them thousands of dollars in property taxes, the Baldwins slept in a tent on the grounds of their new house in Tampa before it was finished in 2015.
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  5. All this stuff came from charities: Aren’t we supposed to give to them?
    Dec. 25, 2019• Business
    Charity swag - calendars, wrapping paper, pens and other items charities sent to one person this year as an inducement to donate.
  6. Tampa’s James Cordier sued over ‘catastrophic loss’ in options trading
    Dec. 24, 2019• Business
    James Cordier, the founder of OptionSellers.com, apologized in an emotional YouTube video in November 2018 that losses from bad bets on energy prices would likely lead to the demise of his firm.
  7. Tampa Bay home prices went from down, down, down to up, up, up in 10 years
    Dec. 24, 2019• Real Estate
    This house on 10th Street NE in St. Petersburg sold for $115,000 in 2009; $170,000 in 2012 and $249,000 in 2018.
  8. Tampa apartments sell for $37 million
    Dec. 23, 2019• Business
    The Point at West End apartments in Tampa.
  9. It cost $300,000 to get rid of another buyer but Tampa Bay estate finally sells for $10 million
    Dec. 23, 2019• Business
    This Tarpon Spring estate sold Dec. 19, 2019 for $10 million.
  10. Buyers can take a virtual tour of condo tower planned for Tampa’s Bayshore Boulevard
    Dec. 20, 2019• Real Estate
    A rendering of a unit in the proposed Altura Bayshore condo tower in Tampa.
  11. Pasco house prices soared in November with priciest sale in three years
    Dec. 19, 2019• Real Estate
    This home in Land O' Lakes sold for $1.9 million in November.
  12. This St. Petersburg house was a flip. See what it looks like now
    Dec. 19, 2019• Real Estate
    This house on Haines Road in St. Petersburg had little curb appeal when it sold for $112,000 in March.
  13. This isn’t just your everyday luxury townhome development
    Dec. 19, 2019• Business
    Salt Palm Development, a Certified B Corporation, recently broke ground for the Royal, a 13-unit townhome project in St. Petersburg. Prices will range from $550,000 to $1.3 million.
  14. Clearwater apartment community sells for $78 million
    Dec. 18, 2019• Business
    The Vue at Belleair
  15. Boat-up restaurant planned for Westshore Marina District
    Dec. 17, 2019• Business
    Renderings of Paloma, a boat-up restaurant planned for Tampa's Westshore Marina District.
  16. New Florida Margaritaville planned - but not for Tampa Bay
    Dec. 17, 2019• Business
    Latitude Margaritaville Watersound is planned for this site in Bay County in Florida's Panhandle.
  17. Church sells downtown St. Pete lot for $6.3 million; mixed-used tower planned
    Dec. 16, 2019• Business
    The parking lot for the Christ United Methodist Church is being sold to a developer, who plans a mixed-use building from 18 to 25 stories. [Times 2017]
  18. Clearwater office center sells for $15.4 million
    Dec. 13, 2019• Business
    Meridian Concourse Center in Clearwater.
  19. Fewer Tampa Bay homeowners are underwater on their mortgages
    Dec. 12, 2019• Business
    U.S. homeowners have gained an average of $5,300 in equity since September 2018. [Associated Press]
  20. She occupied a Valrico house with a false deed. Now she’s trying to get this Tampa house, neighbors say
    Dec. 12, 2019• Business
    This house on Schefflera Road in Tampa's Carrollwood area was occupied by squatters who say they are the owners.
  21. St. Pete homeowners, preservationists win first round in battle to block 7-story apartment building
    Dec. 6, 2019• Business
    Developers of a proposed apartment complex near St. Petersburg's Mirror Lake area want to tear down this bungalow and replace it with a ramp to the parking garage.
  22. St. Pete panel approves 45-story condo tower. Would be West Florida’s tallest.
    Dec. 5, 2019• Business
    Renderings of the proposed Red Apple Group project show a 20-story hotel on the west side of the block, and a building of about six stories facing Central with parking, shops and offices. The 45-story condo tower rises at an angle on the east side of the block.
  23. This Old House: It tells the story of Tampa Bay’s boom-bust-boom real estate market.
    Dec. 5, 2019• Business
    This single-family home at 913 Pineview Avenue, in Clearwater (Monday, December 2, 2019), has seen foreclosures, flippers, upgrades and a big price swing. The current owners, Keith Lynch and Mallory Lynch, are the seventh owners of the house since 2006 - they moved here from San Francisco.
  24. Dr. Akshay Desai, founder of Universal Health Care, dies at 61
    Dec. 4, 2019• Business
    Dr. Akshay Desai, founder of now-defunct Universal Health Care. .