Tampa Bay's commercial real estate professionals keep working on deals in the face of coronavirus
By Ashley Gurbal Kritzer
Tampa Bay Business Journal
Published: Apr 3, 2020

In the face of the coronavirus outbreak, Britney Mroczkowski is handling most of her work as BTI Partners' vice president of real estate from home. But she still visits BTI's big project in the Tampa Bay area, Westshore Marina District, to watch the construction progress and sometimes post videos on Instagram.

"I do go to the site once a day to check in on things and keep my distance from everyone," she said. "I’ve been trying to take advantage of using social media more and trying to promote that we are still busy."

All sectors of commercial real estate in Tampa Bay have been performing well for several years, with vacancies down, rents climbing and new development underway. So far, the coronavirus pandemic hasn't slowed that momentum, professionals say — though it's still early days.