20 May, 2013 – The Addison at South Tryon, Charlotte, NC

May 20, 2013 “ContraVest:  Development, Construction, and Property Management of  The Addison at South Tryon.” The Addison at South Tryon is under construction and located in the highly sought after southwest Charlotte submarket. Over the past decade, the number of households in southwest Charlotte has doubled, which has allowed the population in this area to …

17 May, 2013 – The Courtney at Bay Pines, St. Petersburg, FL

May 17, 2013 “ContraVest:  Development, Construction, and Property Management of The Courtney at Bay Pines.“ ContraVest began construction on The Courtney at Bay Pines in April 2012. Updates will be posted as development and construction progresses. The Courtney at Bay Pines will be managed by ContraVest Management Company.Location:  the NW corner of Bay Pines Boulevard and …

13 May, 2013 – Courtney Station in Pooler, GA Sells

May 13, 2013 “ContraVest Sells Courtney Station Apartments in Pooler, Georgia” ContraVest Development Partners of Altamonte Springs, Florida is pleased to announce the sale of their Courtney Station Apartment community, located in Pooler, Georgia. Their 300 unit apartment community sold on April 29, 2013 for $35,250,000 or $117,500 per unit, which is a record selling …

26 April, 2012 – “New Apartment Project Coming to Southwest Pinellas”

April 26, 2012 Tampa Bay Business Journal Multifamily development and construction company ContraVest said it is partnering with Northwestern Mutual to begin construction on a 330-unit luxury apartment community in Seminole, west of St. Petersburg. The $38 million development, called The Courtney at Bay Pines, will have two-, three- and four-story buildings with elevators and consist of …

20 April, 2012 – “ContraVest Develops Luxury Apartments in St. Petersburg, FL”

“ContraVest Develops Luxury Apartments in St. Petersburg, FL”, ContraVest Press Release Mark Ogier, Partner St. Petersburg – ContraVest, a vertically integrated multifamily real estate company, is partnering with Northwestern Mutual to begin construction on a 330 unit luxury apartment community in St. Petersburg.  The community, named The Courtney at Bay Pines, will have 2, 3 …

6 October, 2009 – “ContraVest, Inc.”

With one look at Lake Mary, Fla.-based ContraVest Construction Cos.’ portfolio, you might forget about the residential real estate slump. Since it was founded in 1986, ContraVest Construction Co. and its parent company – ContraVest Inc. – have completed a combined total of some 22,007 multifamily units nationwide.As the general contractor for some of the …

19 May, 2009 – “Looking for the Bottom”

May 19, 2009 Multifamily Executive, Les Shaver The falloffs came fast and hard across the board last year.In 2007, Hunt Building Co. built 9,366 units of rental housing, landing the El Paso, Texas-based firm squarely in the No. 2 spot on Multifamily Executive’s Top 50 Builders list that year. This year, it will take the …

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MULTIFAMILY EXECUTIVE

“Swimming Upstream, ContraVest’s Philosophy Spawns Opportunities” Multifamily Executive Magazine, May 2002 By Miriam Lupkin, Editor Gerald Ogier has found that in every business cycle there is a development cycle, and within that there is a boom and bust period in which companies stop and start building new product. That type of investment theory has continued …