Sperry Van Ness Florida’s Economic and Commercial Real Estate Trends Report features national and Florida market updates.

Sperry Van Ness Florida

In spite of persistent weakness in many of the state’s housing markets, improvements in professional and business service employment, rebounding tourism, and strong demographic trends – including migration from other parts of the country and from abroad – are bolstering Florida’s recovery.

The recovering economy continues to help Florida’s rebounding tourism. Read more about the impacts it has for Florida.

Orlando Business Journal

The 23.4 million visitors who came to Florida in the first quarter of 2012 represented an increase of 2.4 percent over last year’s first quarter, Visit Florida, the state’s tourism marketing arm, reported on Wednesday, according to the South Florida Business Journal.

With hundreds of new residential units coming on board, read on to see what this means for the Miami multifamily market.

Jennifer LeClaire | GlobeSt

Even as the next wave of condo construction gets underway in Downtown Miami, developers are eyeing the perennial potential of Miami Beach.

The Miami office market continues to strengthen as vacancy rates decline and developers watch on.

Jennifer LeClaire | GlobeSt

Although a new wave of condo and mixed-family developing is well underway in Miami, office developers are slowing down.

All eyes are on South Florida’s exports, as they continue to grow and support Florida job creation.

Doreen Hemlock | Sun Sentinel

With the U.S. economy recovering slowly, more South Florida companies are turning to sales overseas, fueling record exports and adding jobs.

Megan Anderson | Orlando Business Journal

Florida ranked second among best states for business in Chief Executive magazine’s annual Best & Worst States Survey.

With housing prices and cost of living stabilizing, Florida is beginning to see population growth again.

Wendell Cox | City Journal

One of the leading demographic stories of the past decade was Florida’s population slump. But a surprising story of the new decade is Florida’s population rebound.

Max Marbut | Jacksonville Daily Record

The success of economic development in North Florida will depend on promoting advanced manufacturing, aviation technology, financial services, health and life sciences, information technology and logistics.

As the healthcare industry continues to grow, more professionals will be needed. Find out how Florida Hospital’s expansion will keep their supply of professionals within reach.

Marni Jameson | Orlando Sentinel

Citing a need to educate more health professionals for the future, Florida Hospital officials today announced plans for a $25 million expansion of its College of Health Sciences on the main Orlando campus near downtown.

As the job market and unemployment rate have been improving, read about how each real estate sector has potential to improve within the early phase of the recovery.

David Lynn | NREI

We consider real estate to be in the early phase of a cyclical recovery. After a hiring slump in mid-2011, the job market has begun to show signs of strength, as the unemployment rate continued declining in the first quarter of 2012.