Real Estate

Neighborhood Guide

Where to Live on St. Armands, Lido and Longboat Keys

Looking for a home on one of these beautiful keys? Here’s some inside info on neighborhoods to browse—and some of the neighbors, too.

05/15/2017 By Robert Plunket, Ilene Denton, Susan Burns, and Cooper Levey-Baker

Real Estate Junkie

For Sale: Modern Luxury on Longboat Key

The home is an authentic descendant of the Sarasota School of Architecture.

05/15/2017 By Robert Plunket

Real estate

Commercial Real Estate Team Ranked Among Top Performers

Greg Sheller and Team recently earned the RE/MAX Platinum Club Award, which recognizes the highest producing RE/MAX associates.

05/12/2017 By staff

Construction

Design and Build Team Picked for New Boys & Girls Club in Bradenton

NDC Construction Company, Ugarte & Associates and ZNS Engineering were recently picked to lead the design and build team for the new DeSoto location of the Boys & Girls Clubs of Manatee County.

05/12/2017 By staff

Politics

State Legislative Wrap-Up Set for Tuesday

The Manatee-Sarasota Building Industry Association, the Economic Development Corporation of Sarasota County and the Gulf Coast Builders Exchange have invited the entire local delegation to participate.

05/11/2017 By staff

Appointments

Kiwanis Foundation Adds to Board of Directors

Jason Bartz of NDC Construction Company was recently appointed to the board of directors of the Bradenton Kiwanis Foundation to complete the term of his father, Robert Bartz.

05/09/2017 By staff

Real estate

Real Estate Firm's Sales Up in Quarter One

RoseBay International, Inc. recently reported a 40 percent sales increase between the first quarter of 2016 and the first quarter of 2017.

05/05/2017 By staff

Deals

Restaurant Partners Buy Additional Space for Osprey Eatery

John Connaughton, Giovanni Migliorini of Café Epicure and Carlo Piras, the former owner of Café Americano, recently purchased suite 102 of 3976 Destination Drive, Osprey, for $125,000.

05/02/2017 By staff

Real estate

Realtor Records $17 Million in Sales in April

Roger Pettingell, the No. 1 producing sales associate in the state of Florida with Coldwell Banker Residential Real Estate, recorded a record $17 million in closed sales during the month of April.

05/01/2017 By staff

Top Sale

April's Top Sale: $6 Million for a Harbor Acres Estate

The 6,000-square-foot home took a year to build.

05/01/2017 By Ilene Denton

Real Estate Junkie

For Sale: Palm Beach Style on Siesta Key

The European-style mansion is listed at $5,495,000.

05/01/2017 By Robert Plunket

New hires

Property Management Company Picks New Manager

LandQwest Commercial/Property Management, which has offices in Tampa, Orlando and Fort Myers, recently hired Faith Goetz as a property manager.

04/28/2017 By staff

Deals

Office Unit Goes for $150,000

A Slice of Heaven LLC recently purchased a 1,416-square-foot office condo unit from Myakka City's HFS Properties LLC.

04/27/2017 By staff

Deals

751 Acres in Myakka City Sold

Miami's Gopher Hill Farm recently purchased 751 acres of agricultural land from Pennsylvania's Giuliano Florida Realty Development Group for almost $2.7 million.

04/27/2017 By staff

Honors

Real Estate Firm Wins Statewide Awards

RE/MAX of Florida recently presented RE/MAX Alliance Group, which serves Sarasota, Manatee and Charlotte counties, with its Community Citizenship Award and its Total Volume Achievement Award.

04/26/2017 By staff

New hires

Engineering Firm Adds to Business Development Division

Sarasota's Karins Engineering Group, Inc. recently added Samantha Cummins to its business development division to further grow the company's portfolio of structural engineering design and restoration consulting projects.

04/26/2017 By staff

Construction

Builder Celebrates 'Topping Off' of New Mixed-Use Downtown Building

Jackson & Associates General Contractors Inc., along with the developers, condo owners, building tenants, construction crew and project contributors, recently held the 'topping off' ceremony for 1500 State Street.

04/20/2017 By staff

Data

Confidence in the Housing Market Dips

The percentage of Americans who reported that now is a good time to buy a home fell by 10 points.

04/19/2017 By staff

Data

Housing Starts Down

The number of American housing starts dropped by 6.8 percent between February and March.

04/19/2017 By staff

New hires

Realtor Joins Sarasota Office

Realtor Michael Beninato recently joined the downtown Sarasota office of RE/MAX Platinum Realty.

04/19/2017 By staff