One Liners Sarasota and Manatee: Sixwatch, Shumaker and more

Rosewood Residences Lido Key, Rosewood Hotels and Resorts’ first exclusively residential offering, released a rendering that reveals its exterior design. (Rendering above)

Sixwatch, a cybersecurity and IT services firm, acquired Sarasota Support, a boutique technology support organization.

F. John LaCivita

Willis Smith Construction in Sarasota promoted F. John LaCivita from executive vice president to president of the firm.

The national law firm of Shumaker announced that the firm’s management committee re-elected Jennifer B. Compton, managing partner of the Sarasota office, as vice chair.

Sarasota-based Veransa Group named Kevin Dunlap as president and chief operating officer.

Philanthropist Jean Weiller, through the Community Foundation of Sarasota County, gifted $1 million to the Boys & Girls Clubs of Sarasota and DeSoto counties.

12140 Carissa Commerce Court, Fort Myers

CheapChard and Bling Bling, a private investor partnership local to Sarasota, has purchased a 46,000-square-foot Class-A office building, at 12140 Carissa Commerce Court, in Fort Myers for $9.4 million.

The Compass by Margaritaville, on Anna Maria Sound, has named Beth Muzik as general manager.

Centerstone, a national provider of behavioral health care, is undertaking a $4M renovation and expansion of its hospital and addictions center at 2020 26th Ave. E.

Goodwill Manasota president Donn Githens was elected to the executive board, as secretary, of the Florida Recycling Partnership Foundation.

Sunshine from Darkness, a Sarasota subsidiary of the Lee and Bob Peterson Foundation, named its first full-time executive director, longtime nonprofit professional Marlene Hauck.

Social services organization JFCS of the Suncoast appointed Eddie Collins as chief of client services.

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