► Whitaker Lofts, at 1400 N. Tamiami Trail, Sarasota, a commercial property that will house a complex of high-end apartments and retail space, has sold for $1.7 million. (Pictured above)
► Mike Migone, senior investment adviser for SVN Commercial Advisory Group, managed the sale of a property for Whitaker Lofts, at 1400 N. Tamiami Trail, just north of the downtown area.
► Manatee County Habitat for Humanity held a groundbreaking ceremony for its Poling Gardens community in West Samoset, where all homes in the development will be sold with an affordable zero-interest mortgage to local families who have been affected by the housing crisis.
► David Clapp, a managing broker and director of education at Re/Max Alliance Group, was named the 2022 Realtor of the Year by the Realtor Association of Sarasota and Manatee.
► Darren L. Gambrell has been promoted to associate director for the office of diversity, equity and inclusion at the University of South Florida Sarasota-Manatee campus.
► SVN Commercial Advisory Group managed the $17.5 million sale of a property portfolio containing five industrial buildings, in Sarasota, at 2210, 2230, 2363, 2383 and 2387 Industrial Blvd.
► Marcus & Millichap, a commercial real estate brokerage firm, announced the sale of a portfolio of industrial storage facilities, in Bradenton, for $6.15 million.
► Lakewood Ranch Medical Center has announced plans to add a new $120 million, five-story, 60-bed patient tower to the Lakewood Ranch campus.
► Children First, a Sarasota nonprofit organization dedicated to providing educational services to children Head Start and Early Head Start services, received a $50,000 Community Grant through Gulf Coast Community Foundation and the Jarrett Family Fund to support the agency’s $600,000 Changemaker Collective Challenge Match.
