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One Liners Sarasota and Manatee: IMG Academy, Darwin Brewing and more

| Hanna Gade

► Del Webb Bayview, in Parrish, opened its amenity campus, including a 22,500-square-foot clubhouse, the Driftwood Club. (Pictured above)

► IMG Academy, in Bradenton, was sold to a Swedish global private equity group EQT, in partnership with its portfolio company Nord Anglia Education, in an all-cash deal, for $1.25 billion, according to Endeavor Group Holdings, the previous owner of IMG. 

► Darwin Brewing, in a partnership with Lakewood Ranch-based Gold Coast Eagle Distributing, is launching its first batch, Maize Morada, a hazy IPA brewed with purple corn. 

Michael Saunders & Company was recognized in RealTrends 500’s annual survey of the top 500 residential real estate brokerages in the United States.

► Phillip Lanham, chief philanthropy officer at the Greater Cincinnati Foundation, has been named president and chief executive officer of the Gulf Coast Community Foundation. 

► Michael Saunders & Company was recognized in RealTrends 500’s annual survey of the top 500 residential real estate brokerages in the United States. 

► Radio industry veteran Carolyn Cassidy has been named general manager of Salem Media Group’s five-station portfolio in Tampa and Sarasota. 

► Seacoast Banking Corp. of Florida. has named area banking veteran Mike Moschella market president for the Sarasota region.

► Sarasota-based health care startup Omeza Holdings named Cynthia Flowers as CEO and president. 

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