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

► 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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