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SRQ DAILY May 1, 2017

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"The Sarasota market is still a great market and the smart money has started jumping back in."

- Roger Pettingell, Coldwell Banker
 

[Real Estate]  Market Bounces Back After 2017 Slow Start
Jacob Ogles, jacob.ogles@srqme.com

Uncertainty about the future after a surprising presidential election led to a dip in home sales in Southwest Florida, according to real estate experts, but confidence in the market has come back strong. The region in recent weeks has seen a few major sales on the high end of the market, leading to an increase in the median price of homes sold here, in addition to gains in numbers of sales over last year.

“That time of January and February that’s traditionally more busy for us was not busy,” says Roger Pettingell, an agent with Coldwell Banker Residential Real Estate. “Whether you liked the results of the election of not, I don’t think the path was as clear after some elections. But a few months we later we are still in a thriving economy, and it’s still cold up north. The Sarasota market is still a great market and the smart money has started jumping back in.”

The Realtor Association of Sarasota and Manatee reports sales of single-family homes jumped 2.6 percent in Sarasota County and 11.7 percent in Manatee compared to March 2016. That comes after a major dip in sales in January, when sales dropped 8.8 percent in Sarasota and 7.3 percent in Manatee compared to January 2016. The March bounce means both counties have seen more sales of single-family homes in the first quarter of 2017 than in 2016. “It’s common to see an increase in sales when we near the end of our season,” explains Xena Vallone, 2017 president of the Realtor Association of Sarasota and Manatee. “And the bump in pending sales in March will likely lead to more closed sales in April and May.”

Pettingell on Friday sold a $6 million home in Harbor Acres. That means he ends April with a record $17 million in sales. That home benefitted from being in “probably the hottest neighborhood going” in town right now, Pettingill says. The 6,000-square-foot home also has a view of Sarasota Bay and the Ringling Bridge.

For the past 17 years, Pettingell has been Coldwell Banker Residential Real Estate’s top producer in the state of Florida. The long-time agent says the market any number of times has taken a hit from a national news event—the Gulf of Mexico oil spill in 2010, the historic hurricane season of 2005, even 9/11 in 2001. “I’ve come to know these things pass,” he says. “What you need to worry about is trends, not blips in the market.” 

Graphic courtesy Realtor Association of Manatee and Sarasota

[Exec Moves]  Kenton-Haney Joins First Physicians Group

Sarasota Memorial Health Care System welcomed a new OB/GYN to the health system’s First Physicians Group (FPG) network and community. Dr. Julianne Kenton-Haney joined FPG’s Obstetrics and Gynecology practice with Drs. Michael Finazzo and Maureen Maguire. She comes to Sarasota from Sacred Heart Hospital in Pensacola, where she served as an associate professor in Florida State University’s residency program and an attending physician for five years. Kenton-Haney earned her master’s degree at Harvard University and her medical degree at Jagiellonian University in Poland. She returned to the states to complete an internal medicine residency at Johns Hopkins University in 2005 and completed an OB-GYN residency at Louisiana State University in New Orleans in 2010. She is a fellow of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and a member of the American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, the American Medical Association, Florida Medical Association and Sarasota County Medical Society. 

First Physicians Group

[Exec Moves]  Education Foundation Welcomes New Board Members

The Education Foundation of Sarasota County has announced the addition of Asim Chauhan, Britt Riner, Dr. Alok Sharma and Juan Villaveces to the board of directors. Each was elected to serve a three-year term. They join the current board members of Tom Koski, Stuart Henderson, Ariane Dart, Tricia Fulton, Jason Swift, Cathi Bell, John McIntyre, Alix Morin and Kimberly Page Walker. Chauhan is a partner in InfoSun, a firm specializing in cloud computing, decision modeling, neural networks and expert systems and has served in consulting roles for numerous Fortune 500 companies. Chauhan also serves on the Board of Advanced QA, member of the Board at Kol Technology, Peacock Investments and is chairman of Sitar Venture partners. Currently the executive director of national non-profit firm Teneo, Riner has extensive experience in advising non-profit and for-profit entities in the areas of strategic planning, marketing and organization design needs. Sharma is the chief executive officer of MobileNerd, a cloud-based company that delivers virtual computing environments for education, training and distance learning applications. He holds seven patents, and has authored several articles in leading academic and trade publications. Villaveces is a partner with Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick and is board-certified in real estate law. Villaveces also serves on the board of directors for the Suncoast Communities Blood Bank. 

Education Foundation of Sarasota County

[Exec Moves]  All Faiths Food Bank Appoints Four to Board

All Faiths Food Bank has announced the appointment of four officers to its board of directors. The new appointments are retired CEO Hall Munter, retired CFO Neal Vorchheimer, Allegiant Private Advisors’ COO Paul Cantor and Tomas Dinverno, principal at Tuttle Elementary School. Munter served as an antitrust lawyer for almost 15 years following graduation from George Washington University Law School, and retired as CEO of a home automation company. Since retiring, Munter has devoted his time to charitable work throughout the Sarasota Community and currently serves as the international treasurer of Israel Tennis Centers Foundation. Vorchheimer spent much of his career working with Unilever, one of the largest consumer product companies in the world. Retiring as senior executive of finance, Vorchheimer oversaw the North America Division which represents 15% of Unilever’s global sales and profits. Cantor joined Allegiant Private Advisors in 2014 as chief operating officer, entrusted with growing and managing the firm. Cantor has over thirty years of institutional investment management experience including trading, research analysis and portfolio management. Dinverno has spent years teaching and managing Title 1 schools. Residing in Venice, Florida, Dinverno is currently the principal at Tuttle Elementary School in Sarasota. 

All Faiths Food Bank



[SOON]  FILM: SAF Film: Uncommon Sense: The Life and Architecture of Laurie Baker , May 3, 5:30-7:30pm

Join SAF for the Sarasota premier of "Uncommon Sense: The Life and Architecture of Laurie Baker", featured in ArchDaily’s "Architecture Documentaries To Watch In 2017". This documentary chronicles the largely unknown yet remarkable life of Laurie Baker, the man known as the Father of Indian Green Architecture, and the Gandhi of Architecture, and was written, produced and directed by Baker's grandson, Vineet Radhakrishnan. Tickets are $10 for SAF Members, $15 for the public, and free for College Students and Ringling College Staff. To purchase tickets and for more information please visit www.sarasotaarchitectualfoundation.org

Ringling College of Art and Design Academic Center, 2700 North Tamiami Trl., Sarasota

[SOON]  PERFORMANCE: Beatsville , May 5 – May 28

The Asolo Rep's Beatsville has its world premiere next spring, as one of the most highly anticipated new musicals of the season. It’s Greenwich Village, 1959 – the world of subterranean coffee shops, goateed artists, turtle-necked poets, and bongo-playing jazzbos. Tragically square busboy Walter Paisley wants nothing more than to be one of the beatniks, but he has no artistic talent whatsoever. When he accidentally kills a cat and hides it in a lump of clay, “Dead Cat” is declared a masterpiece, and Walter a genius.

The Asolo Repertory Theatre , 5555 North Tamiami Tr. Sarasota

[SOON]  THEATER: Stage Reading of Honor Killing By Sarah Bierstock , May 7, 3pm

A stage reading of Honor Killing. The series will take place in the Bowne’s Lab. This is a free event but reservations are required New staged readings are by The Contemporary American Playwrights. For more information please visit www.floridastudiotheatre.org

Florida Studio Theatre , 1241 N. Palm Ane., Sarasota

[SOON]  DANCE: Evolving/Revolving , May 11 – May 14, Thurs-Sat 7:30pm; Sun 2pm

A mixture of re-staged favorites by Alyson Dolan, this concert is being held to remember dancers and choreographers who have graced their stage as well as ones that are nationally celebrated. Includes new works by Sarasota's local hip-hop sensation Kris Tetris Powell and former Sarasota ballet stalward Sayward Grindley.

Jane B. Cook Theatre, 5555 N Tamiami Trl Sarasota, 34243

[SOON]  THEATER: Reading of Sofonisba By Callie Kimball , May 14, 3pm

A stage reading of Sofonisba. The series will take place in the Bowne’s Lab. This is a free event but reservations are required New staged readings are by The Contemporary American Playwrights. For more information please visit www.floridastudiotheatre.org

 

Florida Studio Theatre , 1241 N. Palm Ave., Sarasota

[SOON]  THEATER: Beau Jest , June 14 – June 25, 7:30pm and 2pm

Directed by James Sherman, Beau Jest is about a Jewish girl named Sarah and her parents wanting her to marry a nice Jewish boy. Sarah hires an aspiring actor to meet her parents but eventually ends up falling in love with him. Single tickets are $18.

The Players Centre for Performing Arts, 838 N Tamiami Tr., Sarasota

[SOON]  BUSINESS: SkillSHARE June 22 Mentoring Summit , June 15, 5-7:30pm

Made for speed, SkillSHARE is the basics of mentorship concentrated into mini-sessions that encourage honest interactions and allow for spontaneous connection. This event is a way to meet like-minded professionals, make valuable connections and get straight to your most burning questions about career and personal development. Each participant will be paired with several mentors for mini-sessions. Lasting from 10-12 minutes, each mini-session is unstructured, allowing for conversation, guidance and direction from each mentor.

SRQ Studios, 331 S. Pineapple Avenue, Sarasota

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