A number of Southwest Florida investors have relied on Moseley Investment Management for decades, with some driving from the Sarasota area up to Bradenton just to maintain the connection. Now the Bradenton company is opening an office in downtown Sarasota, where company economist Ryan Moseley will be running the show. We spoke with Moseley about the reason for the second location.

What prompted the decision to open a Sarasota office? Susan [Moseley, company president] has been looking for a place several years. We found other places but they weren't at the right time, the right place or the right price. Now we found all those three combined, and were able to acquire the 1600 Ringing location. We were looking for a long-term place to be in Downtown Sarasota. It just made sense to do it.

Will you be looking to grow your number of clients to the south with this move? Most of our client base is in Sarasota anyway. That was the main reason. We have been stationed in Bradenton for 25 years and a lot of our larger clients, they haven't been willing to refer their friends because it's a 30-minute drive, and they know many people like doing business in person. 

Will you be growing your staff immediately? We are working with a couple deals with some other independent advisors that might possibly come work within the office with us. We hired somebody in February or March to train up if we ended up expanding, and they will be the main person working with me over in the Sarasota office.