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SRQ DAILY Jan 4, 2016

Monday Business Edition

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Monday Business Edition

"Florida is a perfect place to me to bring the commercial practice and still be totally connected to D.C."

- Sheri Dougherty, DAI Solutions
 

[Real Estate]  Sales on Record Pace

Realtors expect that once final numbers for the year are reported, 2015 will have seen a record number of sales in the Sarasota-Manatee market. There were already 19,020 sales reported as of the end of November, a few hundred sales short of showing the highest number of sales in the 100 years the Realtor association has kept records. A closer look at the numbers also shows prices are higher than they have been in years. This graph, released by the Realtors Association of Sarasota-Manatee, shows that in Sarasota County, the median sales price in November was $228,750, 18.5 percent higher than the same month in 2014. The statistics also show that since March, every month of 2015 has seen a median sales price for homes higher than any month in the prior four years. 

[Consulting]  DAI Brings Services to Southwest Florida
Jacob Ogles, jacob.ogles@srqme.com

A Washington, D.C-area consulting firm that has helped countless companies do business with the federal government now wants to work on more commercial endeavors, and the greater Sarasota area may be where many of those private sector efforts happen. Sheri Dougherty, CEO for DAI Solutions, believes the Florida market is a great locale in which her company can expand. “Florida is a perfect place to me to bring the commercial practice and still be totally connected to D.C.,” Dougherty said. 

DAI has been heavily involved in the government contracting world for some 17 years, assisting companies on recruitment policies, human relations procedures, communications and a wide variety of services that will assist in getting bids. Whether it has been calculating the best ratio of full-time to part-time employees or ensuring a company is offering the right mix of skills for a job, the company has provided services from seminars to individual consultation for companies working with the Health and Human Services Department, Food and Drug Administration, National Institute of Health, Veterans Administration and a wide variety of other agencies. Now, the company is expanding outside the government world. “These skills are very transferable to the commercial sector,” Dougherty says. The company has done work now with three or four important commercial clients and wants to significantly boost that figure. In the Alexandria, Virginia-headquarters, the company keeps 50 full-time employees and another 25 to 30 part-time employees.  

Now, Dougherty is also making Florida a market for commercial growth. While the company for now remains based in D.C., Dougherty has a home on Longboat Key. A graduate of Florida State University, she is looking now toward her Sunshine State roots. She has already had conversations with the Economic Development Corporation of Sarasota County about doing more business here, and plans to become engaged with a variety if business groups as she builds a network of local businesses that could eventually become clients or partners. The company on Sunday sponsored a polo match/networking event in Lakewood Ranch.

For now, Dougherty will be the major representative for the company in Florida. But she noted the staff in D.C. can serve clients anywhere. “We are really worldwide in terms of delivery,” she says. 

[Agenda]  Manatee Considers Impact Fee Increase

Sarasota City Commission: The board meets today for a public hearing on a 10-unit townhouse development on Golden Gate proposed by Allure Townhomes Sarasota, along with other matters including policy with parking garage operations, park hours on Lido Key and a schedule of meetings for 2016. The afternoon session begins at 6pm at City Hall.

Manatee County Commission: The board meets Thursday for a land-use meeting and will discuss a schedule for increasing school impact fees over the next three years. If approved, the fees would rise to $3,237.50 for a single-family home as of April 18, and eventually rise to $6,475 for a single-family home come April 18, 2018. 

Manatee County Commission

[Expansion]  Edward D. Jones Leases Sarasota Office Space

Edward D. Jones & Company has recently leased an 1,100-square-foot office space located on 17th Street in Sarasota for a financial services office. The transaction was handled by Tony Veldkamp, an advisor with the downtown Sarasota office of Sperry Van Ness Commercial Advisory Group. 

Sperry Van Ness Commercial Advisory Group

[Expansion]  Lonsbury Buys Flex Space in Venice

Jeff Lonsbury purchased two units on Corporation Way in Venice for $120,000. Totaling 2,360 square feet, this flex space consists of roughly 850 square feet of office space with industrial space occupying the remainder.  Lonsbury is a local contractor who plans to use the space to expand his business.  Eric Massey with Michael Saunders & Company represented the seller. Kevin Robbins with Harry E. Robbins Associates Realty represented the buyer. 

Michael Saunders & Company

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[SRQ Home of the Year]  Late Submission Deadline is Approaching!

If you're waiting for the perfect time to submit for the annual SRQ Home of the Year competition, this is it! The late entry submission deadline right around the corner, but there's still time to enter outstanding projects of home design highlighting exceptional architecture, design, construction and landscaping. For the 2016 competition, we've expanded the categories for the chance to see more of the astounding homes along the Gulf Coast and to showcase all levels of amazing design along the home price spectrum. Late submissions will be accepted through January 7, 2016. Each entry will be judged on design concept, function, integrity of design and creativity. Out of market judges within the home design field are supplied with blind submissions to ensure that every entry's critique is balanced and based upon industry standard criteria. Winners will be announced in the March edition of SRQ Magazine. For more information, click here. 

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