Commercial real estate brokerage pick roils Sarasota firms

Sarasota County is catching fire for retaining a Tampa commercial real estate brokerage firm to market its aging administrative headquarters — a move that is expected to result in a multimillion dollar sale and one of the largest new office buildings in the county in a decade.

In the wake of brokerage firm Colliers’ selection, Sarasota commercial real estate brokerages have complained that the county failed to consider or interview other potential representatives.