Bruising Broker

Bruising Broker

The competitive field of commercial real estate in Greater Sarasota can now count a true fighter among its ranks: Former national boxing writer - and long-ago retired amateur boxer - Joe Bruno.

In June, after a few years with RE/MAX and Century 21, Bruno opened Gulf Gate Realty, his own real estate firm specializing in selling restaurants and bars. Like dozens of other Realtors and agents along the Gulf Coast, Bruno comes to real estate from another profession. But what separates Bruno from the former teachers, bankers and accountants is, well, Bruno himself.