Real estate brokerage in good company

A commercial real estate market rebound is in full force at Sperry Van Ness in Sarasota-Bradenton.

The office, Sperry Van Ness Commercial Advisory Group, ranked 10th in sales volume across the entire company in 2013, with around $74 million in transactions. That put the office in the company of much larger markets such as Chicago, Los Angeles and Portland. Irvine, Calif.-based Sperry Van Ness has more than 175 locations in 36 markets.

Not only was 2013 stellar, but so far 2014 has been even better, says Sperry Van Ness Commercial Advisory Group Managing Director Tony Veldkamp. The office, in total, has already surpassed 50% of what the brokers did in 2013. “I'm not saying we will continue with that,” Veldkamp says, “because some of these things are hit and miss.”