Residential brokerage pounces on growth

SARASOTA — The Southwest Florida region's largest residential brokerage firm is getting even bigger.

Coldwell Banker Residential Real Estate Florida parent NRT LLC announced Tuesday it acquired 60 new offices and more than 2,000 new real estate agents operating as Coldwell Banker United in Florida, Texas, North Carolina and South Carolina.

Coldwell Banker Residential will oversee the offices and more than 400 Florida agents from its Sarasota location as part of the deal. Each will now report to Clark Toole, president of Coldwell Banker Residential.