Booming builder names new area president

Mattamy Homes, a Canadian residential builder among the most active on the Gulf Coast since the end of the recession, named homebuilding industry executive Jim Birkholz president of the Tampa-Sarasota division.

Birkholz will oversee all aspects of Mattamy's business, including land acquisition and development, marketing, sales and construction in the Tampa and Sarasota markets, according to a release. Birkholz is a boomerang executive for the company: He was the company's Minnesota Division president from 2008-2009.

"Jim brings a wealth of business and people leadership experience to Mattamy, and we are very much looking forward to him leading the Tampa-Sarasota Division forward," says Jim Leiferman, President of Mattamy's US Group, in the release. "We're pleased and fortunate that he made the decision to return to Mattamy, as it's an exciting time for our business in western Florida, and he is the ideal person to take the reins for us."