New Kid in Town

Growing up and then working in Connecticut and later New York, Liz Madzula dreamed of someday relocating to Southwest Florida, where memories of visiting her grandparents' home in Bradenton in the late 1970s left an indelible impression.

In May, she got her long-standing wish, courtesy of the Dilweg Cos., a North Carolina-based commercial real estate investment firm that splashed into the Gulf Coast market this spring with the purchase of eight office buildings from Tampa to Sarasota.

As a Dilweg managing director, market leader and asset “enhancer” — company founder Anthony Dilweg chafes at the title asset manager — Madzula will be responsible for overseeing millions of dollars in planned improvements, leasing vacant space and scouting out future acquisitions.