Brixmor adds Venice center to portfolio

Brixmor Property Group, a New York-based retail property owner that controls roughly a dozen Gulf Coast centers, has acquired a Sarasota County shopping center for $33.5 million.

The Venice Village Shoppes becomes Brixmor's third holding in Venice, together with the Venice Plaza and the Venice Shopping Center, according to the company's website.

In all, the company now controls more than 732,000 square feet of retail space in Sarasota and Manatee counties.