Commercial Real Estate - Q&A

Ian Black formed the eponymously named Ian Black Real Estate, A Sarasota-based commercial real estate brokerage and management firm, in 2003. In the years since, the firm has become one of the region's largest commercial brokerages, representing landlords Fred Starling Inc., Ibis Group, TerraCap Management and others. The firm's most notable transactions involve a 30-acre property sale at the entrance to Gasparilla Island and the $18 million deal for the mixed-use Main Plaza office and retail complex in downtown Sarasota.

How would you describe the overall state of the commercial real estate market in Sarasota and Sarasota County at the present time?