BB&T marketing space in Sarasota

Downtown offices and branch could be vacated in the wake of the bank’s merger with SunTrust

  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • | 6:00 a.m. November 13, 2020
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COSTAR GROUP — Ciminelli Real Estate Services is marketing BB&T's space in the downtown Sarasota Spector Building in the event the bank leaves the building.
COSTAR GROUP — Ciminelli Real Estate Services is marketing BB&T's space in the downtown Sarasota Spector Building in the event the bank leaves the building.
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BB&T Corp. is contemplating leaving its long-time office and branch space in downtown Sarasota as soon as next summer in the wake of its merger with SunTrust.

In creating Truist, the two banks have overlapping offices in some markets, including downtown Sarasota, where BB&T occupies the entire ground floor at 1800 Second St. and SunTrust maintains offices less than two blocks away.

 

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