Small Firm, Big Differences

Plaza Advisors has succeeded in selling Gulf Coast retail centers through experience — and a willingness to limit screen time

  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • | 6:00 a.m. April 23, 2021
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COURTESY PHOTO — Plaza Advisors sold the 45,898-square-foot Shoppes at the Royale in St. Petersburg in July 2019.
COURTESY PHOTO — Plaza Advisors sold the 45,898-square-foot Shoppes at the Royale in St. Petersburg in July 2019.
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Plaza Advisors’ President and Founder Jim Michalak sees some pretty stark differences between his boutique commercial real estate brokerage firm and the competition, and his own modus operandi and others.

 

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