Tampa CRE boutique firm says time was right to sell itself

After years of discussions, Dallas-based SRS Real Estate Partners has bought the boutique Tampa-based commercial real estate firm Meridian Retail Group.

  • By Louis Llovio
  • | 5:00 a.m. June 21, 2023
  • | 0 Free Articles Remaining!
John Fahey (center) and his team — Grant Burt, Caroline Connelly and Jacob Rasnick — at Meridian Retail Group after the company was sold to SRS Real Estate Partners.
John Fahey (center) and his team — Grant Burt, Caroline Connelly and Jacob Rasnick — at Meridian Retail Group after the company was sold to SRS Real Estate Partners.
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About 10 years after John Fahey and Tyler McRae launched their boutique commercial real estate firm Meridian Retail Group in Tampa, the partners decided to sell it to one of their competitors — a national company with deep ties and pockets.

Before you start thinking of this is as a "if you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em" kind of deal, stop. This was nothing like that.

 

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