Benderson targets 'big, national' firms with $60M-plus industrial project

This spring, east Manatee County-based Benderson Development, one of the largest commercial real estate landlords in the country with holdings in 40 states, has one big project closer to home: it is opening four buildings on an industrial campus it built from scratch off Interstate 75 in North Port, in south Sarasota County. 

Officials with the city and company say the project, the North Port Business Park, is a “game-changer” for the region, where some have lamented for years that North Port is often overlooked, in economic development buzz, in comparison to the city of Sarasota.