Real Estate Briefs (Sara/Mana edition)

Real Property Specialists builds

Broyhill store, new retail center

Orlando's Real Property Specialists Inc. purchased a former Scotty's building at the northwest corner of Tamiami Trail and Wharf Road in Sarasota from C. Fred Hudson III and his trust for $1.2 million. The new owner plans to renovate the 40,000-square-foot building as a Hudson's Broyhill Furniture store. "We had been looking for a site in Sarasota (for Hudson's Broyhill) for about four years," says Alan Charron, president of Real Property Specialists Inc. "This is located in furniture row. Every major retailer is there in the market. There is a Robb & Stucky, Ethan Allen, Rooms to Go. ... We are also planning to build a 16,000-square-foot retail building on the site."