Ian Black goes old school

At a time when commercial real estate brokerages are increasingly working to recruit the next — read: younger — generation of talent, a Sarasota-based firm is taking the opposite tack by bringing on a collection of seasoned professionals.

Ian Black Real Estate has added a handful of older agents over the past three years to fill specific roles. Most recently, the firm supplemented its roster with Steven Larkin, a former Payless ShoeSource Inc. and Detwiler’s Farm Market real estate executive, to expand Ian Black’s retail coverage and services.