Real estate conference paints Sarasota market as 'normalizing'

During a recent luncheon, Joe Hembree, a commercial real estate associate and Realtor at Sarasota-based agency Hembree & Associates, and Drayton Saunders, president of Michael Saunders & Co. in Sarasota, spoke about the real estate trends they’re seeing in Sarasota and how it compares on a statewide and national basis. 

The State of the Community Series event July 19, put on by the Greater Sarasota Chamber of Commerce, filled the meeting space at the Carlisle Inn in Sarasota. Highlights from the presentations include: