Division of Sarasota real estate firm merges with Orlando company

A division of Harry E. Robbins Associates has merged with an Orlando commercial real estate company.

Robbins Management LLC is joining forces with First Capital Property Group/CORFAC International (FCPG) and will transition to its new name — FCPG Management — this month. Terms of the merger were not disclosed.

Overseeing associations as well as office, retail and industrial properties from Tampa to Naples, Robbins Management LLC is the commercial property management division of Harry E. Robbins Associates.

FCPG manages about 3.5 million square feet of commercial space across Florida. Its business has been concentrated around central and eastern Florida. With the merger, it will increase its reach to the west coast.

As part of FCPG Management, Robbins Management LLC will gain access to FCPG’s infrastructure: a seven-person accounting team, nine-person property management team and affiliated maintenance and HVAC companies. This will lead to better customer service, speedier maintenance response, improved quality control and top-level financial reporting, according to a statement. 

“We are excited for all the opportunities afforded by this merger, including the ways our existing clients will benefit,” partner Kevin Robbins says in a statement. “FCPG is a fantastic management company offering solid financial reporting and management systems. We are thrilled to implement those assets into our company offerings.”

The merger also reflects the longstanding relationship between the Robbins family and Trent Scott, the primary operator and partner for FCPG. Scott and Kevin Robbins have known each other since college at the University of Central Florida. 

“I was born and raised in Venice, Florida, and am very excited to come alongside the Robbins team and clientele and to expand some of our services into my hometown market,” Scott says in the statement.

Harry E. Robbins Associates, known as Robbins Real Estate, is not part of the merger. The firm's commercial and residential sales as well as leasing within Robbins Real Estate will continue to be controlled by company partners Troy, Kevin, Derek and Emerson Robbins.

“Our core business does not change,” partner Troy Robbins says in the statement. “Harry E. Robbins Associates Inc. is still owned and operated by the Robbins family."

Adds Troy Robbins: "Merging the management division of our business will allow us to be involved but shift our focus on what we do best, which is represent landlords, tenants, sellers and buyers in real estate transactions.”