For the second time in 2022, Airport Commerce Center, Sarasota, Florida has obtained a 100% occupancy level. According to Jeff Button, the Exclusive Leasing Agent for the property, “the demand for flex space is currently outstripping demand and the full occupancy at a high-quality flex property such as Airport Commerce Center speaks to the strength of this well-managed asset. We see rents rising as well.”
The property owners just completed a parking area lighting and exterior lighting upgrade to LED throughout the entire 15-acre site. Other planned improvements for this spring include new lighted property signage on both Tallevast Road and 15th Street East.
About the Property
Airport Commerce Center is a 183,283 SF warehouse flex property comprised of eight (8) buildings. Professionally managed by Newmark Knight Frank. Significant recent capital improvements have been made by the owner to place the property in excellent condition. Central A/C throughout (office and warehouse areas). Minimum of one (1) drive-in door per unit. Wet fire sprinkler system throughout all buildings. Column free (clear span) units.
The property is located in Manatee County at the north point of Sarasota-Bradenton International Airport. Situated on the southwest Gulf Coast of Florida, the Bradenton Area’s location lets you take advantage of the state’s low-tax climate and the region’s large consumer market and is just 6 minutes from Highway 301 which runs northeast to the Florida-Georgia line,16 minutes from Interstate 75 and 26 minutes from Interstate 275 and 59 minutes from Interstate 4. Proximity to these major transportation arteries allows access to the region’s 8 million consumers. International airports in close vicinity to the property include Sarasota-Bradenton (6 minutes), St Pete-Clearwater (56 minutes), and Tampa (60 minutes).
About the Owner, Property Manager & Leasing Agent
Airport Commerce Center (“ACC”) is owned jointly by two LLCs controlled by Lee Rosner and Jim Tsunis, two highly experienced New York-based real estate investors with extensive experience in the ownership and asset management of large commercial real estate assets such as ACC.
Day-to-day property management services is provided by Newmark, a global commercial real estate provider with a strong local presence in the Tampa Bay-Sarasota market. Stacey Komanowski is the designated property manager for ACC. Stacey is based out of Newmark’s Tampa office.
Leasing is handled by Jeff Button of Richardson Kleiber Walter Kleiber Button Inc. Jeff is a leading industrial broker in the Sarasota market.