Posts Tagged ‘Anna Maria Island’

Island home sales improving

Anna Maria Island property sales for the year ending June 30 are almost 50 percent greater than the year prior, with 268 total homes, condos and multifamily units sold compared with 182 for the year ending June 30, 2009, according to data supplied by Island Real Estate agent John Van Zandt. That’s a 47 percent [...] Read more

Feds: Odds favor oil missing AMI

Tourism operators have a new tool to use to answer questions about the Deepwater Horizon oil spill’s potential impact on Anna Maria Island. A computer model map showing the probability of the oil’s path shows the Island has a 1-20 percent chance of being directly hit by oil or tar balls, according to the National [...] Read more

Oil strategies for tourism industry eyed

The new Bradenton Area Convention and Visitors Bureau director urged tourism operators last week to keep beating the drum with the message that the beaches are clean and Anna Maria Island is open for business. With $79,000 in lost revenue and 422 lost room nights reported to the bureau by the local tourism industry since [...] Read more

Tourism board to request BP funds

In an effort to boost tourism, Manatee County will request $600,000 from BP to market the area as oil-free. “The only oil down here is suntan oil,” said Larry White, who is retiring from the Bradenton Area Convention and Visitors Bureau this week. He announced the request last week after Pinellas County requested $2 million, [...] Read more

Historic Green Village

Within a month, work on the Anna Maria Historic Green Village will begin on a site that includes four platted lots from 503 to 507 Pine Avenue. The project includes the historic Rosedale Cottage that was constructed in about 1913 and the Sears Cottage that was moved to the property earlier this month. “I’m very [...] Read more

Real estate sales soar on Anna Maria Island

ANNA MARIA — May was not only a strong month for Manatee County home sales but sales on Anna Maria Island were healthy, too. The Manatee Association of Realtors reported that 24 single-family homes on Anna Maria Island were sold in May, an increase from 13 sold a year ago in May 2009. The 24 [...] Read more

Engel & Völkers Absorbs Wedebrock Real Estate Sales Division

Catching up on old news… Engel & Völkers Longboat Key and Engel & Völkers Anna Maria have absorbed Wedebrock Real Estate Co.’s sales division, Ray Alexander, president/broker of Engel & Völkers Anna Maria and Longboat Key branches announced Tuesday, Sept. 1. Wedebrock’s 25 sales agents will transfer to Engel & Völkers over the next month. Wedebrock’s [...] Read more

Engel & Volkers Longboat Key Realty Moves Office

Longboat Key, FL – February 15, 2010 – Engel & Volkers Longboat Key Realty announces their plans to vacate their current Longboat Key office.  In early September, Engel & Volkers occupied the former Wedebrock office and occupied their longstanding office with a new month to month lease.  Since that time, Engel & Volkers has been [...] Read more

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