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Native Realty Fully Leases Motif at Flagler Village in Fort Lauderdale

Native Realty, the pioneering Fort Lauderdale-based real estate firm led by Jaime Sturgis, demonstrated its unmatched tenant curation abilities by fully leasing Motif at Flagler Village. The firm represented both sides in a lease for the final available space at Motif with Chicago-based Go Grocer, which is making its Florida debut at the building. A […]

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Native Realty Brokers Flurry of Deals in Miami-Dade and Broward Counties

Native Realty, the pioneering Fort Lauderdale-based real estate firm led by Jaime Sturgis, is brokering transactions at an impressive pace over the first two months of 2025. Firm COO Kaley Tuning finalized six new leases at Fort Lauderdale’s Thrive Arts District, while Vice President Adam Docktor brokered industrial leases in Opa-locka, Central Broward County and […]

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Commercial Observer’s “5 Questions” with Jaime Sturgis

Native Realty CEO Jaime Sturgis was the subject of Commercial Observer‘s “5 Questions” feature, in which real estate industry leaders address five questions about their own activities and market trends. CO’s Jeff Ostrowski interviewed Sturgis for the piece. What are some up-and-coming neighborhoods you’re looking at now? Jaime Sturgis: Studio City in Fort Lauderdale is just […]

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Bisnow Interviews Jaime Sturgis About Florida’s Condo Challenges

Native Realty CEO Jaime Sturgis was featured in a new Bisnow article detailing the many challenges facing Florida’s condominium buildings amid new state laws. Sturgis spoke with reporter Chloe Gallivan about what he is currently seeing in the South Florida condo sector. “While condo owners are still trying to fully grasp what the deadline entails, […]

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Jaime Sturgis Appears on Florida Business Minds Podcast

Native Realty CEO Jaime Sturgis was invited to be a guest on Florida Business Minds, a podcast produced by the parent company of South Florida Business Journal. SFBJ editor Mel Melendez interviewed Sturgis about a wide variety of topics, including Native’s origin story, adaptive reuse in South Florida’s urban core neighborhoods, the region’s real estate […]

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Native Realty Continues CRE Recruitment Push with Addition of Seasoned Senior Associate

Native Realty, the pioneering Fort Lauderdale-based real estate firm led by Jaime Sturgis, advanced its personnel growth objectives with two new additions. Industry veteran Logan Newell joined Native as Senior Associate, and Kaia Pipkin is the firm’s newest Commercial Sales Associate. Newell has more than two decades of diverse commercial real estate experience, both as […]

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Jaime Sturgis Brokers Off-Market Investment Sales Transaction in Dania Beach

Native Realty, the pioneering Fort Lauderdale-based real estate firm led by Jaime Sturgis, continued its investment sales closing surge with the off-market sale of a Dania Beach industrial building. Sturgis brokered the $8.5 million transaction on behalf of the seller. Anglers Commercial Center Ltd. Co. and Anglers II LLC sold the 2968 Ravenswood Road property […]

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Sun Sentinel Interviews Whitney Dutton About 2025 South Florida Market Outlook

Native Realty Residential Sales Director Whitney Dutton spoke with Sun Sentinel reporter Abigail Hasebroock about the 2025 residential market outlook for South Florida. “Whitney Dutton, the residential sales director for Native Realty, a South Florida real estate agency, agreed with the notion that prices are becoming more palatable, particularly in the rental market. Dutton used […]

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Jaime Sturgis Featured in SFBJ Cover Story on Big-Box Retail Real Estate

Native Realty CEO Jaime Sturgis was the lead source in SF Business Journal writer Cortney Moore’s cover story on the future of big-box retail spaces in South Florida. The piece, titled “Reinventing Retail,” examined how landlords are repurposing vacated (or soon to be vacated) big-box spaces. “It might sound counterintuitive, but, in many cases, South […]

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Native Realty Closes $15 Million in New Investment Sales Transactions

Native Realty, the pioneering Fort Lauderdale-based real estate firm led by Jaime Sturgis, is brokering investment sales transactions at a torrid pace during the fourth quarter of 2024. The firm just completed $15 million in commercial real estate closings – including three commercial property sales that closed on the same day. In Tamarac, Native brokered […]

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