BUSINESS OBSERVER

+ Pinchers opens Lakewood Ranch location
Pinchers Crab Shack has found a new home in Lakewood Ranch.

The family-owned seafood restaurant opened its new Lakewood Ranch Main Street location Memorial Day weekend, in the space adjacent to Lakewood Ranch Cinemas.

The 6,500-square-foot restaurant is larger than Pincher’s previous location on Clark Road and includes an indoor/outdoor bar with a large patio area.

For more information, visit pincherscrabshack.com.

+ John Neal Homes opens new models
John Neal Homes has opened a new model in the Country Club East community in Lakewood Ranch.
The Fairhaven II model in the Camargo section of Country Club East is a 3,367-square-foot three-bedroom, three-bath luxury home with a lanai and outdoor living space.

This Mediterranean-style home showcases extensive luxury design elements and options that can be personalized by the homeowner.

“We designed the interior with a couple in mind who love Florida, boating and the water,” said designer Janet Ladwig, of Charlene Neal PureStyle. “The trend today is to bring the outside in, so four rooms in this home face the pool area and golf course. There’s a seamless transition from interior to exterior living spaces.”

For more on John Neal Homes or for a listing of available lots, move-in ready homes, floor plan options and more, visit homesbyjohnneal.com.

+ Medallion acquires home sites in Twin Rivers
East County developer Medallion Home recently purchased 122 more lots in the Twin Rivers community, located between Gamble Creek and the Manatee River.

Medallion also purchased 100 more acres in the Twin Rivers community for future development.

Medallion’s current projects include the Riva Trace, Cascades and Country Meadows developments in the East County, as well as others in the Bradenton, Parrish, Venice, North Port and Mount Dora areas.

For more, visit Medallionhome.com.

+ Premier Sotheby’s adds four associates
Premier Sotheby’s International Realty has added four sales associates to its Lakewood Ranch office: Garrick Newman, Sandi Ansilio, Rod Underdahl and Sheri Wofford.

Newman joins Premier with more than 12 years of local real-estate experience. He was named one of Sarasota’s “20 People to Watch” by Sarasota magazine’s Biz941 publication in 2011.

Ansilio brings more than 30 years of real-estate and new-home marketing experience to the company. She has served as vice president of marketing for real-estate companies and also owned her own marketing firm.

Underdahl has more than 10 years of real-estate experience and as an independent businessman for more than 20 years.

Wofford most recently served as a new-home sales consultant for a semi-custom builder. She brings more than 11 years of real-estate experience to the company.