By Carole Hawkins, [email protected]
A home-grown Jacksonville Beach company has partnered with a national real estate brand.
Lifestyles Realty Web has joined the Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate franchise, BHGRE announced in December.
The company’s new name will be Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate Lifestyle Realty.
A small, but growing company, Lifestyles Realty Web formed in 2009 as a merger of Florida Realty Web and Lifestyles Realty. It reported 43 employees in 2014 and the company last year announced it would open a second office in Springfield.
Its affiliation with Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate will bring “a modern approach to real estate … backed by a name that is relevant to the consumer 365 days a year,” said Geoff Burt, general manager for BHGRE Lifestyle Realty.
Founded in 2008, Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate encompasses more than 9,100 affiliated sales associates and about 280 offices.