SARASOTA -- Jade Homes, a Sarasota-based builder with 75 houses in varying stages of construction in Sarasota, Charlotte and Manatee counties, has shut down its operations and closed its main office ...

SARASOTA -- Jade Homes, the Sarasota company that abruptly closed its doors this month in the face of a difficult new-home selling environment, has sent out a letter to subcontractors and others doing ...

Sarasota-based Jade Homes was all over the news in August 2006, when it shut down operations. The real estate market had collapsed overnight, and the company still had 75 homes to finish. The owners ...