City Hopes $50,000 Deal Will Clean Toxic Dump Site and Transform Newtown
Sarasota commissioners advance the sale and rezoning of the Marian Anderson brownfield, a former unlicensed landfill in the heart of the city's historic Black...
Longboat Approves a Private Dredge as the Mote Land Saga Nears Its End
Commissioners voted 7-0 on Sept. 14 to let the developer of the north end's tallest building carve an eight-slip boat basin out of the...
Sarasota Commission Reverses Preservation Board and Clears 1891 Wisteria Street for Demolition
The 101-year-old bungalow that split Sarasota's preservation board from its own planning staff is coming down. On September 8, the City Commission voted 3-1...
Planning Board Rejects Hospital Hotel in Stunning 3-2 Vote
A furious design critique, a broken road and a neighborhood that refused to be ignored sink the Winn-Dixie redevelopment, for now.
Eight years after Winn-Dixie...
Neighbors Pack City Hall, But Rose Point Apartments Clear First Hurdle
A rezone with no binding site plan wins a 4-1 recommendation as Tallywood warns of U-turns, cut-throughs and the stream that runs through it.
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Midtown Plaza Trades Its Dead Supermarket for the New Sarasota
Eight years after the groceries left, one of Sarasota's busiest corners goes before the Planning Board Wednesday with a six-story bet on rooms, renters...