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Hard hats with The Mark logo printed on their fronts sit on shovels before the ground breaking.
Drayton Saunders and City Commissioner Hagen Brody
Vice Mayor Liz Alpert and City Manager Tom Barwin
For City Commissioner Suzanne Atwell and Michael Saunders
Investors, stakeholders and city staff gathered for the ground breaking of the The Mark.
Michael Saunders thanked investors and developers at the groundbreaking for The Mark.
President of Kast Construction Michael Neal ceremoniously breaks ground on The Mark with Sarasota City Manager Tom Barwin, Michael Saunders, Vice Mayor Liz Alpert and City Commissioner Hagen Brody.
Michael Saunders staff breaks ground on The Mark with Kolter Urban and city of Sarasota staff.
President of Kolter Urban Bob Vail
Another name has ceremoniously joined the burgeoning list of downtown developments.
Stakeholders and city staff gathered on Aug. 9 near the corner of Lemon Avenue and State Street to break ground on The Mark — a mixed-use development slated for a June 2019 opening.
“It’s been a long process to get us where we are today,” said Bob Vail, president of Kolter Urban, the project's developer. “It didn’t just happen overnight, obviously.”
Kolter Urban bought the property in 2015 with plans of creating a mixed-use property to complement the Main Street commercial corridor. The 12-level, 153-foot tall building includes 157 residential units, 35,000 square feet of ground-floor retail space, parking and 11,000 square feet of office space.
“We took the old design and with the city’s help we went in and tried to figure out what we could do within the zoning regulations,” Vail said. “We knew before we bought what we wanted to do, it just took a year and half to draw it and bring it back.”
Now with plans and permits in hand, there was only one thing left for Vail to tell guests before ceremoniously breaking ground on the project.
“Come back for our grand opening celebration in two years,” he said.
