Siesta Row Publix to be replaced

By Andrew Warfield
| 5:00 a.m. August 9, 2025

This Publix store at Shops at Siesta Row will be demolished and rebuilt as a slightly larger model.

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Shoppers who frequent the Publix at Shops at Siesta Row at 3825 S. Osprey Ave. will soon have to find a new temporary location to forage for seasoned, crispy fried chicken tenders. The owner of the center intends to redevelop the store into its 50,800-square-foot prototype, making its first appearance before the city of Sarasota's Development Review Committee on Aug. 6 in a pre-application conference.

The current store contains approximately 48,000 square feet of space.

The number of spaces in the retail center parking lot is proposed to be reduced from 227 to 214 with existing driveways to remain. The project includes only the existing Publix store and other retail tenants in the center are planned to remain. When the current Publix will be demolished has not been announced, but the estimated completion date is June 2026.

As reported by sister publication Business Observer, the center is owned by Pittsburgh-based Echo Realty, which owns several Publix-anchored retail centers in the region from Tampa to North Port.

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Andrew Warfield

Andrew Warfield is the Sarasota Observer city reporter. He is a four-decade veteran of print media. A Florida native, he has spent most of his career in the Carolinas as a writer and editor, nearly a decade as co-founder and editor of a community newspaper in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina.