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Photo by Alex Mahadevan
  • By Observer Staff |
  • May 21, 2015
WHAT'S HAPPENING | Week of May 21, 2015

County will revisit options for planned Kimpton hotel site; Siesta Center sells for $4.6 million

  • Sarasota
  • News
The Summerfield Information Center currently serves as an information center for Lakewood Ranch and the office for Lakewood Ranch Community Activities Corp.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • March 9, 2016
Information Center's future uncertain

Within a month, SMR set to move out of the 20-year-old building at Summerfield Community Park.

  • East County
  • News
Longboat Key Mayor Jack Duncan and Sarasota County Commission Chairwoman Carolyn Mason praised each other's commissions Monday for working well together.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • October 7, 2015
Town updates Sarasota County on top priorities

Town Manager Dave Bullock told two sets of commissioners Monday in Sarasota that beach projects are a top priority, followed by several other issues in fiscal 2016.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
The property is on the border of Laurel Park, which means the development would also have to go through the Laurel Park Overlay District review process.
  • By David Conway |
  • May 5, 2015
Development raises questions about attainable housing standards

The city of Sarasota is allowing a developer to move ahead with plans for a residential project near Laurel Park, but more discussion about affordable housing requirements remains. Also, the city makes a decision on a land swap with Ringling College.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Traffic Cattlemen Road and University Parkway is a major concern to East County residents. Photo by Pam Eubanks
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • January 6, 2015
Issues to Watch 2015: Benderson promotes traffic management

In 2015, Benderson Development, co-owner of The Mall at University Town Center, hopes for approvals on some big time expansion.

  • East County
  • News
The city is considering an expanded version of a development designed to serve as a liner building for the State Street garage.
  • By David Conway |
  • March 6, 2015
New appraisal pegs value of State Street garage parcel

As City Commission weighs a proposed expansion of a project at the State Street garage site, a new valuation of the land in question has come in higher than the developer’s suggested purchase price.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • April 2, 2014
Mar Vista and Moore's to merge

APRIL FOOLS' - The longtime restaurateurs plan to merge Mar Vista Dockside Restaurant & Pub and Moore's Stonecrab Restaurant into a single 456-seat restaurant.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
The Laurel Park Overlay District allows for more neighborhood input.
  • By David Conway |
  • December 28, 2013
Year in Review: July 2013, Neighbors gain oversight

After a year of discussion, the City Commission approves the Laurel Park Overlay District. The district requires public hearings before the approval of nearby large developments.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Josh Siegel |
  • January 15, 2014
Commission approves 610-home community

Developer D.R. Horton plans to break ground on Del Tierra this year.

  • East County
  • News
Aria
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • January 22, 2014
P&Z approves $60 million project

Sixteen luxury beachfront condominiums priced as high as $4.25 million move one step closer to breaking ground at the former Villa Am Meer site.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By None |
  • April 10, 2025
Construction rises along Tampa Riverwalk on Pendry Hotel & Residences

A refined expression of the polished comfort and contemporary luxury of the esteemed Montage Hotels & Resorts lineage, Pendry Tampa offers unrivaled amenities and a renowned culture of hospitality, amid one of the nation’s hottest downtowns.

  • Sarasota
  • Real Estate
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Steve Horton shares his experience drafting the USS Cole Commission report at the Bird Key Yacht Club on Wednesday.
  • By Lesley Dwyer |
  • April 6, 2023
Bird Key Yacht Club's new commodore shares story of USS Cole commission

The former lawyer and rear admiral was charged with drafting the report.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
The larger L-shaped cottage will temporarily sit on cribs near 6920 Gulf of Mexico Drive. Photo: Nat Kaemmerer
  • By Mark Bergin |
  • January 25, 2021
Chiles Group moves L-shaped historic cottage

Crews moved the cottage down Palm Drive early in the morning on Jan. 21.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
In May, the county decided to list the 5.3-acre downtown tract as surplus land and pursue a move to a county-owned property near Interstate 75 at 1301 Cattlemen Road.
  • By David Conway |
  • September 8, 2021
County enters negotiations on sale of downtown building

The county will discuss selling its Ringling Boulevard offices with six interested purchasers who have submitted bids of $20 million or higher.

  • Sarasota
  • News
  • By Observer Staff |
  • October 16, 2009
Manatee district will provide swine flu vaccinations

Health department staff will provide the vaccines in schools to students whose parents or guardians provide their consent via forms that will go out in information packets to parents at the end of this month.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Robin Roy |
  • July 8, 2010
GOP invokes Internet infantry

Republican Party leaders asked members to spread the word about its candidates through e-mail and social-media sites to help stem gains Democrats made in 2008.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Premier Sotheby’s International Realty is listing 12 bayfront acres at the end of Sarabay Road that look out onto Casey Key. The listing price is $7.49 million. Photo courtesy of Premier Sotheby’s International Realty.
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • May 24, 2012
Osprey mobile-home park nears extinction

Twelve bayfront lots overlooking Casey Key are being sold together or in pieces. One of the lots harbors what's left of a dwindling mobile-home park.

  • Sarasota
  • News
The shopping center portion of the River Club Park of Commerce will mimic the Walmart’s architectural style, as depicted in this rendering. Courtesy photo.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • June 13, 2012
Tenants line up for new retail space

Developer Casto said retail space for the future phases of the River Club Park of Commerce, at State Road 70 and I-75, is 70% leased.

  • East County
  • News
If city commissioners agree to a change in the Pineapple Square agreement, City Hall would be obligated to build a parking garage on the State Street parking lot.
  • By Robin Roy |
  • December 2, 2010
City could build another downtown parking garage

A change to the Pineapple Square development agreement would obligate the city to build a parking structure on State Street within four years.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Palmer Point Park sits between Casey Key and Siesta Key. It is a natural park, with no facilities for people. The park improvements the county is conducting are designed to improve the water quality in the area and eliminate invasive species.
  • By Robin Roy |
  • May 12, 2011
Casey Key restoration to begin

Palmer Point Park is slated to have its invasive and exotic species removed and replaced by marsh grass and native mangroves.

  • Sarasota
  • News
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