Zoom Workshop on Siesta Key Hotel set for Dec. 2

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Update on this story from the Sarasota News Leader - the plan calls for a text amendment that would apply more generally to properties fitting certain criteria:

Kompothecras and his project team are seeking an amendment to county Future Land Use Policy 2.9.1. It would allow “lands located south of Stickney Point Road which are zoned CG [Commercial General] and CI [Commercial Intensive] (the ‘South Bridge Area’ under the Siesta Key Community Plan) … [to] be redeveloped to contain transient accommodations which exceed the density restrictions of the zoning regulations existing as of that date without violating this policy.”

“Potential erosion of our Iconic Siesta Key lifestyle continues” - Siesta Key Condominium Council. 

Regarding the hotel proposed for Siesta Key at Stickney Point Road, the newly formed Siesta Key Coalition is circulating its concerns. A Public Workshop will be held on December 2 - see info below:

1. The Siesta Key Hotel proposes to QUADRUPLE transient hotel unit density, 8 times single family zoning density, on 1.17 acres.

2. This Hotel and Parking Garage would be built off Stickney Point Road, the major Hurricane Evacuation Route for SK. An increase in traffic and density could endanger resident and visitor egress during a crisis.

3. The developer proposal states, “There are no grand trees, wetlands or other environmental features on the Hotel Parcel.” In fact, on both Old Stickney Point and Peacock Roads, the proposed hotel borders one end of Sabal Lake, which is brackish, tidal, and connected to the intracoastal, as confirmed by county engineers. Sabal Lake borders numerous properties on Peacock Road and Sabal Drive. Although originally part of the area’s stormwater management, it is a naturalized lake, full of mangroves, which by ordinance should have County protection, and numerous birds, fish and wildlife. One end of the lake is a bird rookery for various heron.

Sura Kochman, who led the fight against Benderson's oversized Siesta Promenade, wrote below.

From: Sura Kochman skbaystate@aol.com

Subject: New hotel, just over the south bridge

Dear All,

Since traffic and congestion was such a concern of ours regarding Siesta Promenade, I am sharing with you the following information regarding the new hotel proposed by 1-800- ask Gary (Gary Kompothecras). It is provided by a newly formed group, SK Coalition which intends to address major concerns regarding several new proposed high rise developments for Siesta Key.  

Sura

All - for those interested, Genesis Planning, the consultant for Dr. Gary K's proposed 120-room, 7-story hotel near Stickney Point/Old Stickney Point has been scheduled via a Zoom presentation on December 2nd.  See info below.  

SK Coalition will be joining and monitoring this presentation as well.  Those of you near the subject property, were you properly notified by mail?  In addition to publishing in a local paper in advance, the developer is required to notice by mail all neighboring property owners within a 750 ft radius ten days in advance of Dec 2nd.

Obviously, we all have concerns about this hotel's special exception request for 83 feet height above the base flood elevation (instead of the 35 ft current restriction) and requested text amendments to quadruple the density per acre of transient accommodations from what is in the current barrier island codes and policies.  Equally important, we wish to convey to Sarasota Planning staff and elected Commissioners that they first "step back" from considering these coming hotel applications on a one-off basis:

Our 1999 Siesta Key Community Plan, which was a foundational document, leading to the protections of the Siesta Key Overlay District, is more relevant and applicable today than it was then. The need to protect our barrier island from adverse consequences of "intensity and density" was thoughtfully considered and input from our community was respected. Please honor its vision and its inherent will of those that call SK their home.  If not willing to consider the wishes of the residents of SK, at least consider the implications to Sarasota County's valuable economic asset, this barrier island.  

• Why no comprehensive study of the impact on traffic congestion and safety, both pedestrian and vehicular, on these large-scale, high-rise hotels (inclusive of the hotel in final consideration in the Promenade already across one of our two major island access points)? 
• What precedents are being set by one-off granting of major exceptions for high-rise and intense hotels to go on the other 44 acres of commercial property on SK?  
• What is the impact to our public and private beaches of bringing all these transient guests? How will will they access the beaches safely?  
• We already have an unresolved, growing conflict between privately beach owners (90% of our SK beaches) at the public access points...what happens when hundreds of transient hotel guests exacerbate this dilemma and the private condo association owners all step in to restrict beachgoers from putting up their umbrellas and chairs?  
• Will mainland County taxpayers find their access to crowded public beach become  further limited? This was the largest concern cited by residents of Sarasota County in the recently publicized quality of life survey reference in last week's Sarasota News Leader:...Access Points to Barrier Islands.

We are not anti-development.  We are pro-economic growth for SK and Sarasota County.  But not when it comes with more adverse consequences and dangerous precedents that will open the floodgates of taller and more intense development... death by a thousand cuts.  Our leadership needs to step back and see the big picture.

Here's the Zoom information for the Neighborhood Workshop:

Neighborhood Workshop Siesta Key Hotel and Parking Garage

Date:12/02/2020 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM  

Zoom link

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84742112223?pwd=bFNIQ1NpMXJhbm1NK3NUZ2s4S0NyZz09

Phone in 312-626-6799 Use meeting ID 879 7887 1482  Password 951062

Contact: Robert Medred, Genesis Planning, 941-255-2313

Siesta Key Hotel and Parking Garage_12.2.2020

Please spread this info, so people can attend via Zoom or phone. Mailing notices have not yet been received. The link at the very bottom is to plans filed with Sarasota County, including changes to the UDC and SKOD that would be precedent-setting and affect everyone throughout the County. Note Wednesday Dec. 2 date, scheduled with little notice, during a busy holiday season and rising pandemic.

Siesta Key Association site

Eliminating density restrictions just one concern with 3 Siesta Key hotels

Three Hotels Proposed for Siesta Key

Two Proposed Hotels in Siesta Village – Image Courtesy Sarasota county  —  

Three hotels are being proposed for Siesta Key,  two in Siesta Key Village and one near the south bridge.   All building proposals plan for over 100 rooms of Transient (nightly) Accommodations, exceeding existing limitations.  Two of the hotels would exceed the 35-foot height restriction.

None of these hotels, as proposed, are legal under current zoning regulations.  All proposals also violate the two critical barrier island protections prohibiting an increase in density and intensity of property use.  These hotels can only be built if the County Commissioners grant special exceptions and amendments to current zoning and regulations.

The adjacent picture (image courtesy of Sarasota County) shows the location of the two proposed Village hotels, which are side by side.

Redevelopment of Siesta Key Resort

The first Village hotel is an expansion of Mike Holderness’ Siesta Key Resort on Ocean Blvd. from 55 rooms to 170 rooms.  The buildings would adhere to the 35-foot height regulation.

 View plans for this expansion on the Sarasota County web site.

New Hotel on Calle Miramar

Robert Anderson is proposing the second Village hotel with its entrance on Calle Miramar.  This hotel would sit on the vacant UPS store lot and an adjacent empty lot on Beach Road, and three lots behind them on Calle Miramar.  A 170-room, 100-foot building would replace existing single-story buildings.

View plans for the Beach Road hotel on the County web site.

Hotel near South Bridge

The third hotel, proposed by Gary Kompothecras, is located near Siesta Key’s South Bridge on Old Stickney Point and Peacock Roads.  This hotel would be a new 120-room, 100-ft building. A separate parking garage would provide some parking for the hotel.

View plans for the South Bridge hotel on the County web site.

How this will impact the Key?

These proposed hotels will add hundreds more cars driving daily on and off Siesta Key (in addition to extra traffic from the approved Promenade Hotel at US 41 and Stickney Point.)  Beach Access #5, in the Village, and beach access #12 near the Stickney Point Bridge will be overwhelmed with hundreds of extra visitors. Added transient accommodations will increase traffic, pedestrian, and beach congestion – how much can one little island absorb?

Another key component in the hotel proposals is a change to the County definition of Transient Accommodations.  Currently, for the barrier islands, including Siesta Key, Transient Accommodations are limited to 13 rooms/acre or 26 rooms/acre without a kitchen.  These hotel proposals include changes to zoning regulations that eliminate any restriction or allow much higher density.  More than 100 rooms per acre are proposed for each of the three hotels.   Proposals specifically state that certain property on Siesta Key may be developed “to contain transient accommodations which exceed the density restrictions of the zoning regulations.” This opens the flood gates for similar proposals on other Siesta Key commercial property.

Some Siesta Key Residents have asked what people can rely on when making a purchasing decision, if the Comprehensive Plan, Sarasota zoning code, and the SKOD regulations can be changed at a request for personal gain.  What protection can homeowners count on from the County?

Siesta Key Association continues to oppose special exceptions, variances, and amendments to the Sarasota County Comprehensive Plan, Unified Development Code (UDC), or Siesta Key Overlay District (SKOD) for current and future development projects that increase the density, or intensity of property use on Siesta Key.

Current Hotel Status

Pre-applications have been submitted to the County Planning Department and comments returned on two of the projects.  No formal applications have been submitted; no public hearings have been scheduled.   If you have thoughts about the hotel proposals, you can voice them to the County Commissioners at commissioners@scgov.net.

Read extensive articles on hotel proposals:

 Sarasota News Leader:   South Bridge Hotel, Calle Miramar and South Bridge Hotel Proposals, Calle Miramar Hotel

The recent filings of preliminary applications for two new 80-plus-feet-tall hotels on Siesta Key will encompass more than land development considerations, The Sarasota News Leader has learned.

Each proposal calls for major changes to the Sarasota County Unified Development Code (UDC), which contains all the land development and zoning regulations. Each application also proposes a modification of the county’s Future Land Use policy that applies to residential density on the barrier islands.  SNL 7.23.20

Siesta Sands:   Calle Miramar Hotel, South Bridge Hotel

Herald Tribune: Developers look skyward on Siesta

Check back on the SKA site for further information on these hotel projects.

 

East vs West: Who shapes Sarasota's future?

At 1:30 p.m. on September 23 -- today -- at the County Commission, a community will attempt to preserve its 170-year-old rural way of life, to "Keep the Country Country,"as Becky Ayech likes to say,

When the community of Old Miakka recently came before the Planning Commission, they were criticized, questioned, and essentially judged as doing something that, the planning board members said, threatened to unleash "chaos" if allowed to go forward. 

They were merely echoing the words of the attorney for the development industry, William Merrill III, who had no client there to represent. His scare tactic snowballed through the meeting, and went even further. The Planning Commission board -- a group of appointees whose day jobs fall largely within the employment confines of the development industry -- unanimously voted against recommending Old Miakka's proposed Comp Plan Amendment, then took the further step (under vice chair Colin Pember's* goading) of sending a letter to the County Commission, requesting research on how other counties deal with citizen Comp Plan amendments. Normally developers bring such amendments - as we'll see in a moment.

Essentially the Planning Commission was ventriloquizing Merrill III - questioning the very right of a community to ward off undesired development that would irrevocably change the character of its life.

                                                                     *Pember is land acquisitions mgr. for Pulte Homes of Atlanta

While this effort plays out in the farthest northeast corner of the county, a very different tale is just getting underway at the county's western edge. Three Siesta Key hotel developers - Gary Kompothecras, Mike Holderness and SKH 1 LLC - say their urge to build eight-story mega-hotels requires the county to increase density and height allowances. These changes are not just for their three new projects on Siesta, either. If approved as formulated, they would apply to the entirety of Sarasota County.

The dichotomy is clear: To the East, a community older than the county itself wishes to slow "progress" in order to preserve culture and history that otherwise will be lost. To the West, mega-hotel builders demand that the county open the gates to more intense development, more density, greater heights. 

While the people of Old Miakka see rapid growth as loss, the hotel impresarios see no reason not to alter the character of Siesta Key forever. Three new high-rise hotels will bring the traffic, change the skyline and rush the Key into a future of intense development unlike it's ever seen.

Who shapes the future? After the Old Miakka hearing, we'll have a clue.                                                       

• More on Old Miakka's challenge here.
• More on the brave new hoteliers here.

Stadium deal could devastate Sarasota's tourism marketing

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Tourist Development Council members say promotional funding critical for county’s tourism agency to fight widespread negative publicity over red tide

September 20, 2018 by Rachel Brown Hackney, Editor & Publisher

County Commission to have final say about how to pay for needed repairs to Ed Smith Stadium

(Editor’s note: This article was updated late in the morning of Sept. 21 to make it clear that the $97 million figure for the Baltimore Orioles’ economic impact on Sarasota County is the latest annual figure, based on research undertaken for Sarasota County.)

A county fact sheet offers details about the Tourist Development Tax. Image courtesy Sarasota County

Given the significant downturn in business and resulting employee layoffs since early August because of red tide, the members of Sarasota County’s Tourist Development Council (TDC) this week voted to recommend the County Commission not reduce the marketing budget in coming years for Visit Sarasota County.

As she had during the commission’s Aug. 22 budget workshop, Carolyn N. Brown, director of the county’s Parks, Recreation and Natural Resources Department, explained to the TDC members on Sept. 17 that staff had considered a variety of options to pay for repairs the county is obligated to make to Ed Smith Stadium in Sarasota within the next five years. A decrease in promotional funding for the county’s tourism agency budget was deemed the best of those, Brown added.

An independent assessment — completed in July — of the county-owned stadium and Buck O’Neil Baseball Complex at Twin Lakes Park on Clark Road showed that about $16.5 million will be needed over the next 10 years for the repairs and improvements, Brown said. The county’s General Fund — which covers the operations of most county departments and those of the majority of the county’s constitutional officers — is too constrained to handle the expenses, she added.

The Baltimore Orioles use both facilities; they have been conducting Spring Training at Ed Smith Stadium since 2010.

Brown also noted that the county is obligated, under the terms of a Memorandum of Understanding with the Orioles, to keep Ed Smith Stadium “at a Major League Baseball standard.” The agreement calls for periodic assessments of the facilities, she explained.

These are the top reasons people visit Sarasota County, according to research undertaken for Visit Sarasota County. Image courtesy Sarasota County

The county has sufficient revenue in the Tourist Development Tax (TDT) reserve fund for Capital Projects/Events to cover $2.3 million of the approximately $3.3 million the county will have to spend at Ed Smith in the 2019 fiscal year, Brown said. The extra $1 million will come out of TDT revenue allocated for sports stadiums. However, staff does not anticipate having enough TDT money for the projects planned for the 2020 and 2022 fiscal years, she continued. Therefore, staff recommended reducing the money allocated to VSC for promotional purposes by about 5% in those two fiscal years, Brown pointed out, to cover the stadium expenses.

During the County Commission’s Aug. 22 budget workshop, the board members concurred with the staff recommendation. However, Commissioner Charles Hines, who chairs the TDC, noted that that advisory council would have an opportunity to review the issue and offer its opinion.

Hines did not vote at the conclusion of the presentations and discussion during the Sept. 17 TDC meeting. He abstained, he said, as he would be participating later in a formal vote as a member of the County Commission.

Media Relations Officer Drew Winchester told The Sarasota News Leader this week that the commission is scheduled to vote during its Oct. 9 regular meeting on whether to authorize a public hearing on staff’s proposed change to the TDT ordinance to shift funds from the promotional efforts for VSC to the stadium account. If the commission approves holding the hearing, Winchester added, that would be conducted on Oct. 23.

Vice Chair Norman Schimmel initially said he wanted to abstain from the vote, as well. Schimmel added that he first wanted to see a presentation Visit Sarasota County (VSC) President Virginia Haley plans for the TDC in October, showing how her staff would be modifying its business plan for the 2019 fiscal year to try to counter all the negative national publicity about red tide.

After Hines said he did not believe the TDC’s governing rules would allow Schimmel to abstain, Schimmel decided to join his advisory council colleagues in unanimously opposing any reduction in the VSC marketing funds.

This Visit Sarasota County graphic argues against the change in allocation of revenue to promotional initiatives. Image courtesy Sarasota County

“It is devastating,” TDC member Bob Daniels, who serves on the Venice City Council, said of the loss of tourism business — and worker layoffs — because of red tide. “It’s a shame we have to put the Orioles on the same table” as promotional funding.

Nine representatives of tourism-related businesses implored the TDC members not to take money from VSC.

“I can’t believe that this group is even considering cutting the marketing [money] for Visit Sarasota!” Paul Parr, who owns 12 vacation rental condominiums on Siesta Key, told the council.

Before red tide began plaguing the shoreline, Parr said, his August bookings were 30% ahead of the number for August 2017. “We ended up closing out August 30% behind last year.”

All of his September guests cancelled, he added. “I got the last two today. So my numbers are 30% down for August and 100% down for September …”

John Tanner, general manager of Innisfree Hotels, which manages the Indigo and the Embassy Suites in downtown Sarasota, told the TDC members, “It’s imperative now” to ensure Visit Sarasota County has sufficient marketing funds.

This is one of the dining areas at Pop’s Sunset Grill on the Intracoastal Waterway in Nokomis. Photo from the restaurant website

Joe Farrell, owner of Pop’s Sunset Grill on the Intracoastal Waterway (ICW) in Nokomis, said, “We’re down 60% in the last nine weeks.”

TDC member Erin Silk, CEO of Venice MainStreet, reported that that nonprofit had undertaken a survey since red tide had worsened. Of the 134 businesses that responded, she said, 72% were located within 3 miles of the beach or the ICW. Two “outliers” reported losses of $1 million and $3 million, Silk continued. Without them, the average loss for each of the other businesses was about $15,800.

Altogether, she continued, 10% said their revenue was down more than 50% for the month of August; 30% said business was down from 25% up to 50%; and 36% had had to cut employees.

“It is our duty to protect our local businesses,” Silk added.

Yet, David Rovine, vice president for the Orioles in Sarasota, pointed out that the team has provided more than $10 million to Visit Sarasota County for promotional efforts over the past nine years. “This investment is not mandated by our contract with the county,” he added. “It’s a commitment from the Orioles … that is unmatched in Major League Baseball and possibly in professional sports.”

Rovine noted that since the team began Spring Training in Sarasota, the number of annual visitors to Sarasota County from the Mid-Atlantic States during the first quarter of each year had grown 300%.

A graphic provides details about the Baltimore Orioles’ impact on Sarasota County’s economy. Image courtesy Sarasota County

The Orioles do not just conduct Spring Training, he stressed. They also host events throughout the year, including Fall Instructional League games and youth baseball tournaments, which generate hotel stays.

Moreover, Rovine said, the team elected not to construct dormitories for players, as many other teams have done in areas where they hold Spring Training. Instead, Rovine pointed out, the Orioles have spent more than $15 million on hotel room nights in the county for players and staff.

Brown of the Parks, Recreation and Natural Resources Department also pointed out that the Orioles contribute about $97 million a year to the county’s economy, based on research undertaken for the county.

“This is probably one of the hardest debates and discussions I’ve had,” Commissioner Hines said, since he became the TDC chair in late 2014.

The stadium issues and the money

Fans watch a game on Feb. 28 at Ed Smith Stadium. Image copyright by the Baltimore Orioles

During her Sept. 17 presentation, Brown explained that the comprehensive facilities assessment for Ed Smith Stadium and the Buck O’Neil Baseball Complex determined a number of issues that needed to be addressed over the next decade.

The projects planned for the 2019 fiscal year, she continued, will include renovations of practice fields 2 and 3 and the main field at the stadium; replacement of the remaining parts of the irrigation system installed in 1989; replacement of the top coat on the flooring in various areas; and the installation of equipment for lightning protection.

The biggest estimated expense listed in the report for FY19 is $1.5 million to raise the outfields to the infield level on practice fields 1, 2 and 3 and laser-grading of the fields. That work would cost $500,000 per field, the report said.

Brown noted that the study was undertaken by an Orlando firm called ZHA, which focuses on professional sports facilities.

The county and the Orioles each contribute $150,000 per year to a “CAPX” — capital expenditures — fund, she said, but that revenue cannot begin to cover the expenses outlined in the study.

A chart shows the funds needed over the next five years for repairs and renovations at Ed Smith Stadium. Image courtesy Sarasota County

In response to a question, Kim Radtke, director of the county’s Office of Financial Management, explained that if the county were to borrow the $8 million for five years to cover the repairs and renovations, the debt service would be $1.7 million per year, plus the county would incur expenses for issuing the bonds. VSC staff had suggested the bond issue as an alternative.

Brown also noted that staff had considered other ways of reapportioning the TDT revenue, but she stressed the need for continued beach maintenance and renourishment, as well keeping intact the funding dedicated to the arts in the community and to Nathan Benderson Park, which hosts national and international rowing events, among other activities.

The Visit Sarasota County perspective

A chart prepared for Visit Sarasota County by Downs & St. Germain Research offers the tourism agency’s perspective on anticipated growth in TDT revenue. Image courtesy Sarasota County

During her portion of the presentation, Haley, the president of Visit Sarasota County (VSC), pointed out, as she had earlier this year to the TDC, that the county will see an addition of 1,177 hotel rooms by the end of this year. That represents a 23% increase, she said.

To maintain the current occupancy levels, she continued, 225,000 more room nights would have to be sold in FY19, which would mean drawing 10% more visitors. “We are averaging 2 to 3% a year,” she said of the growth in the number of tourists.

The less demand for rooms, Haley stressed, the lower the room rates hotels can charge. The lower the rates, she continued, the less Tourist Development Tax revenue is produced, as the tax is 5% on accommodations rented for less than six months a year.

She showed the council a slide that said the county’s tourism promotion investment per lodging unit is $385. Through June of this year, the slide noted, the revenue per available room averaged $134.43, a 2.5% drop from the figure for the same period of the 2017 fiscal year.

A bar graph compares promotional investments of Sarasota County and neighboring counties. Image courtesy Sarasota County

In Pinellas County, the slide said, the revenue per available room had grown 2.9% for this fiscal year, through June. Pinellas invests $882 per lodging unit, the slide noted.

Sarasota County has lagged behind its competitor counties in terms of tourism promotional spending for the past 25 years, Haley said. “It’s just gotten worse over time.”

“We’re warning you,” she added: “Continual nibbling away of tourism marketing dollars” will continue to lead to negative consequences for TDT revenue.

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Setback Concerns on Siesta

Hearing Jan. 30

The County Commission is holding a public hearing on January 30th after 1:30 PM on the proposed zoning code change. It will allow buildings up to 8 stories high to be ONLY 2 feet from the sidewalk! Our current codes allow buildings 35 feet high (3 stories) to be 2 feet from the sidewalk.

Growth eruption: The city of Sarasota

via the Herald Tribune:

Your visual guide to all of the completed, underway or planned projects in downtown Sarasota.

By John Hielscher
Staff Writer

Call it the billion-dollar boom.

Construction is completed, underway or planned on projects that will bring more than 4,200 new apartments, condominiums and hotel rooms in and around downtown Sarasota.

Developers and their lenders are betting heavily that Sarasota is ready to handle such an eruption of growth, which also includes new office and retail spaces.

Dozens of projects, some spanning the maximum 18 stories, will permanently change the appearance of the city, a post-recession surge of building fueled by pent-up demand and confidence in the future.

The city has issued building permits valued at more than $1 billion in the past three years. While that total include all types of construction, such as repairs and renovations, the new projects are the top-dollar draws.

In the 2016 fiscal year alone, the city processed $442 million worth of permits.

The Elan Rosemary apartment, at $33.6 million, the Embassy Suites hotel, at $25 million, and the DeMarcay condo and retail, at $23.7 million, were among the largest.

UNDER CONSTRUCTION

1500 State Street

1500 State St.
20 condominiums, 4,699 square feet office space, 3,708 square feet retail space
$4.2 million
State Street Partners SRQ LTD.

The Jewel

1301 Main St.
19 condominiums, retail space
$19.4 million
Main Street J Development

The DeSota

1401-1445 Second St.
180 apartments, 15,000 square feet retail space
$40 million
Carter Acquisitions LLC

Hotel Sarasota

1255 N. Palm Ave.
163 rooms, 10,000 square foot ballroom, restaurant
$13 million
Floridays Development Corp.

Embassy Suites & Spa

202 N. Tamiami Trail
180 rooms
$40 million
JEBCO Ventures

VUE/Westin

1 N. Tamiami Trail
141 condominiums, 255 hotel rooms, 14,000 square foot ballroom
$120.7 million
Kolter Group

Valencia at Rosemary Place

Cocoanut Avenue
30 townhomes
$3.38 million (first 18 units)
Icon Residential

Cityside

700 Cocoanut Ave.
489 apartments, 8,700 square feet commercial space
$25.7 million (phase 1 of 229 units)
Rosalyn Holdings LLC

Vanguard Lofts

1343 Fourth St.
Six townhomes
$2.4 million
Tetra Terra Development

Risdon on 5th

1350 Fifth St.
22 condominiums, 7,000 square feet office and retail space
$6 million
Steven Bradley

Rosemary Square

1440 Blvd. of the Arts
39 apartments, 30,000 square feet retail and office space
$6.2 million
Rosemary Square LLC

Elan Rosemary Apartments

710 N. Lemon Ave.
286 apartments
$33.6 million
Greystar GB II LLC

Citrus Square, phases 2 and 3

505-555 N. Orange Ave.
28 condos, 4,200 square feet commercial space
$4.4 million
MBFC LLC

Urban Flats

1401 Fruitville Road
228 apartments, 3,700 square feet retail space
$30 million
Framework Group LLC

School Avenue Townhomes

41 School Ave.
37 residential units
$4.3 million
Icon Residential

Sabal Palm Plaza

1936 Ringling Blvd.
28,660 square feet office space
$5 million
Mark Kauffman

The "Q"

1750 Ringling Blvd.
39 townhomes
$8.4 million
JEBCO Ventures

Sansara

300 S. Pineapple Ave.
17 condominiums, 2,632 square feet commercial space
$11 million
MK Equity Corp.

Orange Club

635 S. Orange Ave.
15 condos, nine townhomes
$8.7 million
Vandyk USA

Echelon

624 S. Palm Ave.
17 condominiums
$20 million
The Ronto Group

One88

688 Golden Gate Point
Eight condominiums
$8.6 million
Vandyk Sarasota-Golden Gate Point LLC

PLANNED

Lemon Avenue Pad Site

Lemon Avenue at Pineapple
4,310 square feet of retail/restaurant, 4,310 square feet office space
NA
State Street Partners SRQ Ltd.

The Mark

1400 State St.
157 condominiums, 35,000 square feet of retail, 11,000 square feet office space.
NA
Kolter Group

DeMarcay

33 S. Palm Ave.
39 residential units, 2,400 square feet retail space
$23.7 million
XAC Developers

Quay Sarasota (See also SRQ: Another Day, Another Quay)

N. Tamiami Trail
695 residences, 175 hotel rooms, 38,972 square feet office space, 189,000 square feet retail space
$1 billion
GreenPoint Communities LLC

The Sarasota Modern

1242 Blvd. of the Arts
81 hotel rooms
$17 million
Cocoanut Arts LLC

DRAPAC

1329 Fourth St.
62 residential units, 2,820 square feet commercial space
$4.2 million
DRAPAC Capital Partners

Zaharada

1542 Fourth St.
Six condos, 5,150 square feet retail space
$4.8 million
Rosemary District Development LLC

Florida Studio Theatre

751 Cohen Way
Five residential units
$1.2 million
Florida Studio Theatre

Office building

2010 Main St.
3,370 square feet retail/restaurant space, 3,370 square feet office space
$760,000 

The Schimberg Group

Fruitville Hotel

1351-1365 Fruitville Road
118 rooms
NA
Choice Hotels International

Azure on Palm

711 S. Palm Ave.
15 residental units, two guest suites
$9.4 million

Thirty-Four-Seventy-Five LLC

Enclave at Laurel Park

1938 Laurel St.
17 single-family and attached homes
$1.2 million.
David Weekley Homes

HUB Building

1697 Second St.
97 residential units, 6,271 square feet office space
$14.9 million.

Biter Idea Vault

Sarasota Station
2211 Fruitville Road
393 apartments
NA

S.S. Sasquatch (Vengroff)

Allure

111 Golden Gate Point
10 townhomes
$7 million

JEBCO Ventures

609 Golden Gate Point

609 Golden Gate Point

8 condominiums
NA
Golden Gate Point Ventures LLC

Aqua

280 Golden Gate Point
Eight condominiums
$11.0 million

280 Golden Gate Point LLC

Hampton Inn & Suites
1330 Fruitville Road
162 rooms
NA

JEBCO Ventures

Payne Park Village

295, 301, 325 and 601 South School Ave.
135 townhomes
NA
David Weekly Homes

COMPLETED

State Street Garage

1538 State St.
395 parking spaces, 13,873 square feet retail space
$11.3 million
Garage by city of Sarasota, retail by WMR Consulting

Aloft Hotel and apartments

1 N. Palm Ave.
138 hotel rooms, 139 apartments, 6,000 square feet restaurant, 2,175 square feet retail space
$31.1 million
JWM Management