Mansions on the Market: Bay Island Gated Estate (PHOTOS)

Address: 3799 Flamingo Ave, Sarasota Specs: 4 bedrooms | 4 bathrooms and 2 partial bathrooms | 8,138 square feet List price: $21 million Discover your very own gated, private peninsula on Siesta Key.  Located on the north end of the island, this one-of-a-kind furnished estate sits on more than an acre, with over 700 waterfront … Read more

Trenam Law opens Sarasota office

Trenam Law opened a new office, in Sarasota, at 1515 Ringling Boulevard. Joining Trenam and the new office as a shareholder is Sarasota-native, Erin Christy. Shareholder Reid Buchanan will also practice in the Sarasota office, while splitting time in Tampa. This new location is Trenam’s third office, along with locations in Tampa and St. Petersburg. … Read more

On the Scene: Trepp Developments hosts VIP reception to celebrate SOTA progress

Guests gathered inside the SOTA Residences & Hotel sales gallery in Sarasota for a private VIP reception to hear updates from developer Rodrigo Trepp. As president of Trepp Developments, his vision for downtown’s mixed-use project continues to expand as he announced a new virtual concierge service that will be offered to owners of the 35 residences, via LIVunLtd. Special … Read more

One Liners Sarasota and Manatee: Comcast, Colliers and more

► New College of Florida, in Sarasota, is debuting a version of its liberal arts degree, in Spring 2024, that will feature classes offered through distance learning, supported by live video-conferencing seminars and discussion groups so that it will be accessible to students everywhere.  ► Comcast completed a three-year, $22 million infrastructure upgrade project, in … Read more

Real estate professionals share projects they’re watching in 2024

Hillsborough | Manatee | Sarasota Real estate is a fascinating industry to follow, especially with the robust activity in the Tampa Bay region. There are a lot of moving parts to projects; timelines get pushed back, construction can completely come to a halt, financing can fall through, etc.  While I find real estate incredibly interesting, … Read more

BayFirst National Bank opens full-service center, in Sarasota (PHOTOS)

BayFirst National Bank celebrated the opening of its 11th full-service banking center, becoming the first full-service financial institution to operate in the Newtown community, in North Sarasota, where it previously operated a loan production office and financial resource center. The opening comes six months after BayFirst purchased the building it had been renting, since 2022, … Read more

Selby Gardens celebrates the grand opening of phase one of its master-planned campus (PHOTOS)

Marie Selby Botanical Gardens, in downtown Sarasota, opened the first completed part of its master-planned campus, which adds 188,030 square feet of new facilities and amenities to its botanical gardens complex and restaurant. The new facilities include the Morganroth Family Living Energy Access Facility, which houses a garden-to-plate restaurant, gift shop, vertical gardens, parking and … Read more

Sarasota recycling services and compost supplier names new CEO

Veransa Group, a Sarasota organic compost supplier and provider of recycling services, has named Dave Vaughn as chief executive officer. Vaughn will oversee the company’s operations, managing integrations of acquisitions and greenfield locations, and the development of compost and other sustainable, reuse products. Vaughn brings more than 35 years of experience in the environmental services … Read more

Sarasota bayfront estate listed for $33.8 million (PHOTOS)

Michael Saunders & Company agent Barbara Sassen May has listed an 11,275-square-foot, 8-bedroom, 12-bathroom bayfront estate, in Sarasota’s Harbor Acres, for $33,825,000. The custom-built home was completed in 2022, with a modern, British West Indies-style designed by Naples-based Stofft Cooney Architects, built by Perrone Construction of Sarasota and landscaped by Stephen Hazeltine of Venice. The … Read more