Sarasota FL

Over 100 new apartments are under construction near the Bradenton Riverwalk and the city’s growing downtown arts hub. The Park Vista Apartments will be a five-story, 154-unit complex at 704 Third Ave. W., according to building records. The site is between the recently opened Herrig Center for the Arts and the Manatee P

SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) - A group of longtime Sarasota small businesses says they are being forced to relocate as developers move forward with plans to replace a cluster of historic cottages with a new apartment complex. But instead of going their separate ways, several owners say they are working together...

An apartment project near downtown Sarasota closed on a $43 million construction loan that will allow building to begin. Bayside North will provide 96 apartments at 1250 10th St. Texas real estate investment firm Affinius Capital partnered with New York investment firm Axonic Capital on the loan, according to a...

Smith continues to outpace Sargent in contributions. As a result of the filings of their campaign finance reports for the first quarter of this year, The Sarasota News Leader has learned that incumbent Sarasota County Commissioner Joe Neunder has taken over the fundraising lead from his incumbent colleague, Commissione

Benderson Development’s interest in acquiring historic building prompted several board discussions over past year. A 4-1 vote of the Sarasota County commissioners on May 5 appeared to end a saga that began more than a year ago regarding the 261 S. Orange Ave. home of the nonprofit Architecture Sarasota in downtown Sara

Roadwork on the John Ringling Causeway will bring lane closures from 7 p.m. Thursday, May 14 to midnight, according to the Florida Department of Transportation. The inside lane of the westbound side will be affected at the Bird Key Drive intersection. The night repaving work is part of a broader,...

One person was flown to the hospital after a fire broke out at a home in Sarasota on Thursday.

Incident caused by grease blockage in pipeline, city staff reports. Starting about 11:30 a.m. on Thursday, May 7, approximately 23,040 gallons of raw sewage began spilling from a stormwater pipe into a ditch at the intersection of Myrtle Street and Cocoanut Avenue, the City of Sarasota has reported to the Florida Depar

A Bradenton man has been sentenced to seven years in prison after what prosecutors describe as a terrifying campaign of domestic violence that included grabbing his girlfriend’s 1-month-old kitten and flinging it off a fourth-floor apartment balcony into traffic. Prosecutors say that episode was only one part of a...

SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) - One person was injured in a house fire Thursday morning, the Sarasota County Fire Department said. Firefighters responded to the fire in a house in the 2500 block of Nassau Street shortly before noon. The fire was declared out in about 20 minutes. The injured person...