New multifamily development is continuing its eastward migration along Ringling Boulevard with the approval to integrate a 20-foot-wide alley into a 10-story, 54-unit development covering two lots at the intersection of Ringling and South Osprey Avenue.
The development, which has no submitted site plan, would replace a low-rise commercial building and a row of substandard townhome units on two parcels at the edge of Arlington Park. The properties in question are at 1776 Ringling Boulevard and 222 S. Osprey Ave. They are separated by an alley that can be accessed from Osprey to the east and terminates at an adjoining condo building to the west.
The public benefit merits of the 207-foot-long brick paver alley that dead ends at a pair of dumpsters was at the center of the nearly two-hour-long July 6 Sarasota City Commission legislative hearing where the development took another step forward. Representatives of the applicant brought a request to vacate the right of way for the alley, known as Osprey Court, so it could complete the design of its project under the working name of Ringling & Osprey Condos…