Marian Anderson Place, a contaminated 14-acre city-owned property that has sat vacant in Newtown for decades, moved closer to redevelopment on Sept. 8, as City of Sarasota commissioners unanimously advanced plans for health care and light-industrial uses.
The property is on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Way near Emma E. Booker Elementary School and the Betty J. Johnson North Sarasota Public Library, just east of U.S. 301.
The commission approved two related items involving the property at 2046 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Way. One amends the city’s pending sale agreement with Newtown Gateway LLC by adjusting environmental-remediation deadlines. The other, approved on first reading, would rezone approximately 9.22 acres from “commercial residential” to “industrial general.”…