Although not enthusiastic about the architecture or lack of guest parking, the Sarasota Planning Board has recommended site plan approval for a townhome development on the former “Circus City” site Beneva Road north of Fruitville Road.
By a 3-2 vote at its June 11 meeting, the Planning Board endorsed a project for 83 townhomes, to be built by national home builder DR Horton, on the 7.5-acre site that was once a mobile home village as part of the 155-acre Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus winter headquarters.
Previously known by its working name Beneva Road Townhomes, the development is called Sage Park…