When Kevin Daves arrived in Sarasota in the early 1990s, he saw opportunity in what was missing — a luxury waterfront hotel in downtown, recognizing that potential in what is now The Ritz-Carlton, Sarasota at the former location of the John Ringling Towers.
Expanding the Ritz-Carlton brand here, he turned his sights eastward to Lakewood Ranch and, through his Core Development Inc., developed a Ritz-Carlton-branded private golf course, which opened in 2005, as part of the Ritz-Carlton Members Club. Core Development then followed that up with The Concession Golf Club in 2006, designed by golf legends Jack Nicklaus and Tony Jacklin.
This fall, Daves’ latest project, 1000 North — in partnership with Michael Jordan, pro golfer Ernie Els, retired NFL player Tucker Frederickson, wine industry leader Bill Terlato and other notable names — will open as perhaps Sarasota’s most exclusive private club in the BLVD Sarasota condo tower at the corner of Boulevard of the Arts and North Tamiami Trail…