Article Written by : By John Hielscher Staff Writer For Herald Tribue Its being called the billion-dollar boom. Construction is completed, underway or planned on projects that will bring more than 4,200 new apartments, condominiums and hotel rooms in and around downtown Sarasota. Below is guide to all of the completed, underway or planned projects in downtown Sarasota. Developers and their...
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Victor Luckerson @VLuck April 7, 2015 Time.com Sarasota waterfront, Florida If you want to live somewhere where you’ll find financial prosperity, a strong community and a sense of purpose, you should consider moving to southern Florida, according to a new poll. Gallup’s annual Well-Being Index ranked the North Port-Sarasota-Bradenton metropolitan area as the city with the highest...
Sarasota luxury real estate sales ($1m+) increased 22% in Aug 2015 with 39 luxury properties sold compared with 32 sold in Aug 2014. Year-to-date Sarasota luxury property sales have increased 9% over last year with 309 luxury properties sold through Aug 2015 compared with 283 sold through Aug 2014. Also during the month, the inventory of luxury properties decreased 9% with 454...
SARASOTA, Florida -- Sarasota city officials say they were averaging just over 5,000 permits a year during the building boom, but now they're topping the 8,000 mark -- and the number is steadily growing. "We're standing in our new kitchen, it was part of the permitting process we did," said Sarasota resident Michael Meiser, describing the massive transformation currently...
Home prices in Southwest Florida continue to rise at a faster rate than the state and the nation. But analysts expect home-price appreciation to slow in the coming year. Single-family home prices jumped in August by 11.6 percent in the Sarasota-Manatee region and by 9.4 percent in Charlotte County, data provider CoreLogic reported Tuesday. Both outpaced the...
When on the topic of “top” places to live, move or retire, Sarasota consistently comes up in conversation. We not only have highly ranked schools, but we are also very popular for our community’s love and involvement in the arts. And let’s not forget about the consistently top-ranked Siesta Key Beach! The unreal powdery white sands and clear water are, undoubtedly, the most popular...