Apartment Deal Falls Through for Sarasota’s Historic Downtown Village

Apartment Deal Falls Through for Sarasota’s Historic Downtown Village

A proposed 324-unit apartment complex would have replaced the colorful cottages on Fruitville Road. Now, tenants have more time to plan—and the owners say the property isn’t for sale.

Florida couple’s colorful Sarasota cottage village houses 17 small businesses; a 324-apartment plan threatened demolition, but owners canceled the sale and took the property off market - THE LOCAL REPORT ARTICLES

Sarasota cottage village Screen grab from: ABC7 news A cluster of colorful cottages along Fruitville Road in downtown Sarasota has been spared from demolition, at least for now. The Historic Downtown Village, home to 17 locally owned businesses, was under contract to be sold to a developer who planned to replace the bungalows with a ...