Home & Real Estate

Flower Power

Our Intrinsic Love of Nature Is Trendy in Home Décor

Biophilia is a desire or tendency to commune with nature.

11/01/2020 By Megan McDonald

Real Estate Junkie

For Sale: A Sarasota School of Architecture Home in Dade City

This house is an untouched time capsule of 1960s design, with all the earmarks of the style.

10/28/2020 By Robert Plunket

Architecture

Fawley Bryant Completes Batting Tunnel for the St. Louis Cardinals

The project served as a catalyst for upcoming improvements, additions, and renovations to the Cardinals’ spring training complex.

10/27/2020 By Staff

What Your Money Can Buy

What a New-Construction Residence in Gillespie Park Will Cost You

Plus a Manatee River mansion and a Lakewood Ranch model home.

10/26/2020 By Ilene Denton

Real Estate

Sapphire Point in Lakewood Ranch Unveils 14 Model Homes

The Pulte Homes development plans a grand opening event Dec. 12.

10/26/2020 By Ilene Denton

Home Tour

Annual Lakewood Ranch Tour of Homes Morphs into ‘Ranch Road Home’

The revamped event, a nod to Covid-19, takes place Nov. 6-22 in 21 Lakewood Ranch villages.

10/26/2020 By Ilene Denton

Real Estate

World's Attic Thrift Shop Building Sold

Guerrero Food Market purchased the building at the corner of Beneva Road and Webber Street for $900,000.

10/23/2020 By Staff

Awards

Sweet Sparkman Wins Four Design Awards

The awards recognize restoring a Sarasota School of Architecture building and a Myakka farmhouse, among projects.

10/23/2020 By Staff

Real Estate

Realtor Association Reports More Sales in First Nine Months of 2020 Than 2019

During September 2020, the market experienced a rise in sales, higher prices and fewer available listings than during the same month last year.

10/22/2020 By Staff

Real Estate Junkie

For Sale: Manasota Key Modern With a Bohemian Vibe

This home was built back in 1973 but has been added to and updated over the years—and it typifies what makes Manasota Key so special.

10/22/2020 By Robert Plunket

Real Estate

Sarasota County Buys Warehouse on Apex Road For $1.9 Million

The county’s Department of Emergency Services will use 16,000-square-foot property.

10/14/2020 By Staff

What Your Money Can Buy

What a Home in Historic Granada Will Cost You

Plus, an 18,000-square-foot golf course estate in The Concession and a solar-powered residence on Longboat Key.

10/13/2020 By Ilene Denton

Real Estate

Neal Land & Neighborhoods Announces Opening of KB Home at North River Ranch

Both home models are priced in the mid-$200,000s.

10/12/2020 By Staff

Real Estate Junkie

For Sale: A High-Tech Cottage Renovation in Bradenton

Instead of renovating the 1925 house in a cutesy, shabby-chic way, the owners have rethought it as a stylish home/office that would be perfect for a young entrepreneur.

10/09/2020 By Robert Plunket

The Luxury Market

The Residences at St. Regis Longboat Key Launches After $200 Million in Pre-Sales

Three six-story residential buildings with 69 luxury condos will replace the now-razed Colony Beach & Tennis Resort.

10/08/2020 By Ilene Denton

Beach Life

Take a Look at This Newly Redesigned Vacation Condo

A light, bright plan brings the Gulf-front condo into the 21st century.

10/06/2020 By Ilene Denton

Test of Time

The Midcentury Modern Walter Farley Residence in Venice is One of Florida’s 2020 ‘11 to Save’

Produced by the Florida Trust for Historic Preservation, the annual list showcases the most threatened historic structures in the state.

10/05/2020 By Ilene Denton

Free Trees

Sarasota’s Free Community Tree Giveaway Starts Oct. 5

Four species of native Florida trees are available to city residents.

10/05/2020 By Ilene Denton

Neighborhood Guide

Neighborhood Guide: Wellen Park

Wellen Park is the new name for the fast-growing master-planned community in south Sarasota County previously known as West Villages.

10/02/2020

Real Estate

West Villages Is Now Wellen Park

The fast-growing master-planned community in south Sarasota County rebrands with a new name and more future development.

10/02/2020 By Ilene Denton