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Real estate

Realtor Joins Englewood Office

Michael Saunders & Company recently hired Meg Griffin.

10/03/2018 By Staff

Flower Power

New to Florida Gardening? Author and Gardener Chase Landre Can Help

Landre spends her days helping desperate gardeners from the North cultivate a green thumb.

10/02/2018 By David Hackett

Come Together

Arlington Park's Porchfest Turns Strangers into Neighbors

The third annual music festival takes place Sunday, Oct. 7.

10/02/2018 By Ilene Denton

Construction

Builder Selects New Assistant Project Manager

Lakewood Ranch's Halfacre Construction Company recently hired Shawna Brown.

10/02/2018 By Staff

Real estate

Coldwell Banker Names New Manatee County Branch Manager

Dawn McClure will lead almost 30 independent sales associates.

10/02/2018 By Staff

Top Sale

Casey Key Home Sells for $4 Million

The nearly new home has direct Gulf frontage.

10/02/2018 By Ilene Denton

New hires

Real Estate Firm Names New Commercial Division Leader

SaraBay Real Estate, Inc. recently hired Michael Gallatin, who has worked for Michael Saunders & Company and SVN Commercial Advisory Group.

10/01/2018 By Staff

Only in Sarasota

Only in Sarasota: Revere Quality House

This Sarasota School of Architecture icon was designed by Paul Rudolph and Ralph Twitchell.

10/01/2018 Illustrations by John Pirman

Trend Report

Seven Must-Haves For Your Dream Kitchen

Just in time for the holidays, here's how to spend time in the most-used room in the house.

09/28/2018

Real estate

Real Estate Firm Adds Six New Associates

Premier Sotheby’s International Realty recently hired Jackie Griese, Catherine Ouellette, Mike Ouellette, Tony Huffman, Katelyn Letourneau and Karen Soscia.

09/28/2018 By Staff

Dream Homes

Five Must-Haves For Your Smart Home

The latest high-tech home products.

09/27/2018 By Ashley Cooper

Dream Homes

Three Gorgeous Homes We Love

Three new projects display a dazzling range of innovation and style. Plus: the latest high tech home products and thoughts on a looming real estate bubble.

09/27/2018 By Ilene Denton

Dream Homes

Three Gorgeous Homes We Love

Three new projects display a dazzling range of innovation and style. Plus: the latest high tech home products and thoughts on a looming real estate bubble.

09/27/2018

Design

Architecture Firm Names Two New Partners

Rick Oswald and Daniel Shaffer recently became partners at Sarasota's Clifford M. Scholz Architects.

09/27/2018 By Staff

Dream Homes

Textile Designer Charlotte Osterman’s New Family Home Reflects her Love of Color

Osterman has put her joy-filled aesthetic sensibility to eye-catching effect.

09/27/2018 By Ilene Denton

Dream Homes

Architect Guy Peterson Grounds His Latest Home Design in Nature

The Agee House, architect Guy Peterson’s latest residential project, is remarkable for the way it sensitively takes advantage of its setting on a peninsula at the end of a very private, wooded cul-de-sac.

09/27/2018 Photography by Ilene Denton

Dream Homes

A Siesta Key Condo Gets a Modern Makeover

Sleek and spare, with an abundance of wood, steel and concrete, the project is the result of combining two corner units on the 15th floor of The Terrace, the iconic condominium tower that hovers over a broad stretch Siesta Beach.

09/27/2018 By Ilene Denton

Mr. Chatterbox

Our Humor Columnist Gives North Port Some Love

The city has finally come into its own.

09/26/2018 By Robert Plunket

Construction

Builder Picked for South County Courthouse Project

Halfacre Construction Company was recently picked to improve the Robert L. Anderson Administration Center and build a new 29,000-square-foot courthouse.

09/25/2018 By Staff

Real estate

Statewide Home Sales Up

While sales of single-family homes in Sarasota County declined in August, the number of sales statewide grew by 4.2 percent.

09/24/2018 By Staff