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Deals

54-Unit Complex Sold for $5.1 Million

The Gables at Honore, LLC, recently purchased Sarasota's Saulstars Court.

07/27/2017 By staff

Data

Consumer Confidence Up

The Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index improved in July after declines in both May and June.

07/27/2017 By staff

New hires

Surgeon Joins Eye Care Center

The vitreo-retinal surgeon Tanuj Banker, M.D., recently joined Sarasota's Center for Sight.

07/27/2017 By staff

Repairs

Free Plumbing Certification Classes Announced

The workforce development nonprofit CareerEdge Funders Collaborative is partnering with Suncoast Technical College to offer a tuition-free plumbing technology certification program this fall.

07/27/2017 By staff

Honors

Early Education Center Wins National Recognition

The early education and child care center Kiddie Academy of Lakewood Ranch recently received a handful of awards from its parent company.

07/27/2017 By staff

Food

College to Open New Café Run By Faculty, Students

University of South Florida Sarasota-Manatee faculty chefs, students and professors are opening a new café on the college's campus.

07/27/2017 By staff

Team Sarasota

Meet the New Starting Five on the City Commission

The five power players who make up Team Sarasota.

07/26/2017 By Cooper Levey-Baker

Heat Index

Goodbye, Gregg Allman

Sarasota Blues Festival producer Barbara Strauss remembers Gregg Allman.

07/26/2017 By Barbara Strauss

New hires

Community Foundation Hires One, Promotes Two

The Gulf Coast Community Foundation recently hired Jennifer Johnston as its senior community investment officer and promoted Wendy Deming to chief operating officer and Erica Furo to knowledge management officer.

07/26/2017 By staff

Construction

Venice Retirement Center Picks Firm for Renovations

Village on the Isle, a nonprofit retirement community in Venice, recently selected Stevens Construction to renovate a five-story, 80,000-square-foot assisted living facility.

07/26/2017 By staff

Deals

Dental, Nail, Pet Businesses to Join Whole Foods and Others in New Shopping Strip

Great Expressions Dental Centers, Lee Nails, Banfield Pet Hospital, Greenwise Dry Cleaner, Wawa and Zoë’s Kitchen will join the new Whole Foods Market in Sarasota's University Station shopping strip.

07/26/2017 By staff

Deals

Downtown Fruitville Road Property Sold

Oaktree Development of Sarasota, LLC, recently purchased three adjoining parcels for $600,000.

07/26/2017 By staff

Politics

Panel Discussion to Focus on Ethics in Media

The panel includes participants from the University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications, the Sarasota Herald-Tribune, the Observer Media Group and ABC 7.

07/26/2017 By staff

Only in Sarasota

Only in Sarasota: Nathan Benderson Park, U.S. Rowing Youth National Championships

Sarasota is gaining a reputation for world-class sporting events.

07/26/2017 By John Pirman

Gotcha!

What Happens to Your Mug Shot if You Get Arrested in Sarasota?

Spoiler alert: Your booking shot will follow you, even if charges don’t.

07/26/2017 By David Hackett

From the Editor

Dear Reader—Who Are You?

Stats about our readers.

07/26/2017 By Pam Daniel

New Hotel

A Sneak Preview of the Brand-New Westin Sarasota

The Westin Sarasota opens Friday.

07/25/2017 Edited by Susan Burns

Construction

Assisted Living Facility Expanding

Halfacre Construction Company recently broke ground on a 35,000-square-foot addition to the Cypress Creek Assisted Living Residence in Sun City.

07/25/2017 By staff

Data

Lakewood Ranch Among the Nation's Top-Selling Communities

With 622 sales in the first half of 2017, Lakewood Ranch ranks as the third-best-selling master-planned community in the United States.

07/25/2017 By staff

Health care

Research Institute Hires Two Data Scientists

Sarasota's Florence A. Rothman Institute recently hired two graduates from New College of Florida’s master’s program in data science.

07/25/2017 By staff