Homes in a Box

Is Your Kit House a Copycat or the Real Thing?

The widespread stealing of designs by both lumberyards and kit home manufacturers means that even if a house looks nearly identical to one in a kit home catalog, it might not be.

09/01/2026 By Kendall Southworth

More Rosemary

Bayside North Moves Ahead in the Rosemary District

The second phase of the Bayside project will add 96 rental residences, 15 workforce housing units, eight furnished guest suites and a ground-floor restaurant near the bayfront.

06/02/2026 By Kim Doleatto

April Fools' Day

Fruitville Road Construction Declared a Permanent Landmark

State officials recast the work along Fruitville Road as an ongoing public installation, complete with shifting lanes, sponsored cones and no expectation that it will ever actually be finished.

04/01/2026 By Kendall Southworth

Stats

As Building Permits Cooled Nationwide, Sarasota County’s Housing Permits Rose

Our region is No. 1 among large U.S. metros for per-capita multifamily permitting

03/02/2026 By Kim Doleatto

Tariff Watch

Tariffs Cloud Florida’s Housing Market With Rising Costs and Uncertainty

Material costs are climbing, uncertainty clouds supply chains, and local builders estimate new homes could cost $8,000 to $11,000 more.

08/22/2025 By Kim Doleatto

Going Up

A Roundup of Every Single Downtown Sarasota Condo Project Right Now

Nine new projects could add another 717 condo units and 153 hotel rooms to the city.

07/03/2025 By Kim Doleatto

High Stakes

Urbanist Brent Toderian Says Tall Buildings Are Not the Problem

“Sarasota has a huge disconnect between the types of developments being built and the actual needs of the community."

07/02/2025 By Kim Doleatto

From Cottages to Castles

Why Do Homes Keep Getting Bigger?

Where unassuming ranch homes once stood, big builds now rise—casting shadows over neighbors and signaling changes in local real estate preferences.

05/01/2025 By Kim Doleatto

Woot Woot

Sarasota Builders Won Big at This Year’s National Association of Home Builders Awards

Nautilus Custom Homes, Perrone Construction and Trinity Custom Homes stood out from the competition, taking home a total of ten awards.

03/04/2025 By Kim Doleatto

Preservation Nation

These Threatened Local Buildings Were Just Nominated as Landmarks Worth Saving

The Sarasota Alliance for Historic Preservation highlighted these historic buildings as part of its fifth annual “Six to Save” initiative.

12/17/2024 By Kim Doleatto

Engle-Would

New Residential Construction Is Breaking Ground in Englewood

PulteGroup is launching The Shores at Stillwater, a 256-unit residential development with prices starting in the mid-$300,000s. In this post-hurricane world, there could be increased demand for new construction.

11/08/2024 By Kim Doleatto

Venice Rising

Almost 300 New Rental Units Are Headed to Venice

Set to break ground in January and identified as "attainable housing," Altera Jacaranda will bring 280 one- to three-bedroom rental units divided among five four-story buildings.

11/06/2024 By Kim Doleatto

Nailing It

Camille Heltman Is Living Her Lifelong Dream as a Handywoman

"I can do everything a handyman would do. There’s just not a word for a handywoman in the dictionary.”

06/25/2024 By Megan McDonald

Boldly Going

Atlantic TNG, LLC's Megan Kitchner Is Committed to Moving Forward

“Construction has always been predominantly male, but it doesn’t have to be. There’s a lot of work to be done, and women can do it.”

06/25/2024 By Cooper Levey-Baker

Awards

Local Builders Won Big at This Year's National Association of Home Builders Awards

Nautilus Custom Homes and Ross Built Custom Homes stood out from the competition, taking home a total of seven awards.

03/01/2024 By Kim Doleatto

Loop-de-Loop

Sarasota and Manatee Counties Are Rolling Out Roundabouts in Greater Numbers

Sarasota, Manatee, developers and FDOT say circles make sense, in some locations, to boost safety.

12/20/2023 By Catherine Hicks/Community News Collaborative

Rosemary Risen

What's Going on at the Corner of Fourth Street and Cocoanut Avenue?

A new mixed-use project, that's what, with roughly 2,000 square feet of floor-level retail space and 60 condos.

11/07/2023 By Kim Doleatto

Politics

Business Leaders Say Florida's New Immigration Law Will Make It Harder and More Expensive to Build

The construction industry may take a blow once the state’s new immigration bill takes effect July 1.

06/14/2023 By Kim Doleatto

Loop-de-Loop

The New U.S. 41 and Gulfstream Roundabout Is Finally Here

Located at the base of the Ringling Bridge in downtown Sarasota, the new roundabout will welcome motorists beginning Dec. 17.

12/12/2022 By Kim Doleatto

Paddle up

This Myakka Ranch Comes With Livestock, a Stocked Lake and Tropical Fruit Gardens

It's listed for $6,995,000 million—and you can bid on it in Sotheby's inaugural live real estate auction.

09/13/2022 By Kim Doleatto

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