International Mod

Check Out This Pair of Modern Homes That's Headed to Indian Beach-Sapphire Shores

Internationally acclaimed Spanish architectural firm Fran Silvestre Arquitectos is designing the cantilevered sister homes. One of them is for sale for $5.95 million.

12/18/2023 By Kim Doleatto

This old house

Ventana, an 1894 Indian Beach Home, Hits the Market

After almost 40 years, homeowners Anne and Frank Folsom Smith are selling their waterfront home for just under $12 million.

02/06/2023 By Kim Doleatto

lavish build

Peek Inside the Most Expensive Home in Sarasota County Right Now

With a price tag of $25 million, this waterfront estate just north of downtown is the most costly listing yet.

06/24/2022 By Kim Doleatto

Home Tour

This Indian Beach-Sapphire Shores Home Has Hosted Presidents, Performing Artists and Famous Authors

Built in 1912, this historic home hit the market for $7.5 million and is already pending. Here's a peek inside.

02/21/2022 By Kim Doleatto

Local Pride

Peacocks Prance Through This Historic Sarasota Neighborhood

Take in the live oaks, the Old Florida cottages, the mansions—and the peacocks that roam Bay Shore Road daily.

02/15/2022 By Kim Doleatto

Rising From the Ashes

The Former Githler Mansion Gets a New Life

The Sapphire Shores mansion on the bay became a burned-out shell after a fire, but a developer has plans to restore it to its former glory—and then some.

06/14/2021 By Kim Doleatto

Real Estate

A Glamorous Home With a Ringling Family Connection Comes on the Market Again

This 1924 home in the Sapphire Shores neighborhood blends modern updates with original 1920s glam.

05/20/2021 By Kim Doleatto

Real Estate

For Sale: Midcentury Modern Home Enters the Market for $1.5 Million

This Sapphire Shores home boasts a complete renovation while honoring its original midcentury roots.

03/19/2021 By Kim Doleatto

10,000 Steps

Indian Beach-Sapphires Shores Is One of the Most Eminently Walkable Neighborhoods in Town

Lovely, tree-lined Bay Shore Road runs parallel to Tamiami Trail for several interesting miles.

12/01/2020 By Kay Kipling

RIDESHARE

Gotcha Expands Services to University Parkway

The ride-share service can now take you to Sarasota Jungle Gardens and the Ringling Museum.

06/26/2019 By Giulia Heyward

Only in Sarasota

Only in Sarasota: The Thomas House, Sapphire Shores

This month: an opulent 1920s estate.

05/28/2018 By John Pirman

Real Estate Junkie

For Sale: Linda Carson's Sapphire Shores Home

The beloved news anchor's home is on the market for $1.45 million.

05/15/2018 By Robert Plunket

Dream Homes

Sneak Peek: For Our October Dream Homes feature, We Picked Sarasota’s 10 Most Beautiful Homes

Here’s one of them.

10/07/2016 By Ilene Denton

Money Talks

What $800,000 Buys in Sarasota

With $800,000 to spend on a Sarasota property, you’ll have your pick of luxurious homes

05/31/2016 By Bob Plunket

Real Estate Junkie

For Sale: A Piece of Sarasota History in the Museum Area

Bob Plunket takes us inside a lovingly restored Spanish-style home in the Ringling Museum area that's currently for sale.

03/08/2016 By Robert Plunket

Great Sarasota Neighborhoods

Neighborhood Watch: Historic Sapphire Shores

New vitality for the grand old museum-area neighborhood.

02/17/2016 By Ilene Denton

Article

For Sale: Historic Sapphire Shores Home

This week, Bob Plunket gives us a tour of a historic home in Sarasota's Sapphire Shores neighborhood.

12/30/2014 By Bob Plunket

Article

The Luxury Home

Building news on Longboat Key, a report from the Parade of Homes and more.

05/01/2013 By Ilene Denton