Auteur developer believes new Sarasota condo project will be a work of art

Despite heightened competition and economic trends, new tower slated to stand apart

By Kevin McQuaid
| 6:00 a.m. November 23, 2018
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COURTESY RENDERING â€” The developers of the planned $170 million Auteur condo tower in Sarasota hope to deliver the project in 2022

Commercial Real Estate

Ascentia Development Group’s latest luxury condominium tower — planned for downtown Sarasota in the wake of successful projects on Longboat Key and Tampa — comes long into the economic growth cycle and amid heightened multifamily competition.

But Principal Jay Tallman, whose 18-story Auteur condo tower is being developed together with Githler Development President Charles Githler and company Senior Vice President Andy Dorr and Tampa philanthropist and hotel owner Dr. Kiran Patel as partners, is unfazed.