Work underway on Sarasota Medical Examiner's office

The Fruitville Road facility is being built under an agreement that will lease the facility to the county.

By Business Observer Staff
| 3:14 p.m. April 29, 2022
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File. Russell Vega at the construction site on Fruitville Road.

Manatee-Sarasota

Work is underway on the Sarasota County home for the District 12 Medical Examiner’s office, a public-private partnership approved in 2021 and expected to be ready for occupancy in about a year.

Three county commissioners, County Manager Jonathan Lewis and Medical Examiner Dr. Russell Vega joined representatives from Willis Smith Construction Inc. and Hembree and Associates on Thursday, April 28, for a groundbreaking ceremony at the construction site at 4480 Fruitville Road.