Main event

Main Plaza has anchored one end of Sarasota's downtown for the past three decades, always teeming with potential but often mired by a lack of cohesion and vision.

Mostly, in the two decades since Regal Cinemas debuted its Hollywood 20 cineplex at the 1991 Main St. site, Main Plaza has largely languished.

Case in point: Though two of the three partners comprising new owner BBC Main Street have lived in Sarasota for more than a decade, their exposure to Main Plaza was almost nil.
BBC Main Street acquired Main Plaza earlier this month for $18.1 million.