Q&A | RICK HARCROW

RICK HARCROW
Regional President,
GreenPointe Communities
Tampa and Sarasota

Rick Harcrow joined Jacksonville-based GreenPointe Communities last year to oversee the development of a potential $1 billion waterfront development in downtown Sarasota. GreenPointe, a firm founded by long-time developer Ed Burr in 2008, acquired the 15-acre tract that will become Quay Sarasota for $27 million, after an Irish development firm defaulted on debt tied to the property. Current plans call for seven separate buildings that would be constructed over the course of a decade. Harcrow, who has an extensive development and land use background, recently discussed the status of the planned mixed-use project.

What's the overall status of Quay Sarasota at this juncture?
The project is progressing on schedule, and we've received approval from the Sarasota City Planning Board in the first of two hearings that are required. We're now focused on and proceeding to a City Commission hearing tentatively scheduled for October. There's been a lot of effort that's gone into those hearings, because they're a pivotal point for the project.