Publix confirms plan to open in revamped Sarasota plaza

Grocer will take over site formerly occupied by SweetBay Supermarkets

  • By Business Observer Staff
  • | 11:00 a.m. July 12, 2019
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KEVIN MCQUAID — Benderson Development Co. intends to raze a former SweetBay Supermarket in Sarasota's Town & Country Plaza to make way for a new Publix Super Market location.
KEVIN MCQUAID — Benderson Development Co. intends to raze a former SweetBay Supermarket in Sarasota's Town & Country Plaza to make way for a new Publix Super Market location.
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Ending years of speculation, Publix Super Markets Inc. has confirmed plans to relocate a Sarasota location to a new store within the Town & Country shopping center.

Benderson Development Co., which acquired the former SweetBay and Kash N’ Karry store after the former shuttered dozens of outlets along the Gulf Coast six years ago, says it is preparing to demolish the existing grocery shell at 501 N. Beneva Road.

 

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