In Focus: Sarasota

Sarasota and its surrounding county have experienced exponential growth over the past four years

By Kevin McQuaid
| 6:00 a.m. March 29, 2019
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KAYLEIGH OMANG â€” The 10-story Kane Plaza office building in downtown Sarasota has appreciated significantly over the past five years.

Commercial Real Estate

Sarasota has been on a growth tear since emerging from the economic recession of the last decade, with more than $1 billion in new commercial and multiresidential projects either delivered or under construction at present.

Although downtown Sarasota and the immediate surrounding county of the same name have experienced significant growth, much of the new development has expanded geographically outward to the master-planned community of Lakewood Ranch and to Benderson Development Co. holdings surrounding the Mall at University Town Center.