Iconic Sarasota "Vault" building is purchased by investor

Deal will lead to an expanded brain research center

  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • | 6:00 a.m. September 13, 2019
COURTESY PHOTO — Doug Libertore has purchased the Sarasota Art & Antique Center with the intent of opening a brain and autism research center there.
COURTESY PHOTO — Doug Libertore has purchased the Sarasota Art & Antique Center with the intent of opening a brain and autism research center there.
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One of Sarasota’s most iconic office and retail buildings has been sold to a local investor, who plans to move an expanding brain research organization to its second floor.

 

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