Prolific condo developer and auctioneer dies at 81

Alan Roberts led a Renaissance man-like life.

  • By Business Observer Staff
  • | 6:00 a.m. March 26, 2021
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Prolific Sarasota homebuilder and condo developer Alan Roberts once had an unusual sign on his desk that suggested, what for some, could be a life lesson: “Help lame duck over fence,” it read, “get shit in hand every time.”

 

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