Bradenton, Sarasota County move ahead slowly after deals with public buildings

Over the past couple of years officials from both Sarasota County and the city of Bradenton have ventured to sell their main government buildings to developers with plans to transform them.

In Sarasota, the county administration building had fallen into disrepair over the years and it cost too much money to upgrade it. In Bradenton, the city hall building sits on waterfront property that officials believed could be used to boost the prospects of downtown.