Developers of big downtown Sarasota parcel look to spring 2024 opening

Walking over wood beams and dirt while donning a yellow construction vest and a white hard hat, Kevin Robbins is in his element one recent sweltering weekday morning, as the buzz of jackhammers and metal clinging linger. The longtime Sarasota commercial real estate broker is talking about some of the wow factors at One Main Plaza in downtown Sarasota. The project is a significant redevelopment of 1991 Main St., a 259,000-square-foot complex and indoor mall that had been known simply as Main Plaza. 

Robbins, 39, has a history with the property. Not necessarily in leasing or brokering deals, but in hanging out with buddies and going to movies. That goes back to the 1990s, when Main Plaza was the go-to spot for Sarasota area high school kids. The Hollywood 20 movie theater (now 11) was the anchor, and teenager magnet.