Colson Hotel to be restored as a business incubator

With a goal of providing business startup space across all demographics, the group preserving the Colson Hotel plans to renovate it as the Colson Collective.

Save Sarasota Historic Properties Inc. plans to restore the historic Colson Hotel into the Colson Collective business incubator.
Save Sarasota Historic Properties Inc. plans to restore the historic Colson Hotel into the Colson Collective business incubator.
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It could be a jazz club, or perhaps restored as a hotel.

 

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