Miami, local investors plan medical project on 14-acre Sarasota brownfield site

From left, Newtown Gateway partner Barron Channer, Sarasota Economic Developer Wayne Appleby and Sarasota Manager of Long Range Planning David Smith address the City Commission regarding the Marian Anderson site.
From left, Newtown Gateway partner Barron Channer, Sarasota Economic Developer Wayne Appleby and Sarasota Manager of Long Range Planning David Smith address the City Commission regarding the Marian Anderson site.
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An investor group working to transform the blighted Marian Anderson property in Newtown — owned by the city of Sarasota — into a job-creating commercial site has won unanimous future land use approval by the Sarasota City Commission, paving the way for an eventual purchase of the property.

 

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