Nonprofit buys Sarasota restaurant property for apprenticeship school

The Perkins restaurant property at 5921 Fruitville Road in Sarasota sold for $1.65 million, records show.
The Perkins restaurant property at 5921 Fruitville Road in Sarasota sold for $1.65 million, records show.
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A former restaurant property on Fruitville Road has sold, and the nonprofit that purchased the site plans to turn it into an apprenticeship academy for those seeking careers in construction. Suncoast Apprenticeship Academy bought the property at 5921 Fruitville Road, which used to be a Perkins restaurant, for $1.65 million, according to the deed filed in Sarasota County. News of the sale was first reported in January.

 

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