New retailers coming to Sarasota mixed-use project on Main Street

A mixed-use development on Sarasota’s Main Street will be gaining new retailers in the months ahead.

Aster & Links, located at Main Street and Links Avenue, will welcome a Pilates studio, interior design showroom and wellness concept, with more retailers on the way, according to a statement from Belpointe OZ, the opportunity fund behind the project.

Aster & Links consists of two residential towers with more than 50,000 square feet of commercial space on the ground floor. Businesses coming soon there include:

• Ember Pilates will offer Pilates, barre, yoga and infrared heat to help people improve how people move, feel and function. It will be at 105 Links Ave.
• AD Atelier + Design plans to open a flagship showroom featuring curated fine art and furniture. It will also include an atelier, or workshop, with “full-scope interior design for condos, estates and yachts” in addition to turnkey packages for real estate agents and developers at 1983 Main St.
• Pause Studio will provide services such as cryotherapy, infrared sauna, LED light therapy, IV drips and vitamin shots and compression therapy to support “mind-body recovery.” The studio, part of the Pause franchise, will be at 101 Links Ave.

Other tenants already established at Aster & Links include Sprouts Farmers Market, ServisFirst Bank, SkinSpirit medspa, Isabel Boutique and OfKors Cafe.

Photo by Elizabeth King

The Aster & Links towers include 424 residences that opened for tenants in 2024. The luxury apartment complex is nearly 70% leased, OZ says in the Feb. 10 statement.

“We are encouraged by the continued leasing momentum at Aster & Links,” Belpointe OZ CEO Brandon Lacoff says in the statement. “Reaching approximately two-thirds leased represents meaningful progress as the property continues its transition toward stabilization and, we believe, reflects the continued strength of the Sarasota residential market.”

In October, OZ secured a more than $204 million loan to refinance Aster & Links, saying a portion of the proceeds went toward refinancing existing debt while the remainder was earmarked to support the continued lease-up and stabilization of Aster & Links. At that time, the complex was 50% leased.

Greenwich, Connecticut-based Belpointe OZ has more than 2,000 units in its development pipeline across four cities, representing a total project cost of more than $1 billion.