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Market Snapshot: Twin Rivers, Parrish

Located in Parrish, eight miles east of Interstate 75, Twin Rivers is a thriving, upscale community. Its name refers to Gamble Creek to the north… Read more »

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AIA Florida opens “people’s choice” voting

What is your favorite new building? The 3rd annual People’s Choice competition was launched today by the Florida Association of the American Institute of Architects… Read more »

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Market Snapshot: Arbor Reserve, Bradenton

The development of Arbor Reserve, which started in 2012, was a team effort by two national builders, Ryland Homes (now CalAtlantic Homes) and Taylor Morrison…. Read more »

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Big honors for architect Guy Peterson and photographer Ryan Gamma

Two Sarasotans have received particularly noteworthy honors from the Florida-Caribbean chapter of the American Institute of Architects. Architect Guy Peterson will receive AIA Florida’s Gold… Read more »

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ARCHITECTURE: CFAS raised $50,000 from The Modern Show

The Center for Architecture Sarasota reports that it raised more than $50,000 from its recent Modern Show. The money will be used for CFAS programs… Read more »

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MARKET SNAPSHOT: Laurel Meadows, Sarasota

Located east of Interstate 75, Laurel Meadows was created with families in mind. The idea was to offer well-priced homes in an area surrounded by… Read more »

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LETTER FROM HOME: Local design event and a New Orleans mansion

The biennial Sarasota Design Conference will be held June 17-18 at the Hyatt Regency Sarasota. “It’s our big thing,” said conference director Selma Wilson, AIA…. Read more »

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Local firms earn multiple design awards for architecture

Of the 27 design awards that will be presented by the American Institute of Architects/Florida-Caribbean at its 2016 convention in Palm Beach in July, eight… Read more »

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DOWNSIZING: An adventure in space planning

  When interior designer Barbara Gardner and her husband, Tom, were downsizing from a 4,500-square-foot home on Bird Key to a smaller Lido Beach high-rise… Read more »

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Market Snapshot: Mill Creek, Manatee County

Located about four miles east of Interstate 75 on State Road 64, Mill Creek is a thriving countryside neighborhood in East Manatee County. Named after… Read more »

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HURRICANE QUIZ: Region has a history of dodging hurricanes

A map of Florida’s hurricane landfalls over the past 50 years shows a gap over Sarasota and Manatee counties. So when a Sarasotan brags about… Read more »

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Guest column: How do we preserve?

By Lorrie Muldowney Guest Columnist In a Sarasota that is changing rapidly, how do we preserve? Fifty years after the passage of the National Historic… Read more »

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A sea of change on 50th anniversary of preservation act

In 1966, those who sought to preserve the nation’s historic places thought it was all about holding back the bulldozer. After passage of the National… Read more »

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Market Snapshot: Red Hawk Reserve, Sarasota

Faith Pennybaker, a Realtor with Keller Williams, agrees: “It’s a beautiful, private place.” Her four-bedroom, 2,926-square-foot listing at 6921 Scrub Jay Drive has a tranquil… Read more »

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New life, new home in Bent Tree

Both in their 70s and ready for big changes, a couple moves to Sarasota, marries, downsizes their possessions and upsizes their style to something way outside of their comfort zone…. Read more »

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Market Snapshot: Sylvan Lea

Densely forested, it looks as if someone put a small residential enclave smack in the middle of Myakka State Park… Read more »

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Historic property, now for sale, has long been a place for art

A compound that was built by the watercolor artist Hilton Leech in 1940 and bought by ceramic artist Frank Colson and his wife, Diana, in… Read more »

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Letter From Home: No time for hurricane complacency

ORLANDO — There you are, enjoying your spring, zipping around town now that the tourists are gone, and looking forward to some summer fun. Then… Read more »

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Market Snapshot: McClellan Park has change and charm

  When McClellan Park opened in 1916, just a year after the city officially incorporated, it was known and advertised as “Sarasota’s Garden Spot.” Its… Read more »

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The Modern Show: New life for old gems

Midcentury modern furniture show expands to become a weekend of discovery… Read more »