Massey & Massey continues to close deals! Smally Family Land Corp. has purchased 2.55 acres of vacant land located at 8241 Lockwood Ridge Rd. from Harbor Community Bank for $335,000. Located less than a quarter of a mile away from busy University Blvd. Eric Massey and Ben Graham of Michael Saunders & Company represented the … Continue reading Press Release: 8241 Lockwood Ridge Rd.

“Real estate might be the industry that is most transformed by autonomous vehicles,” predicts David Silver, who teaches self-driving engineering at an online university called Udacity. In a fascinating Bloomberg article recently featured in the Herald Tribune, many forward-thinking entrepreneurs and researchers hypothesize that widespread acceptance of autonomous transportation will significantly change how we assign … Continue reading Futurists Predict Self-Driving Cars Will Greatly Affect Real Estate Industry

Here’s this week’s Briefs From Barwin report. This week’s topics include new parking access equipment in the State Street and Palm Avenue garages allowing for three free hours of parking, some traffic news for US-41, and the new and improved SarasotaFL.Gov website. As usual, the report also includes a list of upcoming Van Wezel shows. … Continue reading Briefs From Barwin

You may remember back in December 2017 when we blogged about an upcoming Italian Restaurant called Pazzo Southside that was moving into the space formerly occupied by Mojo’s Real Cuban at 1830 South Osprey Avenue. Well, we have a date you can mark your calendars by now: Monday, February 19th. That’s the day Michael and … Continue reading Pazzo Southside to Open on 19th

Here’s this week’s Briefs From Barwin report. This week’s topics include an online survey Sarasota’s new Parks and Recreation Department is using to collect information about Sarasota’s parks, a new Utilities Director named Bill Riebe, and info on the upcoming Music Half Marathon. As usual, a schedule of upcoming Van Wezel shows is also included. … Continue reading Briefs From Barwin

The Milken Institute, a California-based independent economic research think tank, has released a report on the Best Performing Cities of 2017, which ranks the Northport/Sarasota/Bradenton area #6 in the country, and #1 in the state of Florida. According to their website, this ranking is based off the institute’s Best-Performing Cities (BPC) Index, which “measures metropolitan … Continue reading Milken Institute Names Sarasota #6 in Best Performing Cities of 2017 Report

Here is this week’s Briefs From Barwin report. This week’s topics include John Lege and Tom Barwin’s tour of the VUE Sarasota Bay condominium building, an informative video about sea level rise in the Sarasota Bay, and info on the upcoming Vintage & Collectibles Fair. As usual, the report also includes a list of upcoming … Continue reading Briefs From Barwin

The Rosemary District Association plans to unify all development projects going forward in the Rosemary District under a new vision. The Rosemary District, the area northeast of the intersection of Fruitville Rd. and US-41 and southeast of the intersection of 10th St. and Orange Ave., is a small and somewhat eccentric slice of Sarasota that … Continue reading Rosemary District Association To Breathe New Life Into Rosemary District

This week, the Ringling College of Art & Design held its 23rd annual createSRQ High School Juried Arts Show exhibit, in which over 200 pieces of artwork created by Sarasota County high school students were displayed. All art was available for silent auction, and judges selected pieces for Top 25 and Top 5 categories which … Continue reading Sarasota High School Students’ Art Displayed In Ringling College of Art & Design Exhibit

Sarasota City Commissioners unanimously voted on Tuesday, January 16 to change four zoning codes – downtown core, commercial general area, commercial shopping center-regional, and intensive commercial district zones will be able to be used by medical marijuana dispensaries. A second vote is scheduled on February 5, which is expected to also pass. This decision will … Continue reading Sarasota City Commissioners Change Zoning To Allow Medical Marijuana Dispensaries