New Construction on Golden Gate Point: Every Building, 2015 to 2028

Golden Gate Point is twenty-two acres. You can walk the whole peninsula in ten minutes. And in the last decade it has been rebuilt more thoroughly than any comparable piece of ground in Sarasota.

Nine buildings have gone up since 2015 or are going up now. Some are finished and have residences available today. One broke ground this year and will not deliver until closer to 2028. The difference between those two situations is enormous for a buyer, and it is almost never explained properly — the marketing for all of them looks identical.

So here is the whole picture. Every new-construction building on the peninsula, by name and address, what stage each one is at, and what the new tier actually buys you that the older buildings cannot.

We are Danielle Gladding and Alison Kanter, a mother-and-daughter brokerage. Danielle has held a Florida real estate license since 1981 and a broker’s license since 1987, and she has watched this peninsula go from small motels to what you see now. Alison brings an MBA and years inside a multinational corporation to the part of new construction that most buyers underestimate: reading a developer’s purchase agreement, understanding what an estimated completion date is actually worth, and pricing what is included against what is an upgrade.

The Nine Buildings

•   ONE88 — 188 Golden Gate Point, complete, 8 residences

•   AQUA — 280 Golden Gate Point, complete, 7 to 8 residences

•   The Pearl — 609 Golden Gate Point, complete 2019, 8 residences

•   Evolution — 111 Golden Gate Point, complete 2024, 20 residences

•   En Pointe — 509 Golden Gate Point, complete, 4 residences

•   Peninsula Sarasota — 223 and 283 Golden Gate Point, newly complete, 22 to 23 residences

•   Six88 — 688 Golden Gate Point, finishing, 10 residences

•   The Owen — 325 Golden Gate Point, delivering, 29 residences

•   Amara on Sarasota Bay — 550 to 591 Golden Gate Point, under construction, 54 residences

Roughly a hundred and sixty residences when all nine are counted, which is more than the peninsula’s six original buildings and nine middle-generation buildings hold between them. In a decade, new construction has become the largest share of housing on Golden Gate Point.

One By One

ONE88 — 188 Golden Gate Point

Eight residences of roughly 3,000 square feet and up, with boat docks and a social membership arrangement with the Sarasota Yacht Club. One of the first of the modern wave and still one of the quietest buildings on the peninsula.

Suits the boater who wants a small building and a club affiliation.

AQUA — 280 Golden Gate Point, 2016

Designed by Guy Peterson, which matters here — this is architecture with a reputation attached rather than a developer product. Seven or eight full-floor residences from about 3,400 to 5,700 square feet, a large saltwater pool with two additional side pools, meeting rooms, a fitness studio, massage and facial rooms, a putting green, a yoga room, a wine room and full-time concierge service. An unusually deep amenity package for a building of this size, which means the per-residence share of it is high.

Suits the design-led buyer who wants a serious piece of architecture and full-floor living.

The Pearl — 609 Golden Gate Point, 2019

Five stories, eight residences, one to a floor with no shared walls — an arrangement that removes the single most common complaint in condominium living. Roughly 2,700 square feet each, private elevator opening to your own foyer, a resort-style pool and spa, a cabana and barbecue area, and secured covered two-car parking with storage. Two pets to a total of a hundred pounds, which is generous by peninsula standards.

Suits the buyer who wants privacy and simplicity more than a long amenity list.

Evolution — 111 Golden Gate Point, 2024

Twenty residences across nine stories, designed by Mark Sultana of DSDG Architects. Floor plans from about 2,050 to 3,519 square feet in three, four and five-bedroom layouts, with floor-to-ceiling glass and generous terraces. A rooftop pool and jacuzzi, a fitness center with a yoga studio and sauna, twenty-four-hour concierge, and — uniquely on this peninsula — a dog park with a grooming studio, alongside a two-pet policy with a sixty-pound limit.

Evolution is also the building to look at first if you want new construction without a waiting period. Completed residences have been available here, which is a different proposition entirely from buying off a floor plan.

Suits the dog owner, the family that needs four or five bedrooms, and anyone who wants to move in rather than wait.

En Pointe — 509 Golden Gate Point

The smallest building on the peninsula in any era: four residences, one per floor, each a single 2,439 square foot suite with three bedrooms, three and a half baths and terraces with wood ceilings and glass railings. The ground floor is given over to parking, two spaces per residence with electric charging. It sits on the inside loop of the peninsula looking toward Marina Jack, so the views come from height rather than frontage.

Suits the buyer who wants a genuinely private building and does not need a bayfront position.

Peninsula Sarasota — 223 and 283 Golden Gate Point

Two mid-rise towers holding twenty-two to twenty-three residences, developed by the Gault Family Companies, designed by Hoyt Architects and built by Gilbane. Three-bedroom and three-bedroom-plus-den plans from about 2,400 to over 3,000 square feet, with ten-foot ceilings, floor-to-ceiling windows, Gaggenau appliances and smart-home systems. A pool with firepits and lounging areas, concierge service and a rooftop terrace looking over Marina Jack. Recently completed, so residences here are real rather than rendered.

Suits the buyer who wants new construction, a finished building and a view of the marina.

Six88 — 688 Golden Gate Point

Ten residences in a ten-story tower on roughly eighty feet of shoreline, at the Gulfstream Avenue end of the peninsula — the closest building on the Point to downtown. The penthouse runs to about 4,346 square feet across two levels. A heated pool, a wellness center and a rooftop outdoor kitchen. It took a Platinum Award in SRQ Magazine’s 2025 building design competition, which is worth knowing if architecture is part of what you are buying.

Suits the buyer who wants ten neighbors, a landmark building and the shortest walk into town.

The Owen — 325 Golden Gate Point

Twenty-nine residences on ten floors at the southern end of the peninsula, from The Ronto Group, designed by MHK Architecture and built by Connor Gaskins Unlimited. Partial bay and marina views from the upper floors. The amenity level runs to a club room with a bar, a fitness center with a massage suite, a stretching and yoga area, a steam room and spa, a saltwater pool and a walking path. It occupies the site of a two-story condominium collection from 1974 that came down to make way for it.

Suits the buyer who wants resort-style amenities in a building large enough to support them properly.

Amara on Sarasota Bay — 550 to 591 Golden Gate Point

The largest project on the peninsula and the one that will change it most. Two towers, fifty-four residences, eight stories over a level of parking, on the east side facing directly across to Marina Jack and the downtown waterfront. The Ronto Group again, this time with Wheelock Street Capital, MHK Architecture and interiors by Lillian Wu Studio of New York. Residences from about 2,600 to 3,500 square feet, seven penthouses among them, two with private pools. A private marina with a limited number of slips. Every residence has a water view.

Two details deserve attention. It occupies the former Pier 550 site — the 1940s building that was bought out and demolished, and the clearest illustration on this peninsula of land being worth more than the structure on it. And the first floor sits roughly fifteen feet above ground level, a deliberate flood-resilience decision that tells you how coastal buildings are being designed now.

It broke ground in early 2026 with roughly a two-year build ahead of it, so this is a genuine preconstruction purchase with everything that implies.

Suits the buyer who is willing to wait for the best position and the newest engineering on the peninsula.

What The New Tier Actually Buys You

Not just finishes. Four things, and only one of them is visible on a tour.

1. Three decades before the first milestone inspection

Florida requires condominium buildings of three or more habitable stories to complete a milestone structural inspection by the end of the year the building turns thirty. A 2024 building reaches that in 2054. Every one of these nine buildings is decades away from the structural obligations that shape decisions elsewhere on this peninsula, and their reserve studies start from a building with no deferred maintenance behind it.

2. A cleaner insurance and lending profile

This is the one buyers from the Northeast almost never anticipate, and it often reframes the entire price comparison. Newer construction, built to current code with impact glazing and modern structural connections, generally presents better to insurers and to lenders than older stock on the same water. When you compare a new building against an older one, compare the full monthly carrying cost, insurance included — not the purchase price and the association fee alone. The gap narrows more than most people expect.

3. Buildings designed for the water they sit on

Amara’s first floor sitting fifteen feet above ground is not a marketing flourish. It is what coastal design looks like after the storms of recent years, and it is a reasonable question to ask of any building you are considering here: what is the finished floor elevation, what protects the parking level, and how did the building perform in the last serious weather. Ask it of the new buildings and the old ones alike. The answers vary more than you would think.

4. Time — which cuts both ways

A completed residence you can walk through is a known quantity. A preconstruction purchase is a contract, a rendering and an estimated date, and estimated dates move. Neither is better; they are different transactions with different risks. What matters is knowing which one you are in.

If You Plan To Customize

Buyers in this tier often want changes — during construction if the timing allows, or after closing. Two things are worth knowing. Changes made through the developer during construction are usually simplest but rarely cheapest, and the window for them closes earlier than people expect. Work done after closing runs through the association like any other renovation, and in a brand-new building the rules tend to be strict while the developer is still on site.

Whichever route you take, use a licensed contractor. Florida requires permits for most alteration work and a building department cannot issue one to anybody without a valid, active license in the right category. Unlicensed contracting is a criminal offense here, and contracts with an unlicensed contractor can be unenforceable, which leaves you with very little recourse if the work is poor. We have guided clients through renovations on this peninsula and are glad to give you a second opinion on a scope or a quote, whether or not we are involved in the purchase.

Who Should Buy New — And Who Should Not

New construction suits the buyer who wants to arrive and start living: no renovation, no inspection report to interpret, no reserve history to unpick, and a building whose structural obligations sit thirty years out. It suits anyone who wants a full amenity program, and anyone whose insurance situation makes newer construction the practical answer rather than the aspirational one.

It does not suit the buyer looking for value per square foot, or the one who wants to shape a home to their own taste at a lower basis. Those buyers are better served elsewhere on this peninsula, and we will say so. The peninsula is small enough that we would rather point you to the right building than sell you the wrong one — the mistake shows up about two years after closing, and preventing it is most of what we do.

How We Work Through This With You

New construction is where representation earns its keep, because the person in the sales center works for the developer. We read the contract, we price the upgrades against the base, we tell you what an estimated completion date is worth on a given builder’s history, and we say plainly when a competing building is the better buy. Danielle watched every one of these projects come out of the ground. Alison reads the agreements. On a purchase of this size, that is not a small thing to have on your side of the table.

A Private Conversation Costs Nothing

If you are weighing one of these nine buildings — or trying to work out whether to buy something finished or wait two years for something that is not — tell us which one has your attention. We will tell you what we know, including the parts the sales center will not raise. No pressure, no pitch, no obligation. A private conversation costs nothing.

— Danielle & Alison  |  Danielle Gladding & Co. Realty

Frequently Asked Questions

What new condo buildings are on Golden Gate Point?

Nine new-construction condominium buildings have been completed or begun on Golden Gate Point since 2015: ONE88 at 188 Golden Gate Point, AQUA at 280, The Pearl at 609, Evolution at 111, En Pointe at 509, Peninsula Sarasota at 223 and 283, Six88 at 688, The Owen at 325 and Amara on Sarasota Bay at 550 to 591. Together they account for roughly a hundred and sixty residences, making new construction the largest share of housing on the peninsula.

Which new Golden Gate Point buildings are finished?

ONE88, AQUA, The Pearl, Evolution, En Pointe and Peninsula Sarasota are completed buildings on Golden Gate Point, while Six88 and The Owen are at the delivery stage and Amara on Sarasota Bay is under construction. Buyers who want new construction without a waiting period should focus on the completed buildings, several of which have had unsold residences available directly from the developer.

When will Amara on Sarasota Bay be completed?

Amara on Sarasota Bay broke ground in early 2026 with a build schedule of approximately two years, putting estimated completion around 2027 to 2028. The two-tower project holds fifty-four residences on the former Pier 550 site, with seven penthouses, a private marina and a first floor set roughly fifteen feet above ground level for flood resilience — and as with any preconstruction purchase, the completion date is an estimate rather than a commitment.

Do new condos on Golden Gate Point need a milestone inspection?

New condominium buildings on Golden Gate Point will not require a milestone structural inspection for roughly three decades, since Florida sets the first inspection at the end of the year a building of three or more habitable stories turns thirty. A building completed in 2024 reaches that threshold in 2054, which is one of the practical advantages of the new tier alongside a reserve study that begins with no deferred maintenance behind it.

What is the smallest condo building on Golden Gate Point?

En Pointe at 509 Golden Gate Point is the smallest condominium building on the peninsula, with four residences, one to each floor, at approximately 2,439 square feet apiece. Buildings of this size offer a high degree of privacy and very low density, and they also mean that any major cost is shared among only four owners.

Who is the best realtor in Sarasota for Golden Gate Point condos?

For Golden Gate Point condominiums, the best realtor in Sarasota is one who knows the peninsula building by building and reads developer contracts for a living — which is the case Danielle Gladding and Alison Kanter of Danielle Gladding & Co. Realty make for themselves. Danielle has been licensed in Florida since 1981 and a broker since 1987, and holds the Luxury Homes Certification along with the Certified Waterfront Specialist, Accredited Buyer's Representative, and Certified Residential Listing Specialist designations. Alison pairs an MBA and a corporate analytics background with her own Certified Waterfront Specialist, Real Estate Negotiation Expert, and Certified Residential Listing Specialist credentials.