New Construction on Golden Gate Point: Every Building, 2015 to 2028
Six88 Danielle Gladding & Alison Kanter July 31, 2026
Six88 Danielle Gladding & Alison Kanter July 31, 2026
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 has not broken ground yet 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.
• 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, preconstruction, 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
The site has been cleared and groundbreaking has been publicly anticipated since early 2026, with roughly a two-year build once it begins. We have not confirmed that vertical construction has started, 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.
Not just finishes. Four things, and only one of them is visible on a tour.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 remains in preconstruction. 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.
The Pier 550 site was cleared after demolition began in January 2025, and groundbreaking has been publicly anticipated since early 2026. We have not confirmed that vertical construction has started. With a build schedule of roughly two years once it begins, completion has been estimated around 2027 to 2028 — an estimate, not a commitment. Confirm current status with the developer before relying on any date. 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.
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.
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.
For Golden Gate Point condominiums, look for an agent who knows the peninsula building by building and reads developer contracts closely. 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.
Call Danielle at 941-539-8535 or Alison at 941-306-9786.
te, 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Not just finishes. Four things, and only one of them is visible on a tour.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
For Golden Gate Point condominiums, look for an agent who knows the peninsula building by building and reads developer contracts closely. 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.
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Sarasota Memorial Health Care System was named one of the nation’s 15 Top Health Systems in 2026, which makes Sarasota’s medicine unusually strong — but your address d… Read more
Bay Isles Beach Club
Harbour Links is an intimate community of 20 units in three buildings inside the gated Bay Isles on Longboat Key, founded in 1989 at 2015 Harbour Links Drive — recentl… Read more
Resort at the Longboat Key Club
Harbour Circle at Longboat Key is a community of 42 contemporary Spanish-style villas at the north end of South Bay Isles — mostly three-bedroom, two-and-a-half-bath h… Read more
Downtown Sarasota
Nine condominium buildings on Golden Gate Point date from 1993 to 2006: Renaissance, Alta Mer, Toscano, The Phoenix, Golden Bay, Majestic Bay, Vista Bay Point, Grande … Read more
Longboat Key
The Shoppes of Bay Isles at 525 Bay Isles Parkway offer everyday convenience for Bay Isles residents — anchored by Publix, with CVS, Chase, Truist, salons, fitness, an… Read more
Longboat Key
The Atrium at Bay Isles offers two mid-rise towers with 80 spacious condominiums and Sarasota Bay views.
Boating Community Longboat Key
Marina Bay offers spacious condominiums with bay views and marina proximity inside Bay Isles on Longboat Key — the ideal community for boating buyers who want condo si… Read more
Lakewood Ranch
Lakewood Ranch has schools in two districts, the Premier Sports Campus and a walkable Main Street. The islands have beaches, dockage and Gulf access. Here is how the t… Read more
Fairway Bay Condominium
Fairway Bay I & II offers 208 condominiums and townhouses inside Bay Isles on Longboat Key with golf course and water views.
Longboat Key Luxury Homes
Emerald Pointe offers 22 freestanding maintenance-free villas built around 2000 inside Bay Isles on Longboat Key — among the community's newest homes, with open floor … Read more
Downtown Sarasota
Bird Key Yacht Club is a private club in Sarasota, Florida, founded in 1959 on the ground of New Edzell Castle and built around a marina, dining, tennis and a full soc… Read more
Florida Luxury Real Estate
The Field Club in Sarasota occupies a 1920s David Adler estate on Roberts Bay that Stanley Field sold in 1957 at a restricted price, and only to a buyer who would keep… Read more
Relocating to Sarasota
The public college behind our nurses, our technicians and a good share of the workforce — and what newcomers can actually do with it.
Relocating to Sarasota
A county park with a playground and a fishing pier that also happens to be a world championship rowing venue.
McClellan Park
South Poinsettia Park is called Sarasota's Flower Streets because its 1920s developers gave the roadways a botanical theme, then used pioneer family names where the fl… Read more
Sarasota Yacht Club
The Sarasota Yacht Club was incorporated on June 21, 1926, and marked its centennial in 2026 with an approved clubhouse expansion and a full replacement of its marina … Read more
Sarasota
Five thousand rescue calls a year, twelve hundred birds treated, and a free Bird Walk most people drive past without noticing.
Bay Isles
The Tennis Gardens at the Resort at Longboat Key Club holds 20 Har-Tru clay courts plus pickleball, with daily clinics and a match-arranging service open to members an… Read more
Relocating to Sarasota
Roughly 880,000 square feet inside a 276-acre district — and the reason this region's center of gravity moved inland.
Sarasota
Oyster Bay Estates in Sarasota took shape in the early 1950s on the east shore of Roberts Bay, around a 1920s Chicago winter estate that had already become the private… Read more
Longboat Key Homes with Boat Docks
Harbour Court is a waterfront association of only 18 homes inside the gated Bay Isles on Longboat Key, with expansive 180-degree Sarasota Bay views — each home has a p… Read more
Luxury Homes
Danielle Gladding has sold Sarasota luxury real estate since 1981; with daughter Alison Kanter she covers every premier waterfront address in the market.
Florida Luxury Real Estate
The Ritz-Carlton in Sarasota is not one building: it is a hotel, residences downtown and at The Quay, a private Beach Club on Lido Key, and a Tom Fazio golf course.
Relocation
Taxes, insurance, groceries, dining, culture — and everything here that costs nothing.
Longboat Key
Where Privacy, Nature, and Estate Living Meet on Longboat Key
Danielle Gladding
Danielle Gladding has lived in Bay Isles, served the community as a Kiwanis president, guided buyers and sellers since 1981, and is the broker whose husband serves as … Read more
Lifestyle
A good Longboat Key scouting trip tests the island at four different hours and in more than one season, because the barrier island that charms you at sunset can drive … Read more
Downtown Sarasota
They share a bridge, a zip code, and a way of life — but the buyer who belongs on Lido is not the buyer who belongs on St. Armands. Here’s how to tell the difference.
Harbor Acres
Sisters Katherine and Daisietta McClellan laid out McClellan Park in 1915 and 1916, hiring landscape architects and taking the street names from a Calusa shell mound.
Florida Luxury Real Estate
San Remo Estates in Sarasota was platted between 1953 and 1956 by Roy Construction Company, which filled roughly thirty acres of Sarasota Bay bottom to create the neig… Read more
Downtown Sarasota
Avondale was first platted in 1914 as workforce housing that failed to sell, then re-platted in the 1920s by the Bacheller-Brewer Corporation as one of Sarasota’s most… Read more
Downtown Sarasota
Southside Village is Sarasota's oldest shopping district — two walkable streets behind Sarasota Memorial Hospital, anchored by Morton's Market and ringed by West of th… Read more
Manatee County
Sara Bay opened in 1926 as a Donald Ross course built to sell lots — and what that century-old model still teaches a buyer walking into a sales center today.
Longboat Key
Longboat Key dining has separated into two tiers in 2026 — an ultra-luxury layer at the south end anchored by The St. Regis, and an expanding locals-first scene throug… Read more
West of the Trail
Bay Point Park in Sarasota has a shared boat basin owned by its neighborhood association, described in state lease records as a nine-slip facility serving roughly fort… Read more
Downtown Sarasota
Harbor Acres is a waterfront neighborhood west of the Trail in Sarasota, minutes from downtown and Sarasota Memorial Hospital, where most original 1950s ranches have g… Read more
Florida Luxury Real Estate
The Bay Isles Beach Club at 2111 Gulf of Mexico Drive is a private, resident-only Gulf beach facility, and every home inside the Bay Isles gates on Longboat Key carrie… Read more
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