The Herald-Tribune — and by extension, Unravel — has moved out of the iconic glass building at 1741 Main Street … all the way next door, to a few floors of the SunTrust building. We don’t need the space we once did, and our former owners would rather sell the building than let us squat in it, … MORE>>

The plan to build cheap new apartments on Fruitville Road is hanging on by a thread after shit got so real at the City Commission’s hearing on the project Monday night. After city leaders proposed a rule that the city be allowed to make “health and safety inspections” at the proposed 393-apartment property at 2211 Fruitville Road, Vengroff stood … MORE>>

Sarasota County is in a bit of an awkward spot a month into dating the Atlanta Braves. It turns out the team also is seeing its ex: Palm Beach County. Those two have a lot of serious history together. The team trained there for almost 40 years before dumping Palm Beach for Orlando and there are … MORE>>

New townhomes are planned at the north end of downtown along School Avenue between Fruitville Road and Main Street. The project by Icon Residential would add 37 townhomes at the site of dilapidated former YMCA buildings. Site plans for the project were approved unanimously by the city’s planning board on Wednesday night, and the plans … MORE>>

AT A GLANCE 58 percent of all home buys closed without financing. Florida posted the second-highest share of cash sales. Home buyers in Southwest Florida are still paying with cash at one of the fastest rates in the nation. Several recent studies show the Sarasota-Bradenton metro area maintains a higher percentage of cash buyers than … MORE>>