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This past week the Sarasota Herald Tribune Reported that an investment firm from New York has begun purchasing single family - 3 bedroom-2 bath homes for rental properties in the Sarasota and Manatee Counties. The real estate market in southwest Florida has made some significant turns and investment groups like Blackstone and others are making significant investments in the area.  Please find the complete article below by John Hielschier and Michael Braga, staff writers for the Sarasota Herald Tribune.

Firm Scoops Up Area Properties


By John Hielscher and Michael Braga,
Staff Writers for The Sarasota Herald Tribune

Giant real estate investment firm Blackstone Group has launched an ambitious campaign to buy distressed properties in Southwest…

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This years Sarasota Chalk Festival is being held for 10 days from October 28th - November 6th in Downtown Sarasota.  Come and see over 500 Artist create 2D and 3D chalk images on the roads of Downtown Sarasota, with this years theme of "Circus City, USA".  There will be performance stages that will also highlight music, drama, dance, magic, acrobatic, and aerial performances.

The Festival is FREE for all the participates and veiwers and will be held between 300-600 South Pineapple Ave. For complete information and all the details about the Fesival please visit their website at ChalkFestival.org 

The following is just a little sample of the work that you will enjoy at the Sarasota Chalk Festival 2012.

This work done by JULIO JIMENEZ of California.…

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This past week “Top Retirements.com” rated Sarasota, Florida at the top of their list for Best Places to Retire.  Please see their article and links to their website below.

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Your Editor Picks: How We Rank the 10 Best Places to Retire – And Why

"February 28, 2012 — Last week we announced the list of the 100 Most Popular Retirement Towns, our annual list of the places that our visitors and members seem the most intrigued with. This week we decided to take that idea a little further by analyzing that list against 12 important retirement criteria. The result is a top 10 that looks very different, with 4 towns from the top 20 moving up to the top 10. Here are your editor’s selections for the “10 Best Places to Retire” – (the # in ( ) was its ranking…

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Trader Joe’s is coming to Sarasota, FL trader joe's is coming to sarasota

The Sarasota Herald reported this morning that the popular grocery store chain Trader Joe’s is opening their second Florida store in Sarasota. Trader Joe’s confirmed this week that they will be opening a store at the former Rooms To Go furniture store location at 4101 South Tamiami Trail which is just south of Bee Ridge Road and across the street from the Best Buy and Barnes and Noble shopping plaza.  Rooms To Go built and moved to a larger store further south on Tamiami Trail this past year. 

Sarasota is the second Trader Joe’s location in Florida, their first is in Naples, Florida. Trader Joe’s has become one of the most profitable retailers in the country based on square footage selling space according to…

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This past week the Sarasota Observer published the article below about the new growth that is happening in the Palmer Ranch area of Sarasota.  There is a definite uptick in activity with the new Kohl’s and Lowe’s stores now open and soon to have a new Costco that is now under construction.  As you will read there is also talk of new homes being built in Palmer Ranch.

Visit   Palmer Ranch Real Estate  to view all of the homes that are for sale. Choose a Palmer Ranch neighborhood from the list.

Palmer Ranch adding Homes, Jobs, Businesses.

Date: February 2, 2012

by: Kurt Schultheis | City Editor

Call it a new boom on the South Trail.

Palmer Ranch Holdings LLC Vice President Justin Powell confirmed for the Sarasota Observer this week that Palmer Ranch is under…

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Lego Man arrived on Siesta Key Beach on Tuesday.  Jeff Hindman was walking on Siesta Key Beach this past Tuesday at about 7am and came upon this giant brightly colored Lego Man.  lego_man_on_siesta_key_beach_400 As reported by our local news paper the Sarasota Herald Tribune, Lego Man is about 8 feet tall and weighs about 100 lbs. and made of fiberglass.  Lego Man has the words No Real Than You Are on his front shirt and “Ego Leonard” and the number 8 on the back of his shirt.  Ego Leonard is the reported name of an artist in the Netherlands.  An email was sent to the artist and the response was,
“I am glad I crossed over.  Nice weather here and friendly people.  I think I am gonna stay here for a while. A local sheriff escorted me to my new home.”
Photo by Jeff Hindman, who found Lego…

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Five Guys Burgers and Fries in Sarasota

  New to Sarasota - Five Guys Burgers and Fries has opened a new location in Sarasota.  Located at the Stickney Pointe shopping plaza, 6593 South Tamiami Trail, which is at the corner of Route 41 and Stickney Pointe.  This is near the entrance to the south bridge going onto Siesta Key.

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“Five Guys Burgers and Fries” is easy to find…..
                            
                                It is right next door to Weight Watchers!!!      LOL!

I am not kidding.  My husband Greg and I went there on a Saturday evening just a few days after their opening and the place was busy, busy, busy. And for only being open a few short days the staff was well trained, friendly and happy to serve you.  This is a great…

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Sarasota Arts Education to partner with the Kennedy Center of Performing Arts

The Sarasota Arts Education will be partnering with the Kennedy Center of Performing Arts to expand art education in elementary and middle school.  Sarasota has become the 6th city to be chosen for the “Any Given Child” free initiative program that pairs local arts organizations and educators with staff members form the john F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.  

Sarasota has long been recognized as the “Arts Capital of Florida” and has beaten 7 other Florida Cities and hundreds of cities through-out the country for this position. 

Carrie Seidman, of the Sarasota Herald Tribune published an article on Thursday, Jun 16, 2011 that explains all the details. 

Carrie…

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Apple Store Coming to Sarasota

 It was announced in the paper today, November 7,2013 that an Apple Store will be coming to Sarasota.  This has been a long awaited and much anticipated addition to Sarasota.  Back in November of 2011 it was reported that the Apple Store was coming to the Southgate Mall after their renovations.  Well we all waited and waited and waited.....

The wait is over.

Now comes the most recent news as it was reported in our local paper the Sarasota Herld-Tribune today by Justine Griffin.

Apple Store coming to SarasotaApple is Opening a Store at the new Mall at University Town Centerwhich is currently under construction and is due to open in the fall of 2014.  The University Town Center is a $315 million upscale mall that is under construction at the…

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