Downtown Sarasota apartments approved

SARASOTA – A downtown apartment building originally pitched under the banner of affordable housing may go forward with a new developer. But whether any of the apartments will wind up being affordable is another matter. On Monday, the City Commission agreed to let Atlanta-based developer Carter Acquisitions, LLC, move forward with a 10-story apartment building…

Haines City OKs $214,000 more for Sixth St.

HAINES CITY | City commissioners on Tuesday night approved spending about $214,000 more for the Sixth Street Streetscape Project. The project, which will now cost $1.5 million, starts on Hinson Avenue and extends south to Wood Avenue. It includes landscaping, new and improved sidewalks, and related road and drainage improvements. The increase is because construction…