Downtown Sarasota | Sarasota/Manatee Area Real Estate

Many gracious properties dot the Downtown Sarasota Real Estate market, providing easy access to fine dining, exciting theater, eclectic shopping, banks and local businesses – all within close proximity to the beautiful Sarasota Bay.

Properties range from Sarasota luxury homes facing the Bay to smaller properties in town or on the Hudson Bayou. Also found in Downtown Sarasota real estate are pocket neighborhoods of single family homes, such as those in Laurel Park, and the old and new custom homes of Harbor Acres along the bay. Downtown Sarasota real estate provides convenient access to work for many physicians working in the hospital district.

If you like your finger on the pulse of the city, Downtown Sarasota real estate is what you want to see. This is where the action is. As the seat of banking and finance, downtown claims the addresses of many law firms, real estate offices, architects, and business consultants. Just south of Downtown Sarasota real estate is the ever-expanding Sarasota Memorial Hospital with its huge footprint and lengthening shadow over doctors’ offices, ancillary services, foundations and such.

Sarasota Opera House exterior with gargoyle.

A badly needed new police and justice center was constructed in Downtown Sarasota over the last few years. The county courthouse and county office building, along with the main post office are standard fixtures on Ringling Boulevard Downtown. Also found around Downtown Sarasota real estate are the original old churches, a large public library and dozens of galleries, restaurants, theaters and shops.

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A Look Inside Our History

The Village of Sarasota was first incorporated in 1902, making this community relatively young in comparison to the rest of the state and country. A professional planner, John Nolen, was hired in 1925 to develop a master plan for the city’s growth. In 1928 an effort began to unite Tampa to the north, to Miami by way of one highway. Dubbed “Tamiami Trail,” it ran right through Sarasota, including U.S. 41 curving along Sarasota Bay. At that time City Hall was located on the Bayfront. Forty years later in the 1960s, automobile traffic had grown in such numbers that it was difficult to get through Sarasota on “the Trail.”

The old city hall was demolished and the seat of city government was moved inland to its current location, clustered around the intersections of Ringling Boulevard and Main Street with U.S. 301 (Washington Boulevard). As the city prospered and expanded, the old planned city became known as Downtown.

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Downtown Sarasota Homes

If a metropolitan lifestyle is what you desire, Downtown Sarasota real estate will be perfect for you. Our downtown district is rich with culture, night life and endless opportunities for fine dining, shopping and entertainment. Living in downtown allows residents of Sarasota Florida real estate to be within steps from our destination shopping, world class dining and various venues for opera, ballet and theater. Condominiums are plentiful in Downtown Sarasota real estate. Coveted single family homes are historic and charming prospects for Downtown Sarasota real estate. Downtown Sarasota real estate is desirable for its central location, unique vibe and convenience to all the excitement of the city. Fine dining, entertaining theater, eclectic shopping, poised ballerinas, breathtaking opera – all of the amenities of a large city exist within Sarasota while still maintaining its small town Florida charm. Let’s shine the spotlight on some of our favorite neighborhoods for Downtown Sarasota homes.

Downtown Sarasota, a rich Cultural history — Downtown Sarasota Bayfront

SARASOTA. City of the Arts. Sarasota has been a mecca for the arts since the Roaring 20's when legendary circus impresario John Ringling and his wife Mable helped establish the seaside resort town as a high society destination offering a unique blend of beaches, culture and gala nightlife. World-class visual and performing arts venues, events, and festivals draw leading artists and aficionados from around the world. Fine and contemporary art is on display in dozens of studios, galleries, and museums across town, including the world's largest collection of Rubens at the Ringling Museum of Art. Sarasota's renowned diversity of architectural style includes everything from mid-century modern to the Mediterranean Revival of the Ringling's famous Ca'd'Zan mansion and circus museum. International caliber ballet, symphony, opera, and theater can be enjoyed at venues ranging from the iconic lavender seashell-inspired Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall to the historic Asolo Repertory Theatre and Florida Studio Theatre playhouse. Independent and foreign films share the screen with the latest Hollywood blockbusters and downtown's historic Burns Court Cinema. The Ritz-Carlton Residences, Sarasota is located in the center of this incredible downtown cultural destination. Indeed, the hotel plays host to many of its most prestigious fundraisers and events. — SARASOTA. City of the Arts.
Sarasota has been a mecca for the arts since the Roaring 20’s when legendary circus impresario John Ringling and his wife Mable helped establish the seaside resort town as a high society destination offering a unique blend of beaches, culture and gala nightlife.
World-class visual and performing arts venues, events, and festivals draw leading artists and aficionados from around the world. Fine and contemporary art is on display in dozens of studios, galleries, and museums across town, including the world’s largest collection of Rubens at the Ringling Museum of Art. Sarasota’s renowned diversity of architectural style includes everything from mid-century modern to the Mediterranean Revival of the Ringling’s famous Ca’d’Zan mansion and circus museum.
International caliber ballet, symphony, opera, and theater can be enjoyed at venues ranging from the iconic lavender seashell-inspired Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall to the historic Asolo Repertory Theatre and Florida Studio Theatre playhouse. Independent and foreign films share the screen with the latest Hollywood blockbusters and downtown’s historic Burns Court Cinema.
The Ritz-Carlton Residences, Sarasota is located in the center of this incredible downtown cultural destination. Indeed, the hotel plays host to many of its most prestigious fundraisers and events.

Golden Gate Point Views from Bay Island Park Beach

Luxuriant Penthouses and New Condominium Construction is booming in Downtown Sarasota

The Vue Sarasota Bay is one of three Kolter projects in the Downtown Sarasota area.

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