New beginning for Pineapple Square || Business Observer | Tampa Bay, Bradenton, Sarasota, Fort Myers, Naples

Just months after agreeing to move ahead with the development of the stalled Pineapple Square in downtown Sarasota, the Kolter Group has designated a new name and start date for the mixed-use project.

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Kolter’s presence in downtown Sarasota is expanding with their latest project, The Mark.  The expansion of this project speaks volumes to their long  term view of the downtown area which is undergoing a dramatic transformation.  Additional retail, restaurants, multiple hotels and several apartment projects including a luxury 228 unit apartment project being developed by Vertica Partners and Framework Group.

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The average urban home is now worth two percent more than the average suburban home–a recent phenomenon. In 2013, the average urban home was worth 1.2 percent less than the average home in the suburbs.

New Wiregrass complex plans include movie theater

WESLEY CHAPEL — There are 40,000 movie screens in the United States, including 51 in Pasco County. Get ready for a few more.

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The developers of the Shops at Wiregrass mall are planning a 1,035-seat cinema as the cornerstone of a residential and commercial development immediately east of the mall, on the north side of State Road 56.

The still-unnamed project also would include 250 upscale apartments, as many as four restaurants and nearly 60,000 square feet of stores, including a 30,000-square-foot specialty grocery, according to the preliminary site plans filed with Pasco County.

Developer Forest City Enterprises is in advanced negotiations with a theater operator, said Abbas Hasan, the company’s manager of planning and development.