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Commission approves rezoning to allow Miramar rehabilitation, towers after linked comprehensive plan change
Summary
The Sarasota City Commission voted unanimously on July 7 to rezone part of the Miramar site from Downtown Core to Downtown Bayfront, a step commissioners said is necessary to secure private financing to rehabilitate the 1922 Miramar Apartments while allowing taller residential towers behind the historic building.
The Sarasota City Commission voted unanimously on July 7 to rezone part of the Miramar site at 65 South Palm Avenue and 136 Miramar Court from Downtown Core to Downtown Bayfront, clearing a path for adaptive reuse of the 1922 Miramar Apartments and the construction of two residential towers behind and above a rehabilitated historic structure.
The vote followed a separate and earlier approval by the commission on second reading of a related comprehensive-plan amendment that moved implementing text into the city’s land-development regulations and made Downtown Bayfront the official mapping mechanism for primary grid streets. City staff and the applicant told commissioners the two steps must both succeed for the project’s proffers and conditions to take effect.
Why it matters: The applicant and its architects said increased…
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