By Earle Kimel, Staff Writer, Herald Tribune Posted Feb 25, 2019 at 5:32 AM Eight former members claim they were short-changed on the amount of refund they were due on equity memberships, after bylaw change improperly impacted their checks. A two-year-old lawsuit against Plantation Golf and Country Club, alleging that the club did not properly reimburse former members for equity remaining Continue Reading
New Venice hospital construction to start in April
By Earle Kimel, Staff Writer, Herald Tribune Posted Feb 26, 2019 at 9:38 AM New Sarasota Memorial Hospital Venice campus to open with 110 beds is being designed for almost triple that capacity. Sarasota Memorial Health Care System will start moving earth within the next two weeks and plans an April 4 groundbreaking for its new hospital at the southeast intersection of Laurel and Pinebrook Continue Reading
Florida sees influx of out-of-state buyers from high-tax states
NEW YORK – Feb. 5, 2019 – The massive tax reform package signed in December 2017 changed things. With a new state and local tax cap of $10,000, high-income homeowners in high-tax states such as New York found themselves facing a notably bigger tax burden than they once did. However, that makes low-tax states, such as Florida, more attractive. New York Gov. Mario Cuomo is now facing a $2.3 Continue Reading
Boomers All Remember American Top 40, SRQ Local Master Planned Communities, Keep Cranking Out The Hits, Year After Year, Ranking #2 & #4 In All USA Again !
Local Developments Among Top US Sellers By John Hielscher, Staff Writer, Sarasota Herald Tribune, 4 January 2019 In a further sign of the strength in the region’s real estate market, two master-planned communities in Southwest Florida again ranked among the top sellers in the country. Lakewood Ranch moved up one spot to second place for sales in 2018 in newly released reports by two real Continue Reading
New Home Sales in West Villages Continue On Fast Pace
Home Sales Hot At West Villages reprinted from Sarasota Herald Tribune 18 December 2018 Staff Report New home sales in one of the nation’s top selling master planning communities, the West Villages in south Sarasota County, jumped in November over the previous month’s mark by nearly 20 percent to 84. The development company also stated Monday that with two weeks remaining in the year, annual Continue Reading
