1400 N Tamiami

The exceptional development opportunity is on a site that faces both waterfront park and soon to be completed roundabout. Between the rapidly growing Rosemary District and the fast expanding Ringling College of the Arts, the site is immediately adjacent to The Reserve, a popular coffee shop, and the 5.5-acre Whitaker Gateway Waterfront Park. It is just four blocks from the Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall and the Sarasota Orchestra. The award-winning firm Halflants + Pichette Architects completed a design for the site which consists of 20 luxury residential units over 9,000 SF of ground floor retail space. The simple, but dramatic design consists of retail on the ground floor, ten garden units above, and ten two-story loft units on the third and fourth floors. The 900sf garden units each face an interior courtyard. The ten 1,500 sf loft units above each have a two-story space that opens to views of the park. Loft units will have a roof terrace with views of the Sarasota Bay. A dramatic monumental entry stair provides the residents access to the waterfront park. The project is designed to provide a smaller unit size that is largely missing from the Sarasota market. The City of Sarasota is commissioning large-scale public art to grace the adjacent round-about. With the bold curved design of Whitaker Lofts, the four-stories tall building will serve as its own dramatic public art sculpture and a recognizable gateway to the City. Deep balconies will enliven the façade and create a play of light and shadow throughout the day. All retail entrances are designed to be directly off of the sidewalk. The valuable retail spaces will be highly visible facing the newly created round-about with a wide sidewalk and landscaping.