Citrus Square News

Development Offers ‘New Urbanist’ Mix

Shaking off concerns about the sluggish housing market, a Sarasota development team is planning a $25 million mix of condominiums and retail space just north of downtown. Citrus Square Inc.’s plans for a “new urbanist” blend of 37 residential units and 23,000 square feet of ground-floor commercial space on Orange Avenue, from Fourth Street to Sixth Street, marks the second such fusion proposed for the area. Citrus Square’s units will sell for be...

Walk This Way

Andres Duany’s New Urbanist philosophy of human-scale, walkable communities is alive and well at Citrus Square — the first new community to be built in downtown Sarasota in two years — which is rising on Orange Avenue just north of Fruitville Road. Boutique-style condominiums priced from the mid-$200s to the $500s will be set above ground-level shops and restaurants, outdoor cafes, green spaces and an open plaza. New buyers are excited because C...

Citrus Square Brings Graceful Past to Modern Downtown Sarasota

Stand by for incoming missiles! Modern architecture purists all over town won’t want to hear what’s coming next: Citrus Square, a retro, faux-European mixed-use building on North Orange Avenue, is a graceful and valid addition to our cityscape. So there…fire away. Sited on Orange a block north of Fruitville Road, Citrus Square is a welcome move by a smart developer toward extending downtown urbanism past that unfortunate barrier to pedestrian ac...

Multi-Housing News Awards Citrus Square Best New Low-Rise Development

Multi-Housing News Awards Citrus Square Best New Low-Rise Development! Recently Citrus Square was recognized at the Best New Low-Rise Development by Multi-Housing News as part of its 2011 MHN Excellence Awards.2011 MHN Excellence Award Winners: Multi-Housing Community of the Year Pacific Beacon: Clark Realty Management (Finalist Fitzgerald: Bozzuto Group) Executive of the Year Henry Cisneros, CityView Leasing Agent of the Year Brian Parent, Fair...

Optimism Remains Intact in Rosemary

Source: Sarasota Observer Date: November 7, 2013 by: David Conway | News Editor The Rosemary District was poised to be a hotbed of development in Sarasota. Then, the recession hit. That widespread belief, disheartening as it may have been a few years ago, eventually became a source of optimism. With economic conditions growing more favorable, many believed it was just a matter of time before the Rosemary District became what it was always d...

Citrus Square Developer Announces Second Project — The Courtyard at Citrus

SARASOTA, FL – Local area developer, Mark Pierce, responsible for the building of Citrus Square, a mixed-use community on Orange Avenue in downtown Sarasota, announced today that he is developing a second condominium project, Courtyard at Citrus Square, taking this community in the Rosemary District to a new stature. Citrus Square pioneered the concept of new urbanism within the Rosemary District, establishing a well-planned neighborhood streets...