Seaward Development has a pre-application conference with the Development Review Committee to start the rezoning process from Downtown Core to Downtown Bayfront.

By Andrew Warfield

Although it was merely a pre-application hearing, Seaward Development and its legal counsel Brenda Patten laid out detailed plans for the restoration and preservation of the historic Mira Mar building in downtown Sarasota and the residential development, designed by Nichols Architects, that will make it possible.

During the Nov. 6 meeting of the city’s Development Review Committee, Patten led the presentation of how Seaward will not only retain a narrow facade similar to the neighboring DeMarcay condo tower on the zero block of South Palm Avenue. Instead, Seaward plans to preserve the structure and return it to its 1926 appearance by removing features added in the 1980s.

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The Comprehensive Plan amendment approval is the first step in the preservation of the Mira Mar. Once secured, a site plan application will be submitted to the DRC. Because Mira Mar is in one of the downtown zone districts, the project needs only administrative approval.

 

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