Politics & Government
VIDEO: Mediterranean Apartments Demolition
The Sarasota Housing Authority will demolish the Mediterranean Apartments in Newtown to redevelop the site into a 28-unit townhome complex.
Two beams crushed into pieces Friday afternoon was just a preview of what's to come at the Mediterranean Apartments in Sarasota's Newtown.
City and county officials joined the for a ceremonial demolition at the complex to mark the end of the blighted property and the beginning of a new 28-unit brownstone townhome complex. The remaining demolition will take place at a later date by .
Not only will the complex be demolished, but so will its name. SHA is accepting suggestions for names at the new complex. Suggestions can also be submitted at the Newtown Redevelopment Office, 1782 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Way.
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