Real estate | Development
February 11, 2020
Jason Sato tops county real estate rankings again
ANNA MARIA – For the fifth consecutive year, Sato Real Estate’s Jason Sato was the top real estate agent in Manatee County in 2019 in combined total sales and listing volume.
Duncan Real Estate ow…
May 7, 2019
Unregistered Airbnb fined $250 per day
ANNA MARIA – Special Magistrate Karla Owens has levied a $250 per day fine for the unregistered operation of an Airbnb vacation rental at 302 North Shore Drive.
Owens issued this order during the…
March 19, 2019
Ground breaks on new Margaritaville hotel
PERICO ISLAND – You’ll soon be able to waste away in Margaritaville in a new way at One Particular Harbour.
The first ever Compass hotel is coming to the newly opened marina at One Particular Harb…
March 7, 2019
Developer previews sustainable Hunters Point home
PALMETTO – Pearl Homes president Marshall Gobuty recently gave The Sun a tour of the new research and design center in Palmetto that now houses the model home for the Pearl Homes at Hunters Point dev…
January 29, 2019
Sato and Duncan county’s top Realtors
ANNA MARIA ISLAND – Jason Sato was Manatee County’s top Realtor for the fourth consecutive year and Darcie Duncan was the county’s number two Realtor in 2018.
The sales and listing figures are con…
November 2, 2018
Commissioners uphold site plan expiration
HOLMES BEACH – If property owner and local businessman Mike Hynds wants to go through with his plan to place residential rental units on top of AMI Plaza, he’ll now have to work his way once again th…
August 14, 2018
New hotel approved for Margaritaville site
BRADENTON – Changes are approved and a two-building hotel is coming to One Particular Harbour on Perico Island with construction planned to begin in early 2019.
Representatives from owner Minto Co…
March 6, 2018
Vacation rental bills fail again
TALLAHASSEE – For the second year in a row, Sen. Greg Steube (R-Sarasota) and Rep. Mike La Rosa (R-St. Cloud) failed in their efforts to restrict or eliminate local governments’ ability to regulate v…
February 27, 2018
Vacation rental bills in peril
TALLAHASSEE – Behind the scenes maneuvering by lobbyist Chip Case, Anna Maria City Attorney Becky Vose and her son, attorney Wade Vose, may have helped derail two vacation rentals bills being debated…
February 13, 2018
Vacation rental bill favored by second Senate committee
Watch the meeting here at 3 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 13.
TALLAHASSEE – The vacation rental legislation now known as CS/SB 1400 has been further amended and reported favorable by the Florida Senate’s Regul…













