The City Commission gave the go-ahead for the 280-unit Progress at University apartment development. Meanwhile the legal battle over Aventon apartments next door will go on at least through the spring.
A 280-unit complex will sit directly beneath airplanes' path of descent at SRQ, but unlike the adjacent Aventon Sarasota, the airport cannot legally challenge its approval.
Despite pending mediation, the Sarasota-Bradenton International Airport has filed preemptive challenges against the city over rezoning and approval of apartments at the former kennel club site.