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The currently vacant site on Tamiami Trail is planned to become New Trail Plaza, which includes a four-story apartment building and a three-story building with commercial space beneath additional apartments.
The Sarasota Housing Authority seeks higher density for new developments. A city Planning Board member says doubling the number of units at the Bertha Mitchell community will burden Newtown.