Sky High

Will This $15 Million Siesta Key Home Be the Year’s Top Sale?

Less than three months into 2024, the sale of a waterfront home on the northern end of the key has already exceeded last year's top deal.

03/12/2024 By Kim Doleatto

What's Old Is New Again

With Vintage Key, Ellen Wuagneux Gives Old Furniture New Life

In her Siesta Key garage studio, Wuagneux examines each vintage or antique piece of furniture with TLC before coming up with a plan to bring it back to life.

02/15/2024 By Tisha Leung

Sold!

Sarasota's Boatyard Has Sold

The Boatyard, a 2.03-acre waterfront parcel at the base of the Stickney Point Bridge, was purchased by a local real estate and hospitality mogul for roughly $8 million.

02/05/2024 By Kim Doleatto

No Cap Color

This Maximalist Siesta Key Home Is Full of Color and Pattern

It's proof that bold interior design can make a space speak volumes.

12/06/2023 By Kim Doleatto

Bookmark This

This Best-Selling Author's Siesta Key Home Just Hit the Market

With a two-tiered library, reading spaces galore and even a secret staircase, author Glenn Cooper's waterfront home is a bookworm's haven.

11/14/2023 By Kim Doleatto

48 Hours in Sarasota

Grab Your Besties and Head to Sarasota for a Friendship-Filled Weekend

Sarasota is a perfect place for a girls’ trip.

11/06/2023 By Megan McDonald

Art Squared

A Guy Peterson-Designed Home Hits the Market for $21 Million

Beloved by two art aficionados, this is a modernist marvel of a home on Siesta Key.

11/03/2023 By Kim Doleatto

So Long, Smoke

Smoking at Sarasota County Parks and Beaches Is Now Banned

Citing safety and environmental impacts, the Sarasota County Commission created a new ordinance to ban cigarettes in county-owned spaces.

10/02/2023 By Kim Doleatto

Exclusive

Take a Peek at Siesta Promenade, a New Development That's Headed to South Sarasota

The project, which will be located at the corner of Stickney Point Road and South Tamiami Trail, will break ground early next year.

09/05/2023 By Kim Doleatto

Siesta hotels

Judge Sides With Siesta Key Resident Suing Sarasota County Over Proposed High-Density Hotel

Lourdes Ramirez says she got a “grand prize” win in her battle against high-density hotels on Siesta Key.

08/22/2023 By Kim Doleatto

That Bloody Mary Tho

Daiquiri Deck Will Offer a Seasonal Brunch Beginning Aug. 26

Fill up on brunch and booze at one of the Deck's five locations before hitting the beach.

08/18/2023 By Lauren Jackson

We Are the Champions

Check Out the Overall Winner of HGTV's 'Ultimate House Hunt'

The Siesta Key home received the most votes among all finalists in all categories for the national event that showcases amazing homes for sale.

08/08/2023 By Kim Doleatto

34242 Karat Gold

Three Siesta Key Homes Made It to HGTV's 'Ultimate House Hunt'

The annual event showcases amazing homes for sale from across the country. Readers vote for their favorites.

07/13/2023 By Kim Doleatto

A Whole New World

10 Neighborhoods Where Everything Is Changing

From new roundabouts and a downtown condo boom to expansive sprawl and new McMansions, our region’s profile is in flux.

03/03/2023 By Kim Doleatto

Spec-Tacular

This House Will Be the Most Expensive Residential Listing in Sarasota County—Ever

The spec home will sit on a 1.3-acre waterfront property on north Siesta Key. Once built, it will be listed for $32.5 million.

12/13/2022 By Kim Doleatto

Crystal Crowns

Meet the Winners of the 2022 Siesta Key Crystal Classic

The annual sand sculpture competition transformed the beach into an outdoor art gallery last weekend.

11/15/2022 By Kim Doleatto

Sandy gallery

The Siesta Key Crystal Classic Is Back

Professional and amateur sand masters at the 2022 international sand sculpting competition are primed to make jaws drops Nov. 12-14.

11/01/2022 By Kim Doleatto

Fare Thee Well

Siesta Key Is Leaving Sarasota Behind, But It Never Got Our City Right Anyway

The show’s new season, subtitled Miami Moves, debuts tonight.

10/27/2022 By Elizabeth Djinis

Hurricane Ian

Shelters Close; Ringling and North Siesta Bridge Open With Limited Access

Sarasota County has moved to a red, yellow and green-level system to inform the public about risks associated with venturing out.

09/29/2022 By Megan McDonald

Hurricane Ian

Sarasota and Manatee Counties Will Shut Off Water to Barrier Islands Ahead of Hurricane Ian

In both counties, water will be shut off between 5-7 p.m. on Sept. 27.

09/26/2022 By Megan McDonald