NEWS & PRESS

What's New? April 15, 2004

Barbara Baseman, sales associate with Michael Saunders & Company’s Commercial Division, announces downtown Sarasota’s renaissance with the prestigious new Orange Dolphin Galleria. One of the city’s most glamorous urban renewal projects, at the corner of Orange Avenue and Dolphin Street, the Orange Dolphin is a perfect destination shopping center. It will transform the vintage Bell Plaza near the theatre district and provide an excellent opportunity for jewelers, antiques, art galleries, wine bars, coffee shops, home accessory and gift shops, and clothing boutiques. Retailers can take advantage of low build-out costs by leasing now before construction is complete. They will benefit from special events like the grand opening and ongoing advertising and promotions by the developers and anchor stores. Eight prime retail spaces are available in increments of 775, 1,550, or 2,325 square feet. This is a walking neighborhood among luxury high rise condominiums and antique shops in the prime Burns Square District. Customers and staff will find ample parking. Management is on-site. Covered or open air seating is available. Formerly the Bell Plaza Shopping Center, the location has rich with history. It housed the Cardinal Mooney High School in the late 1950s before Serbin Printing Company remodeled and occupied the property. William Thorning Little is the project’s architect, known for his lavish and innovative Mediterranean buildings combining Old World charm with contemporary amenities. is catering sophisticated retailers such as jewelers, wine bars, coffee shops, home decor and unique gift shops, art galleries and clothing boutiques. Project developer Gary Pike says, “The Orange Dolphin will be a destination shopping experience for those interested in high quality, unique European furniture and art and other rare specialties.” One store, Point West Antiques, will feature antique furniture, Juliska glass from the Czech Republic, home accessories imported from France, Austria, and England and vintage books.