Saravela

430 North Tamiami Trail, Sarasota, Florida 34236

Saravela occupies a 1.7-acre full city block on North Tamiami Trail between 4th and 5th Streets in downtown Sarasota, an eighteen-story building with 282 condominiums by GSP Development. The program is unusually varied for a single tower: it includes 11 townhomes and 40 units designated as attainable housing, a composition that gives the building a broader resident base than a pure luxury address. One-bedroom residences start at 667 square feet and the townhomes reach up to 1,915 square feet, a spread that accommodates first purchases and family-sized homes within the same address. Kimmich Smith Architecture is the architect, ID & Design International designed the interiors, and furnished options come from Interiors by Steven G, so buyers can take delivery finished rather than furnished by their own effort. The amenities total 47,000 square feet, led by two rooftop pools and supported by fitness and spa facilities, co-working space and a club room with a catering kitchen and wine vault. Two pools is a different proposition from one: it allows a quiet lap side and a social side to coexist without either audience negotiating for space on a Saturday. The building also includes over 10,400 square feet of ground-floor retail and 30 public parking spaces, tying the tower into the street rather than turning its back on it. Owners may use a managed short-term rental program with a three-day minimum stay, which gives the building a flexibility that most downtown Sarasota condominiums do not permit. Sales are handled by Premier Sotheby's International Realty, and a full-city-block footprint of this size is what allows the tower, the retail and the public parking to coexist on one site. Taking reservations now, Saravela is a downtown address with a genuinely mixed population, which is exactly what a city block should produce when it is done well.