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AI recycling robot launches at Sarasota sorting facility
An AI-powered robot built by Glacier began sorting recyclables at the Circular Services facility on North Orange Avenue in Sarasota on Oct. 8, recovering more than 35,000 items per day without replacing any existing jobs.
Business
Sarasota Lumora tower shrinks to 10 stories, 9 affordable units
Lutgert Companies dropped the state Live Local Act height override for its downtown Sarasota project, now called Lumora, cutting the design from 18 stories to 10 and reducing affordable units from 76 to nine while a historic preservation lawsuit over the U.S. Garage remains pending.
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Business
AI recycling robot launches at Sarasota sorting facility
An AI-powered robot built by Glacier began sorting recyclables at the Circular Services facility on North Orange Avenue in Sarasota on Oct. 8, recovering more than 35,000 items per day without replacing any existing jobs.
Sarasota, FL
83°F
Mostly Clear
Feels like 88° · 0% rain
WedSunny89°F2%
ThuSunny90°F46%
FriMostly Sunny88°F52%
SatIsolated Showers And Thunderstorms85°F32%
SunMostly Sunny83°F27%
MonMostly Sunny84°F37%
TueMostly Sunny85°F28%
Business
AI recycling robot launches at Sarasota sorting facility
An AI-powered robot built by Glacier began sorting recyclables at the Circular Services facility on North Orange Avenue in Sarasota on Oct. 8, recovering more than 35,000 items per day without replacing any existing jobs.
Sarasota, FL
83°F
Mostly Clear
Feels like 88° · 0% rain
WedSunny89°F2%
ThuSunny90°F46%
FriMostly Sunny88°F52%
SatIsolated Showers And Thunderstorms85°F32%
SunMostly Sunny83°F27%
MonMostly Sunny84°F37%
TueMostly Sunny85°F28%
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Business
Pacific Rim raises more than $122,000 after fire guts Southside Village fixture
Pacific Rim Restaurant in Sarasota's Southside Village has raised more than $122,000 through a GoFundMe campaign launched the same day an electrical fire gutted the nearly 28-year-old Japanese-Thai fusion restaurant on July 18.
Business
Breakfast House owner buys $1.15M site, seeks rezoning to save 17-year-old restaurant
Breakfast House owner Wendy Lee Goldberg paid $1.15 million for a 1.04-acre site at 128 N. Briggs Ave. and filed a rezoning application to relocate the 17-year-old Sarasota restaurant, which faces displacement by a 324-unit apartment development on Fruitville Road.
Business
Sarasota Memorial's $507 million North Port hospital takes shape, opening set for late 2028
Sarasota Memorial Hospital's $507 million North Port campus, the city's first acute-care hospital, is under construction on a 32-acre site at 4800 North Sumter Blvd. and set to open in late 2028 with 100 beds expandable to more than 400.
Business
Downtown Sarasota's yellow landmark becomes Waldorf Astoria sales gallery
A prominent yellow building at Ringling Boulevard and U.S. 301 in downtown Sarasota is being converted into the sales gallery for the Waldorf Astoria Residences Sarasota, an 18-story luxury condo tower with units starting at $2.2 million.
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