Bookstore1Sarasota Moving To New Downtown Condo Building

SARASOTA, FL — Bookstore1Sarasota shared its plans to move into new downtown digs “in the next few months” in an email newsletter sent out Thursday.

The bookstore, which has been located at 12 S. Palm Ave. since 2017, won’t have far to move.

Its new home will be at The Mark Sarasota at 117 S. Pineapple Ave., right around the corner from its current location, owner Georgia Court said in the newsletter. No move-in date has been announced yet.

The Mark Sarasota is a condominium residence with resort-style amenities and ground floor retail, the property developer, Kolter, said on its website. Kolter has multiple Florida properties in its portfolio, including several in Sarasota. Among its downtown Sarasota properties are Bayso Sarasota, The Westin Sarasota and The Ritz-Carlton Residences.

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Court said the concrete floor was recently poured at the new store. As the work progresses in the new space, she said the bookstore will share pictures and updates.

“We are so excited to be starting from the ground up,” she said.

Bookstore1Sarasota celebrated its 10th anniversary in March. Court, a retired university writing instructor from Ohio and booklover, opened the bookstore in 2011 after Sarasota News & Books closed its doors. The shop’s first location was at 1359 Main Street before moving to S. Palm Avenue.