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Sarasota News Leader October 25, 2013 Page 20 Commissioner Nora Patterson noted that the level of productivity achieved in the coming talks would determine whether the hotel proposal moves forward. Under the initial proposal, Civix would transfer to the county a separate parcel, located at 2051 Main St., to replace the parking spaces that will be displaced by the hotel project. In addition to offering that separate lot, Civix "I am very interested in where negotiations would pay the county $662,567, due at closing. go on this, and if they go well, my interest is getting more hotels in Sarasota County and Civix's development venture, SHD Partners LLC, would design and construct the hotel. downtown," Patterson said. Connelly's Civix LLC proposes to build a 150room Kimpton hotel with the 6,000-square foot conference area and a 120-seat restaurant and bar. Civix has built Midnight Cove I & II on Siesta Key, the Center Pointe Office Building on Main Street and MedEplex in Haines City. The firm has teamed with developer HKS An illustration shows the conceptual plan for the Kimpton Hotel and conference center at 20 N. Washington Blvd. in Sarasota. Image courtesy Sarasota County