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MOVING FORWARD A conceptual plan shows how the lower level of the Rosemary Square complex could be organized. Image courtesy City of Sarasota A CITY EVALUATION PANEL AGREES THE ROSEMARY SQUARE PROPOSAL IS WORTH SERIOUS CONSIDERATION By Stan Zimmerman City Editor A nine-member evaluation committee agreed add a multi-level parking structure and unanimously on Tuesday, Dec. 17, to send a either a boutique cinema or a theater for live Rosemary District redevelopment proposal performances. to the next stage on the way to city approval. Reaching agreement on the second step took about two hours, as Rosemary Square is the development team a proposed mixedThis could be a game-changer presented its plans use project involving and then defended about 40 rental units for the Rosemary. them. The team and 36,000 square feet Courtney Mendez was responding to of retail, office and Planner City of Sarasota a city "Invitation to art gallery space. A Negotiate" over six second phase would