When he introduced plans to develop Sota — the 12-story condo/hotel mixed-use project at the corner of Main Street and Goodrich Avenue — Rodrigo Trepp of Trepp Development called the area “what’s happening next” in downtown Sarasota.

Indeed, redevelopment is active on the eastern end of Main Street, also known as upper Main Street, with multiple residential and mixed-use projects either under construction or in planning. Located in one of four federally designated opportunity zones, the area bisected by the intersection of Main Street and U.S. 301 is ripe for investment.

Rodrigo Trepp has been involved in the construction of 13 high-rise buildings in Latin America, but his next development project − and first in America −will be built in Sarasota.

Trepp is leasing about 2,000 square feet of office space off Orange Avenue in Sarasota and opened a sales gallery on Main Street for the 35 condo units available in the 16-story mixed use downtown development called SOTA.

Metropolitan excitement meets tropical living with the SOTA Hotel & Residences, a chic new boutique hotel and luxury residence building that will sit at the corner of Goodrich and Main Street at the eastern gateway to downtown Sarasota. With plans to break ground this summer, the SOTA is projected to be up and running by summer 2025.

Trepp Developments is expanding from South America to Florida’s West Coast.

Another large proposed development on Main Street has the potential to push more commercial activity east in downtown Sarasota with a planned 16-story hotel and condominium project.

SOTA Hotel & Residences would consist of 35 condos and 120 hotel rooms across two parcels of downtown property on the north side of Main Street. Plans call for the demolition of three buildings on the parcels, including the Italian pizzeria Il Panificio.

Rodrigo Trepp was visiting the east coast of Florida with his family on a half-vacation, half-site exploration tour for development sites for his company, Trepp Developments, when his financial partner, Michael Ealy, suggested he take a look at Sarasota.

Rodrigo Trepp was visiting the East Coast of Florida with his family on a half-vacation, half-site exploration tour for development sites for his company, Trepp Developments, when his financial partner, Michael Ealy, suggested he take a look at Sarasota. 

That was in December 2019, just before the world turned upside-down, but the city and Gulf Coast made a lasting impression. So much so that Trepp assembled a local team of well-known development and real estate names — Hoyt Architects, Michael Saunders and Joel Freedman — to help bring to life the Bolivia-based company’s first U.S. project, SOTA Residences & Hotel, to the corner of Main Street and Goodrich Avenue.

Internationally known Trepp Developments LLC President Rodrigo Trepp has announced his expansion from South America to Florida’s West Coast. He has assembled a local team of real estate experts with plans to develop a variety of luxury residential and commercial developments throughout Sarasota and Tampa Bay.

Get ready for yet another new building on added to the downtown cityscape! This one is called The Sota and it will add some excitement to this corner of downtown. Ready to find out more? Couture’s got you covered.

The Sota: Everything You Need To Know

Trepp Developments President Rodrigo Trepp has expanded from South America to Florida’s West Coast with the development of Sota Hotel & Residences, a mixed-use project in downtown Sarasota.]

“My vision for our new Sarasota headquarters begins with the creation of the SOTA Hotel & Residences, which will be our first Trepp Developments project,” says Rodrigo Trepp, president of Trepp Developments. “We assembled what I call a best-of-the-best A team to design and market a sophisticated mixed-use project to include a boutique hotel and luxury residences located in the heart of downtown.”