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Brotherly love: Construction on Big Brother Big Sisters of the Suncoast’ corporate office has been completed in Sarasota. The 9,000-square-foot building is at 5731 Rosin Way near Clark Road, and about a half mile from BMW of Sarasota. According to the Lakewood Ranch firm Halfacre Construction Co., which did the work and announced its completion, the space is tailored for staff with workstations for meetings and planning, a kitchen, a mentor center with state-of-the-art technology, a family lounge a board room, conference room, meeting rooms and two entrances that can be separated for public events. A Halfacre spokesperson says the work was primarily on the interior, though it did reconfigure the exterior entryways, aesthetics and repainted the exterior.

There are also new exterior windows and doors. Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Sun Coast has been around for 55 years and served over 1,700 youth across a 10-county footprint. It has eight other offices across the region. According to Sarasota County property records, the organization bought the property last year for $550,000. A ceremonial ribbon cutting is planned for January.