ApprovedSite Plan
Lightshare Behavioral Wellness & Recovery Expansion
Description
A 14,235-square-foot one-story addition replacing two modular buildings, adding 34 treatment beds (64 total), offices, and an expanded kitchen on the 2.96-acre city-leased property.
Impact summary
Doubles local behavioral health treatment capacity in an industrial-adjacent corridor with no nearby residences; tree mitigation exceeds code minimums.
Applicant
- Name
- Joel Freedman, AICP (agent for Lightshare Behavioral Wellness & Recovery, Inc.)
- Address
- 1451 10th Street, Sarasota, FLSee this on the map
At a glance
- Hearings
- 1
- Public comments
- 0
- Total mentions
- 1
Last vote · City Commission
Approved5–0, unanimous
Last discussed Feb 17, 2026.
We'll email you when it's on an upcoming agenda, when it's voted on and when its status changes, at most once a day.
The weekly brief for Sarasota
What the council decided, in plain English — one email a week.
Free. Unsubscribe with one click any time. We never sell your email.