Florida’s Gulf Coast
WHERE WE BUILD
Ross Built has built custom homes on Florida’s barrier islands and bayfronts since 2006. Every one of these places has its own flood zones, its own building department and its own way of doing things. These are the ones we know best.
Seven Regions
St. Petersburg to Boca Grande
Choose a region, or a dot on the map, to read about building there.
- Anna Maria IslandManatee County
- Longboat KeyManatee and Sarasota Counties
- SarasotaKeys and Bayfront
- BradentonMainland Manatee County
- St. PetersburgPinellas County
- TampaHillsborough County
- Boca GrandeCharlotte and Lee Counties
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Manatee County
Anna Maria Island
Half of the homes in our portfolio are on Anna Maria Island. We work with all three of the island’s city building departments, and we know its flood zones and beachfront permitting firsthand.
Anna Maria
The north end of the island, from the Gulf beach to Bimini Bay. Home to North Shore Residence and Sundowner Beach.
Holmes Beach
Beach, bay and canal lots at the center of the island. Home to Coastal Haven and Beachwalker.
Key Royale
Canal and open-water lots on the bay side of Holmes Beach. Home to Blue Heron.
Bradenton Beach
The south end of the island, between the Gulf and Sarasota Bay.
Manatee and Sarasota Counties
Longboat Key
Gulf beach on one side, canals and bay on the other, and one town building department for the whole key. Our work here runs from canal-front homes to a private island reached only by boat.
North Longboat Key
Gulf-front, bay and canal lots at the quiet north end of the key. Home to Harbor House.
South Longboat Key
Gulf-front estates and canal-front streets from mid-key to New Pass.
Jewfish Key
A private island with no bridge, where every material arrives by water. Home to the Jewfish Key Residence.
Keys and Bayfront
Sarasota
Sarasota’s keys and bayfront neighborhoods each come with their own flood zones, coastal setbacks and, in places, historic homes worth saving. Our restoration of the Van Wezel Estate on Lido Key earned a national award for historic preservation.
Lido Key
Gulf and bay homes beside St. Armands. Home to the Van Wezel Estate.
Bird Key
A bay island between downtown Sarasota and St. Armands.
Siesta Key
Gulf-front, canal and bay lots south of downtown.
Manasota Key
Old Florida Gulf front south of Venice.
Sarasota Bayfront
Mainland waterfront neighborhoods along Sarasota Bay.
Casey Key
A narrow barrier island of Gulf-to-bay estates.
Mainland Manatee County
Bradenton
Our office is in Bradenton, and so are two of our most recognized modern homes, one on Palma Sola Bay and one on the Manatee River.
Palma Sola Bay
Bayfront lots in northwest Bradenton. Home to Palma Sola Modern.
Manatee River
Riverfront homes with long water views. Home to Modern River House.
Lakewood Ranch
Estate homes in the gated communities east of town.
East Bradenton and Myakka
Acreage and estate lots east of the interstate, out to Myakka City.
Pinellas County
St. Petersburg
St. Petersburg is less than an hour from our office over the Skyway. Its waterfront neighborhoods have the same flood zones, seawalls and wind exposure we build in every day, and we have a home under construction on Snell Isle.
Snell Isle
Bayfront and canal-front lots northeast of downtown. We have a home under construction here.
Old Northeast
Brick streets and early 1900s homes along the downtown waterfront.
St. Pete Beach
Gulf-front and bay lots from Pass-a-Grille north.
Tierra Verde
Deep-water canal and bay lots on the islands just north of the Skyway.
Hillsborough County
Tampa
South Tampa’s waterfront is about an hour north of our office. The lots are tight, the flood zones are real and the seawalls matter, which is the kind of building we do every day.
Davis Islands
Bayfront and canal-front lots just south of downtown Tampa.
Harbour Island
A small island off downtown Tampa, with lots on the channel and the bay.
Bayshore and Hyde Park
Established streets along Bayshore Boulevard, where new homes sit beside historic ones.
Bayshore Beautiful and Palma Ceia
Bayfront streets off the south end of Bayshore Boulevard and the blocks around Palma Ceia.
Apollo Beach
Canal-front lots with open-water access on the east shore of Tampa Bay.
Charlotte and Lee Counties
Boca Grande
Gasparilla Island and Palm Island, south of Englewood, where every delivery crosses a causeway or rides a ferry. It is the same island building we do on Anna Maria Island and Longboat Key, with more planning to get there.
Gasparilla Island
The village of Boca Grande and the Gulf-front lots around it.
Palm Island
Gulf-to-bay lots off Cape Haze, reached only by car ferry.
By Project
Elsewhere in Florida
We take on a small number of projects outside our home market when the architecture, the site and the scale are the right fit. Those jobs get a full-time team on site and run the same way as the ones close to home.
Somewhere Else?
Tell us where you plan to build and we will tell you if we are a fit.
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North Shore Residence
A 6,168 sq ft beachfront custom home on the north end of Anna Maria Island, built in collaboration with Cooper Johnson Smith Peterson and House Seven Design.
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Blue Heron
A Cooper Johnson Smith–designed coastal home on open water in Key Royale, Holmes Beach, built around boating, fishing, and outdoor living for a large family.
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Harbor House
A canal-front vacation home in Longboat Key with an award-winning kitchen, floor-to-ceiling glass, and a covered outdoor living area built for entertaining.
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Van Wezel Estate
A full restoration and renovation of the historic Van Wezel family estate in Sarasota: Mediterranean Revival character preserved, everything behind the walls new.
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Palma Sola Modern
A Sweet Sparkman–designed modern home on Palma Sola Bay in Bradenton, built around one open common area, a wall of glass, and a sweeping roofline.
