Station 17 at a glance

Location: 5501 DeSoto Road

Project type: Fire station and sheriff's office precinct

Property owner: Sarasota County

Developer: Sarasota County

General contractor: Willis A. Smith Construction, Lakewood Ranch

Architect: Sweet Sparkman Architects, Sarasota

Structural engineer: TRC Worldwide Engineering, Sarasota

Project cost: $4.3 million

Construction start date: Oct. 29, 2014

Projected completion date: January 2016

Square footage: 13,000

This story was originally published May 13, 2016 at 7:06 PM with the headline "Station 17 at a glance ."