Sarasota, Florida
Florida publishes the owner of every Sarasota parcel and the deed-stamp price of every sale free, and the 2026 final roll shows a City whose most valuable parcel is the public hospital district's Sarasota Memorial campus, while its top private asset, the Ritz-Carlton, sold to a KSL Capital Partners fund for $163.8M in July 2026.
9 buildings · 9 with an owner established · 14 sources · 3 tier B · 6 tier A · prepared 2026-10-31
Can you find out who owns it?
Florida records deeds rather than registering title, and its public-records law makes the result unusually open. The Sarasota County Property Appraiser keeps the roll for the whole county, including the City of Sarasota: owner name and mailing address, land and building value, and recent sales. The state Department of Revenue republishes that roll free as downloadable files, and each sale carries 'the sale price indicated by documentary stamps on the deed' — Florida taxes deeds at 70 cents per $100 of consideration, so the price is effectively public. The limits are entity opacity (the roll names an LLC, cut to 30 characters) and owners whose records s. 119.071, F.S. exempts.
Is ownership public?An open dataset names the owner
Cost of one title searchOwner of record free (Property Appraiser search; state NAL file). Copies of recorded instruments $1.00 per page (s. 28.24(6)(a), F.S.)
Bulk ownership dataFlorida DOR Property Tax Oversight — 'Sarasota 68 Final NAL 2026' (23.2 MB zip, NAL68F202601.csv, 307,173 parcels countywide, owner name and mailing address) and 'Sarasota 68 Final SDF 2026' (zip last modified 2 Oct 2026), free unauthenticated download
Sale pricesEvery sale, with its address
Sites that forbid taking their data
- www.bendersondevelopment.com — “grants you a non-exclusive license to download, print, and make a reasonable number of copies of the content and materials available on the Site solely for your personal, non-commercial use … you agree not to sell, license, rent, modify, distribute, copy, reproduce, transmit, publicly display, publicly perform, publish, adapt, edit, compile or create derivative works from such content or materials”
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The marquee buildings
The towers that set the tone of the core, and who holds them. A price is the price a document states, on the date it states — not an estimate of what the building is worth now.
| Building | Use | Owner | Owner type | Last price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sarasota Memorial Hospital 1700 S Tamiami Trl, Sarasota 2,078,744 sq ft building area (roll); 897 beds (Wikipedia) |
Institutional | Sarasota County Public Hospital District Parcel 2037090033 (14.4 acres, DOR 085 hospital, built 1950) stands in the name SARASOTA COUNTY PUBLIC HOSPITA[L DISTRICT] (the roll cuts names at 30 characters); 2026 final just value $746.0M, all exempt — by far the most valuable parcel in the City. The district holds 52 City parcels worth $954.8M in all (39.8 acres), including a 2023 building at 1625 S Osprey Ave ($50.3M). Wikipedia lists the hospital's funding as 'Public', network Sarasota Memorial Health Care System, 897 beds. Beds and funding are from Wikipedia (s10); owner and values from the roll (s1). |
Government | —B |
| The Ritz-Carlton, Sarasota 1111 Ritz-Carlton Dr, Sarasota (with the Lido beach-club parcel at 1234 Benjamin Franklin Dr) 384,487 sq ft building area (roll) |
Hotel | 1776 Sarasota Associates LLC (care of KSL Capital Partners VI LP) Parcel 2010010035 (7.6 acres, DOR 039 hotel, built 2001) and parcel 2017030002 (1234 Benjamin Franklin Dr, DOR 077) stand in the name 1776 SARASOTA ASSOCIATES LLC, mailing 'C/O KSL CAPITAL PARTNERS VI LP', Denver CO. 2026 final just values $120.8M and $29.0M, both fully taxable. The same instrument number and price on both parcels mark a single July 2026 sale of hotel and beach club. |
Private equity | $163,765,000 2026-07 Deed-stamp price on the state Sale Data File, qualification code 05 (arm's-length, multiple parcels), clerk instrument 2026100315, carried on both parcels. A |
| Sarasota City Hall 1565 1st St, Sarasota 44,442 sq ft (roll) |
Civic | City of Sarasota Parcel 2026140101 (2.8 acres, DOR 089 municipal, built 1966) stands in the name SARASOTA CITY OF, care of the City Auditor and Clerk; 2026 final just value $16.1M, exempt. |
Government | —A |
| Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall and the City bayfront 777–803 N Tamiami Trl, Sarasota 80,000 sq ft, 1,741 seats (Wikipedia) |
Civic | City of Sarasota Wikipedia gives the hall's address as 777 North Tamiami Trail, owner and operator 'Sarasota', opened 5 January 1970. The roll has no 777 parcel; the City's adjoining bayfront parcel 2009010002 at 803 N Tamiami Trl (29.2 acres, DOR 082 recreational, 126,289 sq ft of buildings, oldest dated 1937) stands in the name SARASOTA CITY OF with a 2026 just value of $172.3M ($143.2M of it land) — the City's most valuable parcel. Two small parcels at 707 and 709 N Tamiami Trl are 'SARASOTA CITY OF (LESSOR)'. That the hall stands on parcel 2009010002 is inferred from the address and was not confirmed on a parcel page (robots.txt bars them). |
Government | —B |
| Sarasota County government block (2000 Main St) 2000 Main St, Sarasota 448,102 sq ft (roll) |
Civic | Sarasota County Parcel 2027010080 (4.2 acres, DOR 086 county, oldest building 1926) stands in the name SARASOTA COUNTY; 2026 final just value $91.3M, exempt — the County's most valuable City parcel. The County also holds 101 S Washington Blvd ($36.4M) and 1331 1st St ($28.2M). Nearby, 1660 Ringling Blvd (168,831 sq ft office, 1973, $18.1M) stands as CCB ASSOCIATES 1 LLC (LESSOR), mailed to Benderson Development's corporate address (s11); what the County occupies there was not established. |
Government | —A |
| The Ringling (state art museum and cultural campus) 5401 Bay Shore Rd, Sarasota 256,028 sq ft on the main parcel (roll) |
Institutional | State of Florida — Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund, for Florida State University Parcel 0001130001 (44.3 acres, DOR 079 cultural, oldest building 1926) stands in the name TIITF/FSU RINGLING CENTER CULT[URAL ARTS], mailing 3900 Commonwealth Blvd, Tallahassee; 2026 just value $75.2M, exempt. A second 15.6-acre parcel, 'TIITF/RINGING [sic] MUSEUM OF ART/ F…', adds $30.6M. |
Government | —A |
| Crossings at Siesta Key (formerly Westfield Southgate) 3501 S Tamiami Trl, Sarasota 422,979 + 93,919 sq ft on two parcels (roll); 415,478 sq ft (Wikipedia) |
Retail | SWFL Retail Associates LLC and Siesta Retail LLC (Benderson Development) Parcels 0057120032 (26.5 acres, DOR 028, built 1972, $20.4M) and 0057120034 (7.4 acres, DOR 016, $8.5M) stand in the names SWFL RETAIL ASSOCIATES LLC and SIESTA RETAIL LLC, both mailed to 7978 Cooper Creek Blvd, University Park — Benderson Development's Florida corporate office per its contact page (s11). Wikipedia: Westfield sold its share to partner O'Connor Capital Partners in December 2020, and the centre 'was sold to Benderson Development in 2022'; after Macy's closed on 23 March 2025 it had no anchors. |
Family / private | $25.1M 2022-05 Wikipedia, citing Your Observer (23 May 2022), 'Manatee County developer and landlord buys Sarasota mall for $25.1M'; deed precedes the 2025–26 sale file and was not checked. B |
| Office tower at 1819 Main St 1819 Main St, Sarasota 318,351 sq ft (roll) |
Office | TDC Blackbird SCC LLC Parcel 2027010034 (2.2 acres, DOR 018 multi-storey office, built 1989) stands in the name TDC BLACKBIRD SCC LLC, mailing Maitland FL; 2026 final just value $52.7M — the most valuable office parcel in the City. Next: 1800 2nd St (PFP 7 BB&T LLC, care of Prime Group, San Francisco; 347,974 sq ft, built 1986, $31.2M; a $100 non-qualifying transfer in March 2025) and One Sarasota Tower, 2 N Tamiami Trl (ONE SARASOTA TOWER LLLP, local mailing; 180,783 sq ft, 1988, $30.5M). Who stands behind the LLC was not read (Sunbiz was not opened). |
Private company | —A |
| The Quay Sarasota (rental building) 468 Quay Commons Trl, Sarasota 435,778 sq ft, 240 units (roll) |
Residential | LMC Sarasota Quay Holdings LLC Parcel 2009160017 (1.6 acres, DOR 003 multifamily 10+ units, built 2024) stands in the name LMC SARASOTA QUAY HOLDINGS LLC, mailing 5505 Waterford District Dr, Miami; 2026 just value $73.7M. The adjoining Quay condominium tower at 301 Quay Commons (149 units, 2023, $217.8M in unit values) is held unit by unit, mostly by individuals. Parcels nearby stand as KT SARASOTA SOUTH LLC (555 Quay Commons, $43.3M land) and QUAY 1 AND 9 LLC (Miami, $24.5M); the sponsor behind the 'LMC' and 'KT' names is not stated on the roll and was not established. |
Developer | —A |
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The core land
The most valuable ground in the city, and what the public record says about it.
The City of Sarasota is the roll's tax-authority codes M0200, M9100, M9300 and M9500 (28,169 parcels). Figures are 2026 just (market) values from the state's copy of the 2026 FINAL roll (file dated 30 Sep 2026), summed by this research.
Highest-valued parcel in the City$745,979,300
Sarasota Memorial Hospital, 1700 S Tamiami Trl — Sarasota County Public Hospital District, 14.4 acres, exempt. Highest taxable: 1977 Main St (BPOZ 1991 Main LLC, 424 units, $149.1M), then the Ritz-Carlton ($120.8M). Source: s1, 2026 final roll.
City of Sarasota, all parcels$27.86B just value; $19.62B non-school taxable
28,169 parcels, about 8,004 acres of parcel land. ZIP 34236 (downtown, Golden Gate Point, St Armands, Lido, Bird Key) holds 9,870 parcels and $15.55B of it. Source: s1.
Highest land value per acre (parcels of ½ acre or more)about $25.4M per acre
555 Quay Commons, KT SARASOTA SOUTH LLC: land $43.27M on 74,072 sq ft. Next: 632 Golden Gate Pt (WSR-550 LLC, about $22.3M/acre) and 1050 Boulevard of the Arts (KT SARASOTA BAY LLC, about $20.5M/acre). Source: s1.
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Who owns the town
At this scale the significant owner is rarely a trust or a fund: it is one or two local holding companies, a family in its second or third generation, and often the land around the town rather than the buildings in it.
The City of Sarasota is the roll's tax-authority codes M0200, M9100 (St Armands), M9300 (Golden Gate Point) and M9500 (downtown) — 28,169 parcels, about 8,000 acres of parcel land, $27.86B in 2026 just value; the codes were identified by this research from where City-owned parcels and known City addresses fall, not from a County code table. Public bodies hold the big ground: the City itself (941 acres, much of it a 307-acre golf course and the bayfront), the County, the School Board, the State's trust-fund land under New College and The Ringling, and the airport authority's southern edge. The public hospital district holds little land but the most value. Railways and FPL barely show because their operating property is centrally assessed. Acres are roll land square footage ÷ 43,560; names are grouped; individuals and family trusts are left out.
| Name | Type | 2026 final roll, City of Sarasota |
|---|---|---|
| City of Sarasota Includes 'SARASOTA CITY OF (LESSOR)' (8 parcels), '… LESSOR' (2) and '(LICENSOR)' (1). Largest by area: 1000 Azinger Way (307.4 acres, DOR 038 golf course, $5.6M), 2 Marina Plz (114.0 acres), 400 Benjamin Franklin Dr on Lido (60.6 acres, $76.7M), 2110 Adams Ln (39.0 acres); most valuable: the 803 N Tamiami Trl bayfront ($172.3M) and 1 Island Park Dr ($65.7M). |
Government | 179 parcels, 941 acres, $918.3MA |
| Sarasota County Public Hospital District Roll name 'SARASOTA COUNTY PUBLIC HOSPITA'. The Sarasota Memorial campus at 1700 S Tamiami Trl alone is $746.0M — more than everything the City owns. |
Government | 52 parcels, 39.8 acres, $954.8MA |
| Sarasota County Includes two lessor parcels. Largest: 190 Taft Dr (152.0 acres, $32.7M) and 2700 12th St (36.8 acres, $42.3M); most valuable 2000 Main St ($91.3M). The Sarasota County Agricultural Fair holds a separate 54.2-acre parcel ($11.4M) in its own name. |
Government | 49 parcels, 495 acres, $317.2MA |
| School Board of Sarasota County Largest: 2155 S School Ave (44.7 acres, $51.1M), 1001 S School Ave (38.8 acres, $51.7M), 3201 N Orange Ave (37.0 acres, $67.0M). |
Government | 9 parcels, 175 acres, $263.0MA |
| State of Florida — Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund (TIITF) Held for state universities and agencies: New College of Florida (10 parcels with the Board of Regents submerged-land parcel, 87.0 acres, $110.9M), FSU's Ringling cultural campus and museum (4 parcels, about 60 acres), a Department of Military Affairs parcel and others. The Florida Department of Transportation holds one 2.4-acre parcel in its own name. |
Government | 24 parcels, 162 acres, $226.5MA |
| Sarasota Manatee Airport Authority Roll name 'SARASOTA MANATEE AIRPORT AUTHO'. Only the part of the airport's land inside the City's tax codes; largest 6000 Rick Piccolo Cir (68.0 acres) and 5850 General Dougher Pl (20.4 acres, $36.2M). |
Government | 15 parcels, 133 acres, $105.7MA |
| Ringling College of Art and Design Under two spellings ('RINGLING COLLEGE OF ART & DESI', 33 parcels; '… ART AND DE', 42). Main parcel 2621 Old Bradenton Rd ($46.6M). |
Institution | 75 parcels, 61.3 acres, $163.0MA |
| Sarasota Housing Authority Under 'CITY OF SARASOTA HOUSING AUTHO' (12 parcels) and 'SARASOTA HOUSING AUTHORITY' (8, four as lessor). It completed an 84-unit building on N Orange Ave in 2024 (roll). |
Government | 20 parcels, 53.4 acres, $78.2MA |
| Bishop of the Diocese of Venice (Roman Catholic) Roll name 'BISHOP OF DIOCESE OF VENICE EM…'; largest 4380 Fruitville Rd (17.2 acres, $36.9M). Cardinal Mooney Catholic High School holds 31.7 acres at 4171 Fruitville Rd ($35.0M) in its own name. |
Institution | 14 parcels, 42.2 acres, $61.0MA |
| Seminole Gulf Railway LP Under 'SEMINOLE GULF RAILWAY LP' and '… L P' — right-of-way strips at low value. |
Private company | 11 parcels, 42.2 acres, $1.1MA |
| Florida Power & Light Company Substation and yard parcels; FPL's lines and plant are centrally assessed and do not appear parcel by parcel. The United States Postal Service holds one 3.3-acre parcel ($15.1M); no military parcel is in the City. |
Public company | 5 parcels, 16.6 acres, $12.6MA |
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Who builds the houses
New-home building in this market: the volume, and the firms behind it. Ownership of a builder matters as much as its volume — a private-equity platform and a family firm behave differently.
Sarasota is a built-out city of condominium towers and infill houses; volume builders hardly appear. Census permits for 2025 (s14) show the City authorised 168 single-family homes ($153.4M) and 48 units in two buildings of five or more ($20.4M). The roll shows 1,158 units on parcels with a 2023–2026 year built, of them 402 single-family houses, and the large projects each in their own development entity. Condo units are held individually and are not attributed here; sponsors are not attached without a document. Single-family rental funds hold only a few dozen City houses (BAF Assets 3 LLC 5, Opendoor Property Trust I 4, SRP Sub LLC 4, MQOZB SFR LLC 3, Home SFR Borrower IV 2, CPI/Amherst SFR Program II 2, and single homes for Tricon, Progress Residential, IH4/Invitation and HPA).
| Name | Type | Units completed 2023–26 (roll) |
|---|---|---|
| LMC Sarasota Quay Holdings LLC 468 Quay Commons Trl, 435,778 sq ft, $73.7M; mailing Miami. Beside it the Quay condominium tower at 301 Quay Commons (149 units, 2023) is held unit by unit; its developer is not named on the roll. |
Developer | 240 units (2024)A |
| Blue CASL Tamiami LLC 4600 N Tamiami Trl, DOR 003 multifamily, $8.4M; mailing 180 Fountain Pkwy N. |
Private company | 96 units (2025)A |
| Sarasota Housing Authority N Orange Ave, DOR 003, $7.5M, in the name CITY OF SARASOTA HOUSING AUTHO. |
Government | 84 units (2024)A |
| Vincentian Housing Corporation 1529 25th St, DOR 003, $1.3M. |
Institution | 10 units (2025)A |
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Commercial landlords
The commercial side, counted separately from housing: who holds the office, retail and industrial floor area.
Sarasota's commercial top is a resort hotel owned by a private-equity fund, a family-owned regional developer's retail and office parcels, and a Delray Beach group assembling bayfront land around the Quay. Listed REITs barely appear: Publix (2 parcels, $12.6M), Public Storage's PS One Florida, Extra Space, Walmart, NNN REIT and Agree each hold a parcel or two. Groupings by mailing address are this research's, and say so; a shared address is not proof of common ownership. Counted separately from housing.
| Name | Type | In the City (2026 roll) |
|---|---|---|
| KSL Capital Partners (1776 Sarasota Associates LLC) The Ritz-Carlton, Sarasota and its Lido beach club, mailed 'C/O KSL CAPITAL PARTNERS VI LP', Denver; one July 2026 instrument at $163,765,000 on the state sale file. |
Private equity | 2 parcels, 430,239 sq ft, $149.8M (roll); bought for $163.8M, July 2026A |
| Benderson Development Twenty City parcels in single-asset LLC names (SWFL Retail Associates, Siesta Retail, CCB Associates 1/5/14/44, 4000 STT, 3300 NTT, 431 SAC, 400 SAC and others) mailed to 7978 Cooper Creek Blvd, University Park — Benderson's Florida corporate office (s11). They include Crossings at Siesta Key (bought 2022 per s9) and 1660 Ringling Blvd (lessor, $18.1M). Benderson says it is led by three generations of its founding family and owns 'over 1,000 properties totaling more than 58 million square feet in 41 states' (s12). The address match is this research's. |
Family / private | 20 parcels, 930,410 sq ft, $126.1M (roll)B |
| KT Sarasota entities (105 NE 1st St, Delray Beach) KT SARASOTA BAY LLC (1050 Boulevard of the Arts, 3.6 acres, $73.1M, of which $72.8M land), KT SARASOTA SOUTH LLC (555 Quay Commons, $43.3M land — the City's highest land value per acre, about $25.4M), KT SARASOTA NW LLC, KCMCL 202 NTT LLC and NEW GRANDE RESIDENCES LP, all mailed to 105 NE 1st St, Delray Beach. The sponsor behind the names was not established from a document. |
Developer | 5 parcels, 422,811 sq ft, $145.6M (roll)A |
| Entities mailed to 555 S Osprey Ave, Ste A (incl. Kauffman Family Partnerships #1 and #2) Downtown and St Armands office and retail parcels in names including KAUFFMAN FAMILY PRTSHP #1 LTD (5), KAUFFMAN FAMILY PARTNERSHIP 2 (2), KAUFFMAN SHORE PROPERTIES LLC, ROSEMARY SQUARE LLC, KIWI INVESTMENTS LLC, COURTHOUSE CENTRE OF SARASOTA (1990 Main St, 277,034 sq ft, $22.6M) and others. A shared mailing address may be a manager's office; common ownership of all 43 is not established. |
Family / private | 43 parcels, 660,975 sq ft, $120.6M (roll)A |
| Northland Rosemary LLC (Newton, MA) 710 N Lemon Ave, built 2018, DOR 003 multifamily; mailing 2150 Washington St, Newton MA. Other large rental owners: DeSota Apartments Property Own… (Los Angeles; 1415 2nd St, 180 units, $66.8M), St Arcos LLC (Arlington VA; 320 Central Ave, 228 units, $48.9M), BMF V FL Huntington Place LLC (Sandy UT; 252 units, $33.7M). |
Private company | 1 parcel, 286 units, 395,659 sq ft, $68.6M (roll)A |
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Looked for and not found
Claims this page would have made if a source could be opened. They are left out rather than guessed.
- Which parcel the Van Wezel hall stands on: the roll has no 777 N Tamiami Trl parcel, and the hall is placed on the City's 803 N Tamiami Trl bayfront parcel by address only; Property Appraiser parcel pages are barred by robots.txt.
- Who stands behind the LLCs: TDC Blackbird SCC LLC (1819 Main St), BPOZ 1991 Main LLC (1977 Main St, 424 units), the 'KT Sarasota' entities and LMC Sarasota Quay Holdings LLC. The Florida corporate register (Sunbiz) was not read, so no sponsor is attached.
- That all 20 parcels mailed to 7978 Cooper Creek Blvd belong to Benderson Development rests on the mailing address matching Benderson's published corporate office; Wikipedia's 2022 sale of Crossings at Siesta Key is the only document naming Benderson for a specific City parcel.
- The Crossings at Siesta Key price ($25.1M, 2022) comes from Wikipedia citing Your Observer; the deed predates the 2025–26 sale file and was not checked against the stamp record.
- The City boundary: tax-authority codes M0200, M9100, M9300 and M9500 were identified from where City-owned parcels and known City addresses fall, not from a County code table.
- Owners whose records s. 119.071, F.S. exempts are removed from the state files, per DOR, so their holdings cannot be counted.
- No volume homebuilder or single-family-rental fund holds more than five City homes on the roll; the developers of the newest condominium towers (301 Quay Commons, 33 S Palm Ave, 111 and 253 Golden Gate Pt) are not named on the roll and were not established.
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Sources
- Sarasota 68 Final NAL 2026 — real property roll (NAL68F202601.csv), 307,173 parcels countywide — Florida Department of Revenue, Property Tax Oversight (submitted by the Sarasota County Property Appraiser) · openA
- Sarasota 68 Final SDF 2026 — Sale Data File (SDF68F202601.csv), with clerk instrument number and qualification code — Florida Department of Revenue, Property Tax Oversight · openA
- Download Assessment Roll and GIS Data — NAL, SDF and NAP files; schedule (preliminary 1 July, initial final October) — Florida Department of Revenue · openA
- 2026 NAL, SDF and NAP User's Guide (SALE_PRC1 'the sale price indicated by documentary stamps on the deed'; s. 119.071 exempt owners removed) — Florida Department of Revenue · openA
- Documentary Stamp Tax — 70 cents on each $100 or portion thereof (all counties except Miami-Dade) — Florida Department of Revenue · openA
- Section 28.24, Florida Statutes — clerk service charges (photographic copies $1.00 per page) — Florida Legislature (Online Sunshine) · openA
- Accessibility & Disclaimers — 'for Sarasota County tax roll assessment purposes only'; no reuse restriction — Sarasota County Property Appraiser · openA
- Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall — 777 North Tamiami Trail; owner and operator Sarasota; opened 5 January 1970; 1,741 seats — Wikipedia · openA
- Crossings at Siesta Key (served at /wiki/Westfield_Southgate) — sold to Benderson Development in 2022 (citing Your Observer, 23 May 2022, $25.1M) — Wikipedia · openA
- Sarasota Memorial Hospital — 1700 South Tamiami Trail; funding Public; 897 beds — Wikipedia · openA
- Contact Us — Florida corporate office, 7978 Cooper Creek Boulevard, University Park, FL 34201 — Benderson Development · openA
- About Benderson — 'over 1,000 properties totaling more than 58 million square feet in 41 states'; led by three generations of the founding family — Benderson Development · openA
- Terms of Use — licence 'solely for your personal, non-commercial use' — Benderson Development · openA
- Building Permits Survey — South Region places annual 2025 (so2025a.txt), Sarasota city, FL (FIPS place 64175) — U.S. Census Bureau · openA