Pelican Cove is a gated, roughly 75-acre bayfront community on Little Sarasota Bay, tucked west of the Tamiami Trail in the Vamo area of south Sarasota. It was built between about 1975 and 1981 and contains roughly 731 low-rise condominium homes woven through tropical, canopy-tree landscaping (Pelican Cove community materials and Sarasota-area real estate guides, 2026).
The community is organized into multiple condominium associations and informal neighborhood groupings such as the Bay, Glen, Grove, Harbor, Brookhouse, and Treehouse homes. Pelican Cove XVI is one of those associations. Each association runs its own budget and reserves, while the broader community operates the shared amenities, so the fee and reserve picture is read at the association level, not as one community number.
What sets Pelican Cove apart is the shared lifestyle: an 87-slip marina with access to the Intracoastal Waterway, three clubhouses, six pools, tennis and other courts, walking trails and a boardwalk, plus a noted arts community with studios and dozens of resident clubs, classes, and concerts. These are owner-occupied condos in a community known for an active, creative, neighborly culture.
The honest pitch is bayfront community living at a relative value for waterfront Sarasota, with the work being condo diligence: confirm the association XVI budget and reserves, the flood zone and insurance for the exact unit, and any milestone or structural reserve obligations, before the setting sells you on the price.
