Overview
Sailboat Bend Artist Lofts emerged from an effort to create an affordable mixed-use facility that would preserve and restore the Historic West Side School—one of Fort Lauderdale’s four original school buildings. About a mile west of downtown Fort Lauderdale, the redevelopment now provides 37 units of affordable live/work space for creatives and their families and a spectacular three-story community room where artists hold meetings, exhibitions, lectures, and other events. Next door, the renovated Historic West Side School serves as a home for the Broward County Historical Commission.