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Bird Key home sells for $6.5 million

Property on Spoonbill Drive is the top seller in the Longboat Key, St. Armands, Lido Key, Bird Key area for the week of Aug. 30-Sept. 3.


  • By Adam Hughes
  • | 12:41 p.m. September 12, 2021
  • Longboat Key
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A home on Bird Key tops all transactions in this week’s real estate. Charlotte Bimba, of Sarasota, sold her home at 582 S. Spoonbill Drive to Barry Cohen, trustee, of Sarasota, for $6.5 million. Built in 2016, it has four bedrooms, four-and-a-half baths, a pool and 4,361 square feet of living area.

Bay Isles

Bernard and Susan Ouimette, of Longboat Key, sold their home at 530 Harbor Gate Way to Robert and Ella Cohen, of Longboat Key, for $5,025,000. Built in 2014, it has four bedrooms, four-and-a-half baths, a pool and 5,011 square feet of living area. It sold for $3.5 million in 2016.

Sleepy Lagoon

Peter and Kristen Laviolette, of Arlington, Virginia, sold their home at 6609 Gulf of Mexico Drive to A.C. Buddendorf Ltd. Partnership for $3,575,000. Built in 1994, it has four bedrooms, four baths, a pool and 4,132 square feet of living area. It sold for $1.2 million in 2015.

L’Ambiance at Longboat Key Club

Linda Schneider, trustee, of Pepper Pike, Ohio, sold the Unit C-603 condominium at 415 L’Ambiance Drive to Anthony Gallo and Rosa Benvenuto-Gallo, of Belle Harbor, New York, for $3,025,000. Built in 1992, it has three bedrooms, three-and-two-half baths and 2,634 square feet of living area. It sold for $1,675,000 in 2012.

John Ringling Estates

Jeffrey Beg sold his home at 535 McKinley Drive to Charles and Patricia Maines, of Boalsburg, Pennsylvania, for $3 million. Built in 1965, it has three bedrooms, three-and-a-half baths, a pool and 3,794 square feet of living area. It sold for $1.4 million in 2001.

Orchid Beach Club Residences

Charles and Patricia Maines, of Boalsburg, Pennsylvania, sold their Unit B804 condominium at 2050 Benjamin Franklin Drive to Jeffrey and Lisa Bowen, of Greenville, Delaware, for $2.3 million. Built in 2006, it has three bedrooms, three baths and 2,936 square feet of living area. It sold for $1,375,000 in 2009.

Revised Longbeach

Charles Streich, of Mequon, Wisconsin, sold his home at 431 N. Shore Road to Joshua and Jill Ball, of Longboat Key, for $2.25 million. Built in 2014, it has three bedrooms, three baths and 4,641 square feet of living area.

Lands End

Lesley Lebel, of Ontario, Canada, sold the Unit 8 condominium at 689 Lands End Drive to Dino Julio Petrone and Ashley Ann Petrone, trustees, of Longboat Key, for $2 million. Built in 2005, it has four bedrooms, three-and-a-half baths, a pool and 3,254 square feet of living area. It sold for $1.05 million in 2010.

Grand Bay

Dona Speer, Hillard Sterling and David Sterling, trustees, sold the Unit 365 condominium at 3030 Grand Bay Blvd. to Deane Robert Baron and Suzanne Lynn Baron, trustees, of Longboat Key, for $1.25 million. Built in 1998, it has three bedrooms, three-and-a-half baths and 2,143 square feet of living area. It sold for $959,000 in 2002.

Laguna at Longboat Key

Mateos FL LLC sold the home at 6320 Gulf of Mexico Drive to David and Lori Halfpenny, of Longboat Key, for $1,187,500. Built in 1989, it has three bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 2,583 square feet of living area. It sold for $845,000 in 2005.

Longboat Key Towers

Michael Fixler, trustee, of Phoenix, sold the Unit N-1103 condominium at 603 Longboat Club Road to Brenda Stowe and Steven Bauer, trustees, of Gilford, New Hampshire, for $1.1 million. Built in 1970, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,458 square feet of living area. It sold for $280,000 in 1987.

Casa Del Mar

Theresa Stephen, of Ontario, Canada, sold her Unit 14 condominium at 4621 Gulf of Mexico Drive to Providence Global Investments LLC for $605,000. Built in 1973, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 900 square feet of living area. It sold for $340,000 in 2014.

Whitney Beach

Thomas Jassoy and Rose Roberts-Jassoy, of Longboat Key, sold their Unit 140 condominium at 6700 Gulf of Mexico Drive to Bryan and Lisa Roberts, of Milton, Georgia, for $360,000. Built in 1969, it has one bedroom, one bath and 990 square feet of living area. It sold for $217,000 in 2003.

Beach Harbor Club

Laurie Ann Escamilla and Kathleen Anne Escamilla, of Wolcott, Connecticut, sold their Unit E-305 condominium at 3808 Gulf of Mexico Drive to Bret and Angela Osborn, of Daytona Beach, for $301,000. Built in 1970, it has one bedroom, one bath and 721 square feet of living area. It sold for $235,000 in 2020.

Double doors welcome guests to the front of the home.
Double doors welcome guests to the front of the home.
A second-floor veranda overlooks the pool deck and Sarasota Bay.
A second-floor veranda overlooks the pool deck and Sarasota Bay.
A second-floor veranda overlooks the pool deck and Sarasota Bay.
A second-floor veranda overlooks the pool deck and Sarasota Bay.
The two-story home overlooks the bayfront pool deck from several vantage points.
The two-story home overlooks the bayfront pool deck from several vantage points.
The home on Bird Key includes a cozy room for entertainment.
The home on Bird Key includes a cozy room for entertainment.
The home at 582 S. Spoonbill Drive was built in 2016.
The home at 582 S. Spoonbill Drive was built in 2016.
The waterfront view faces west toward Lido Key's South Lido Nature Park.
The waterfront view faces west toward Lido Key's South Lido Nature Park.
The waterfront view faces west toward Lido Key's South Lido Nature Park.
The waterfront view faces west toward Lido Key's South Lido Nature Park.

 

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