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Tower Residences property sells for $5.5 million

Condo unit on Watergate Drive is the top-seller for the week of Jan. 31-Feb. 4 in the Sarasota-Siesta Key area.


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Unit 1701 of the Tower Residences was built in 2003. It has three bedrooms, four-and-a-half baths and 5,251 square feet of living area.
Unit 1701 of the Tower Residences was built in 2003. It has three bedrooms, four-and-a-half baths and 5,251 square feet of living area.
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A condominium in The Tower Residences tops all transactions in this week’s real estate. Bernard and Maureen Walsh, of Longwood, sold their Unit 1701 condominium at 35 Watergate Drive to Anthony Franke and Barbara Franke, trustees, of Sarasota, for $5.5 million. Built in 2003, it has three bedrooms, four-and-a-half baths and 5,251 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $4.75 million in 2006.

SARASOTA

Badger Heights

Celesta and Rebecca Tharpe, of Winter Park, sold their home at 1871 Loma Linda St. to Jeffrey marks, trustee, of Sarasota, for $3.1 million. Built in 2017, it has four bedrooms, four-and-a-half baths, a pool and 3,253 square feet of living area.

Johnson Estate

Asim and Isa Chauhan, of Sarasota, sold their home at 1649 Quail Drive to Mildred Burnett and Robert Burnett, trustees, of Sarasota, for $1.85 million. Built in 1984, it has four bedrooms, three-and-a-half baths, a pool and 2,933 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $549,000 in 2014.

The Condominium on the Bay

Kathleen Barclay, trustee, of Sarasota, sold the Unit 704 condominium at 888 Blvd. of the Arts to Robert Liberatore and Debra Kraft, trustees, of Sarasota, for $1.65 million. Built in 1982, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,729 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $905,000 in 2017.

Burns Court Villas

Noland Mackenzie Canter III and Rhoda Whitlock Canter, of Falls Church, Virginia, sold their Unit 2 condominium at 1526 Selby Lane to Margaret Eldred, trustee, of Swanton, Ohio, for $1.5 million. Built in 2006, it has three bedrooms, three-and-a-half baths and 1,910 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $1,225,000 in 2021.

One Watergate

Michele Etzel and Edward Renn, trustees, sold the Unit PH-A condominium at 1111 N. Gulfstream Ave. to Christopher and Kelly Jacobs, of Sarasota, for $1,375,000. Built in 1974, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,577 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $610,000 in 2010.

Lawrence Pointe

Bache Investments LLC sold the Unit 201 condominium at 97 Sunset Drive to Atul Gupta, of W. Bloomfield, Michigan, for $1,125,000. Built in 1978, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,522 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $635,000 in 2021.

Laurel Street

Wheeler Capital LLC sold the home at 1841 Laurel St. to Jennifer Petresky, of Sarasota, for $1.1 million. Built in 1922, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 958 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $622,500 in 2021.

Bay Haven

Craig Emden and Alysa McDaniel, trustees, of Bethesda, Maryland, sold the home at 904 Virginia Drive to The Real Estate Parking Co. for $1 million. Built in 1941, it has three bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 1,839 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $730,000 in 2020.

Bret and Paige Patman, of Front Royal, Virginia, sold their home at 978 Tennessee Lane to Kirby Matthews and Cameron Kalkman, of Englewood, Colorado, for $425,000. Built in 1950, it has two bedrooms, one bath and 1,011 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $245,000 in 2019.

Valencia Terrace

Susan Byron, trustee, of Sarasota, sold the home at 1233 14th St. to Charles and Kimsey Ruggiero, of Sarasota, for $960,000. Built in 1956, it has three bedrooms, two-and-a-half baths and 1,916 square feet of living area. It sold for $282,000 in 2020.

Sunset Towers

Herbert and Norma Harman sold their Unit 202 condominium at 11 Sunset Drive to James and Lois Champy, of Rye, New Hampshire, for $950,000. Built in 1980, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,389 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $327,500 in 2011.

Toscano

Niptuck LLC sold the Unit 302 condominium at 205 Golden Gate Point to Anne Fenton and John Fenton, of Sarasota, for $895,000. Built in 1996, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,480 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $825,000 in 2021.

Granada

Alex Sivitilli, of Ontario, Canada, sold the home at 3617 Jacinto Court to Andrew Ager, of Atlanta, for $850,000. Built in 1953, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 2,084 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $250,000 in 2015.

Sapphire Shores

Jeffrey Weber and Linda Olsen Weber, trustees, of New York City, sold the home at 480 Acacia Drive to Carol Billman and William Norman III, of Nokomis, for $749,000. Built in 1951, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,479 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $479,000 in 2007.

The Villas at Eagles Point

John and Virginia Costenbader sold their Unit 1713 condominium at 1713 Starling Drive to David Mayson Brooks and Martha Irene Brooks, of Sarasota, for $615,000. Built in 1992, it has three bedrooms, two-and-a-half baths and 2,172 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $495,000 in 2020.

South Gate

Nicholas James Crouch and Courtney Marie Crouch, of Sarasota, sold their home at 2437 Clematis St. to Raymond David Mays, of Sarasota, for $610,000. Built in 1960, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 1,728 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $150,000 in 2018.

Reed and Anne Marie Schachte, of Tallahassee, sold their home at 2966 Bougainvillea St. to David Nunes and Maria Alejandra Parker-Nunez, of Sarasota, for $546,000. Built in 1965, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 1,597 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $172,500 in 2010.

Sean Patrick Martin and Lisa Gail Hart, of Melrose, Massachusetts, sold their home at 2431 Parson Lane to Stephen Ryan and Deanna Dimino, of Red Bank, New Jersey, for $415,000. Built in 1956, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 1,329 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $289,000 in 2019.

Jackson Court

Land Trust Service Corp. sold the home at 2121 S. Jefferson Ave. to Christopher Johnson and Paul Tomass, of Sarasota, for $545,000. Built in 1978, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 1,570 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $191,200 in 2013.

E.A. Smith’s

Manuel and Teresa Hernandez, of Sarasota, sold their home at 1920 Ninth St. to Vicente Manuel Zequeira, of Sarasota, for $510,000. Built in 1973, it has four bedrooms, two baths and 1,492 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $47,000 in 1999.

Highland Pines

Claire Dowling and Melvin Anthony Reid sold their home at 845 Highland St. to Peixoto Investments LLC for $510,000. Built in 1961, it has two bedrooms, one-and-a-half baths and 1,106 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $450,000 in 2021.

Long Meadow

Tavia Lauren Ames, of Sarasota, sold three properties at 2069 Bougainvillea St. to Huntland Homes LLC for $500,000. The first property was built in 1957, it has three bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 1,945 square feet of living area. The second property was built in 1972, it has one bedroom, one bath and 616 square feet of living area. The third property was built in 1975, it has one bedroom, one bath and 616 square feet of living area.  It previously sold for $250,000 in 2007.

Bellevue Terrace

Jansen Wood and Jessica Nichols, of Okeechobee, sold their home at 3070 Hatton St. to Bahia Vista Ventures LLC for $481,000. Built in 1957, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 1,425 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $275,000 in 2019.

Renaissance

Richard and Pamela Mones, of Sarasota, sold their Unit 802 condominium at 750 N. Tamiami Trail to Joyce Berger, of Sarasota, for $450,000. Built in 2001, it has two bedrooms, one bath and 1,000 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $191,000 in 2009.

The Landings South

Douglas Bracy and Marilyn Chapman, of Sarasota, sold their Unit 103 condominium at 5241 Heron Way to Mark Owades and Kim Cooper, of Sarasota, for $440,000. Built in 1986, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,712 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $320,000 in 2016.

Paver Park Estates

George 2015 LLC sold the home at 2785 Nancy St. to Ryan Kaminski, of Lakewood Ranch, for $430,000. Built in 1956, it has two bedrooms, one bath and 1,320 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $88,000 in 2016.

Castel Del Mare

Pamela Simpson, trustee, of Osprey, sold the Unit 106 condominium at 1602 Stickney Point Road to DKJK LLC for $425,000. Built in 1975, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,016 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $147,500 in 1999.

Gulf Gate

Julio Antonio Lopez and Nimoska Perez Gamonal, of Aventura, sold their home at 2738 White Sands Drive to Mario Gutierrez Rocha and Maria Cristina Del Villar, of Chantilly, Virginia, for $425,000. Built in 1965, it has two bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 1,436 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $259,000 in 2016.

All States Park

Andrea McParland and Glen Gerard McParland, of Franklin Township, New Jersey, sold their home at 3151 Ashton Road to Klugh Development LLC for $400,000. Built in 1957, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,148 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $106,000 in 2009.

SIESTA KEY

Summer Cove on Siesta

Detlef and Helge Schacht, of Berlin, Germany, sold their Unit 402C condominium at 1660 Summerhouse Lane to James Gans, of St. Louis, for $1.6 million. Built in 2007, it has three bedrooms, two-and-a-half baths and 2,110 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $720,000 in 2010.

Siesta’s Bayside

Robert Spector and Carol Spector, of Sarasota, sold their home at 569 Commonwealth Lane to Gordon and Laura Crawford, of Lakewood Ranch, for $1,525,000. Built in 1972, it has three bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 2,180 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $700,000 in 2013.

Sarasota Beach

D Balot Investments LLC sold the home at 368 Canal Road to Robert Bartlett, of Farmington Hills, Michigan, for $1,375,000. Built in 1950, it has three bedrooms, three baths and 2,813 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $1,031,300 in 2021.

Faubel Street

Lori Logue and Stephen Halleck, of Lecanto, sold their home at 111 Faubel St. to Benjamin Coggins III, of Sarasota, for $1.35 million. Built in 1974, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,596 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $745,000 in 2019.

Crescent Arms

IMAC Properties LLC sold the Unit 703-N condominium at 6310 Midnight Pass Road to Nicholas and Tamara Constantinides, of New Milford, Connecticut, for $915,000. Built in 1968, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,029 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $495,000 in 2017.

Horizons West

Thomas David Scrymgeour, of Ontario, Canada, sold his Unit 107 condominium at 6140 Midnight Pass Road to Mott Holdings LLC for $810,000. Built in 1967, it has one bedroom, one bath and 848 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $630,000 in 2006.

Peppertree Bay

Kenneth Macdonald and Begona Alonso, of Ontario, Canada, sold their Unit 221-D condominium at 1087 W. Peppertree Drive to Eric and Karen Norman, of Albuquerque, New Mexico, for $789,000. Built in 1974, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,310 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $345,000 in 2011.

Fisherman’s Cove

Verne and Phyllis Dodson, of Dayton, Ohio, sold their Unit 209 condominium at 9000 Blind Pass Road to Phillip and Linda Stone, of Wadsworth, Ohio, for $760,000. Built in 1968, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 969 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $232,500 in 1999.

Midnight Sea

John and Carolyn Wagner, of Scottsdale, Arizona, sold their Unit 6786 condominium at 6786 Sarasea Circle to Mona and John Maruna, of Avon Lake, Ohio, for $627,000. Built in 1981, it has two bedrooms, three-and-a-half baths and 1,446 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $415,000 in 2015.

Sunrise Cove

Lisa Liccini, trustee, of Berlin, Germany, sold the Unit 100 condominium at 8897 Midnight Pass Road to Christine Guardino, of Buffalo, New York, for $581,000. Built in 1973, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,228 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $220,000 in 2000.

Bay Oaks

Joan Hickman, of Sarasota, sold her Unit 53-E condominium at 6157 Midnight Pass Road to Alex Mezeritski, of Eagan, Minnesota, for $577,000. Built in 1974, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,101 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $251,000 in 2015.

Michael and Debra Anne Mazzurco, of Siesta Key, sold their Unit E-13 condominium at 6157 Midnight Pass Road to KR Siesta LLC for $520,000. Built in 1974, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,101 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $299,000 in 2004.

Jerry and Debra McElroy, of Huber Heights, Ohio, sold their Unit E-82 condominium at 6157 Midnight Pass Road to Ursula Georgi and Catherine Orona, of Arvada, Colorado, for $519,000. Built in 1974, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,101 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $219,900 in 2012.

Harbor Towers Yacht and Racquet Club

Luciano Bartucci and Biserka Uzunova, of Siesta Key, sold their Unit 426 condominium at 5855 Midnight Pass Road to Anthony and Christine Martinelli, of Pompton Plains, New Jersey, for $570,000. Built in 1976, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,056 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $107,500 in 1990.

Casa Mar

Kathleen Hays, trustee, of Ellenton, sold the Unit 53 condominium at 6006 Midnight Pass Road to John and Kimberly Corey, of Chanhassen, Minnesota, for $435,000. Built in 1960, it has one bedroom, one bath and 600 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $365,000 in 2020.

Coral Shores

Sunset Landings LLC and Coral Shores Investments LLC sold the Unit 328 condominium at 9022 Midnight Pass Road to Diana Olivieri, of Sarasota, for $430,000. Built in 1981, it has two bedrooms, one bath and 725 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $206,000 in 2016.

PALMER RANCH

La Vista

Rachel Murphy sold the home at 7721 Calle Facil to James and Melanie Taylor, of Sarasota, for $790,000. Built in 1996, it has two bedrooms, three-and-a-half baths, a pool and 2,967 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $460,000 in 2014.

Villagewalk

Shirley Sowell and Mary Elizabeth Kasper, trustees, of Sarasota, sold the home at 5639 Kosteli Place to Nancy Mizrahi, trustee, of Sarasota, for $689,000. Built in 2003, it has four bedrooms, four baths and 2,692 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $354,400 in 2003.

Dorothy West, of Bryans Road, Maryland, sold her home at 7739 Uliva Way to Robert and Barbara Freeborn, of Sarasota, for $545,800. Built in 2005, it has three bedrooms, three baths and 2,008 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $383,200 in 2005.

Maria Cutrona, trustee, of Poland, Ohio, sold the home at 7606 Pesaro Drive to James Richard Farr and Danielle Leigh Gaylord, of Lafayette, Indiana, for $482,000. Built in 2003, it has two bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 1,534 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $315,000 in 2017.

US Bank Trust, trustee, sold the home at 5575 Modena Place to Jeffrey and Iris Northern, of Sarasota, for $455,000. Built in 2003, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,693 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $227,800 in 2003.

Turtle Rock

Jean-Christophe Philippe Nadaud and Christiane Nadaud-Kasperzak, of Morainvillers, France, sold their home at 8529 Great Meadow Drive to Daniel Aguayo and Cherise Lauren Kron-Aguayo, of Sarasota, for $659,000. Built in 1995, it has four bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 2,421 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $315,000 in 2011.

Margit Szel Gerane, of Weymouth, United Kingdom, sold the home at 4911 Sabal Lake Circle to Michele Farruggia and Barbara Farruggia, trustees, of New York City, for $640,000. Built in 2000, it has three bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 2,353 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $92,000 in 1999.

The Country Club of Sarasota

Timothy and Pamela Courounis, of New Durham, New Hampshire, sold their home at 3924 Spyglass Hill Road to Paul Andrew Johnson and Carolyn Ann Johnson, trustees, of Novi, Michigan, for $640,000. Built in 1984, it has three bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 2,637 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $500,000 in 2018.

Arbor Lakes on Palmer Ranch

Whitney Marchant Reutlinger and Shannon Courtney Reutlinger sold their home at 5712 Sunflower Circle to Marcel Paul Dupuis and Kamryn Leigh Kurtz, of Sarasota, for $630,500. Built in 2018, it has four bedrooms, three baths and 2,400 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $435,000 in 2018.

Wellington Chase

Alan and Jacqueline Marr, of Sarasota, sold their home at 5020 Sturbridge Court to Xingtang Hu and Rui Liu, of San Jose, California, for $600,000. Built in 1996, it has four bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 2,145 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $207,000 in 1999.

Hammock Preserve

Amanda Louise Roschek, of Kalamazoo, Michigan, sold her home at 12308 Marsh Pointe Road to Joseph Stanley Frech and Tracy Ann Frech, of Sarasota, for $575,000. Built in 2018, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,675 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $420,500 in 2018.

Howard Zusman, of Lakewood Ranch, and Audrey Marten, of Sarasota, sold their home at 12255 Hidden Hammock Court to Luciano Bartucci and Biserka Uzunova, of Sarasota, for $484,900. Built in 2016, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,549 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $410,400 in 2021.

Stoneybrook Golf and Country Club

Arnold Kraft sold his home at 8914 Grey Oaks Ave. to Vitaliy Kalachi, of Vancouver, Washington, for $540,000. Built in 1997, it has three bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 1,993 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $305,000 in 1998.

Palisades at Palmer Ranch

Aurora Dickson, of Kenneth Square, Pennsylvania, sold the Unit 25 condominium at 7140 Rue De Palisades to John and Andrea Stinson, of Warwick, Rhode Island, for $525,000. Built in 2000, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 1,931 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $475,000 in 2005.

Esplanade on Palmer Ranch

Taylor Morrison of Florida Inc. sold the home at 5366 Cicerone St. to Mary Ann Inglis and Kimberly Ann Inglis, of Sarasota, for $485,200. Built in 2021, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,682 square feet of living area.

Promenade at Palmer Ranch

Elia and Katherine Aumua, of Sarasota, sold their home at 4432 Aqua Mirage St. to Steven Billor and Ashley Billor, of Riverview, for $402,000. Built in 2020, it has three bedrooms, two-and-a-half baths and 1,724 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $282,000 in 2020.

OSPREY

Oaks II

Stanley and Beverly Constantin, of Jacksonville, sold their home at 720 N. Mac Ewen Drive to James and Kristine Fralin, of Osprey, for $1.25 million. Built in 2000, it has three bedrooms, three-and-a-half baths, a pool and 3,280 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $825,000 in 2010.

Mary von Glahn, of Sarasota, sold her home at 636 Eagle Watch Lane to Adam Mazan and Lisa Colleen Mazan, trustees, of Osprey, for $1.2 million. Built in 1989, it has three bedrooms, four baths, a pool and 3,389 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $455,000 in 1991.

Richard Lauter, trustee, of Osprey, sold the home at 903 Mac Ewen Drive to Christopher Cassidy and Alice Joy, of Burlington, Vermont, for $1 million. Built in 1991, it has three bedrooms, two-and-a-half baths, a pool and 2,742 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $725,000 in 2020.

Sorrento Shores

Dorothy Girardi, of Osprey, sold her home at 104 Tina Island Drive to Patrick Brogley, of Sarasota, for $980,000. Built in 1964, it has two bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 1,506 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $592,000 in 2019.

The Woodlands at Rivendell

Norman Sandrib, trustee, of Ft. Myers, sold the home at 698 Clear Creek Drive to Jolanta Bazylewicz, of Chicago, for $577,000. Built in 2002, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 2,081 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $355,000 in 2004.

NOKOMIS

Mission Estates

Darryl and Suzen Dubre, of Sarasota, sold their home at 2190 Sonoma Drive to Christopher and Veronica Malcolm, of Sarasota, for $720,000. Built in 1998, it has three bedrooms, two-and-a-half baths, a pool and 2,005 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $379,000 in 2015.

Sorrento East

Shane Allocca, trustee, sold the home at 309 Rubens Drive to Gary Jantz and Vernice Jantz, trustees, of Sarasota, for $550,000. Built in 1989, it has three bedrooms, two-and-a-half baths and 2,341 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $255,000 in 2013.

Nils Soren Ohlund and Britta Marianne Ohlund sold their home at 324 Matisse Circle S. to John Martin, of Mooresville, North Carolina, for $477,000. Built in 1979, it has three bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 1,567 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $255,000 in 2017.

Zillow Homes Property Trust sold the home at 392 W. Rossetti Drive to Marta and Michael Scigala, of Nokomis, for $458,600. Built in 1977, it has three bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 1,557 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $379,500 in 2021.

Carney’s

Michael and Deborah Day, of North Port, sold their home at 513 Indiana Ave. to Emily and Kevin Smith, of Nokomis, for $400,000. Built in 1978, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 1,583 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $72,000 in 1992.

Mildred L. Dotson

Kittie Lou Long, of Laurel, sold the home at 1620 Mission Valley Blvd. to VAHA LLC for $400,000. Built in 1978, it has three bedrooms, two baths, a pool and 2,248 square feet of living area.

 

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