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Bird Key home tops sales at $4.1 million

A property on Bird Key Drive is the top reported seller for the week of Sept. 19-23.


  • By Adam Hughes
  • | 1:20 p.m. October 5, 2022
  • Longboat Key
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A home on Bird Key tops all transactions in this week’s real estate. Rajesh and Renuka Malik, of Sarasota, sold their home at 319 Bird Key Drive to Leslie O’Connor, trustee, of Sarasota, for $4.1 million. Built in 1998, it has four bedrooms, three-and-two-half baths, a pool and 4,498 square feet of living area. It sold for $2.25 million in 2019.

The Castillian

Denise Harcke, trustee, of Fernandina Beach, sold the Unit 309 condominium at 4545 Gulf of Mexico Drive to Jan Troup, of Spring, Texas, for $1,131,000. Built in 1979, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,340 square feet of living area. It sold for $420,000 in 2012.

Key Towers South

John and Amy Ryder sold their Unit 8E condominium at 1750 Benjamin Franklin Drive to Eric and S. Denise Reedy, of Seymour, Indiana, for $1,215,000. Built in 1970, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,548 square feet of living area. It sold for $500,000 in 2015.

$10 Million or More

The top real estate sales through the years in Sarasota, its barrier islands and Longboat Key:

$17.5 million

1423/1435 Hillview Drive, Sarasota sold in 2022

$16.5 million

1900 Casey Key Road, Nokomis sold in 2021. 

845 Longboat Club Road, sold in 2020

$16 million

100 Beach Ave., Anna Maria, sold in 2022

$14 million

7712, 7711 and 7660 Sanderling Road, Siesta Key sold in 2021

$13.75 million

3303 Gulf of Mexico Drive, Longboat Key, sold in 2022

$13.25 million

1452 Hillview Drive, sold in 2021

4651 Gulf of Mexico Drive, Longboat Key, sold in 2020

$13 million +$1

6021 Gulf of Mexico Drive, Longboat Key, sold in 2020

$13 million

1067 Westway Drive, Lido Key, sold in 2006 

$12.5 million

825 Longboat Club Road, sold in 2011

$12 million

1500 Hillview Drive, Sarasota, sold in 2022

4100 Flamingo Ave., Siesta Key, sold in 2021

4300 Higel Ave., Siesta Key, sold in 2021

3021 Bay Shore Road,  Sarasota, sold in 2012

$11.85 million

7712 Sanderling Road, Siesta Key, sold in 2014

$11.5 million

1313 Westway Drive, Sarasota, sold in 2022

$11.4 million

6633 Gulf of Mexico Drive,  Longboat Key, sold in  2019

$11 million

139 S. Washington Drive, Lido Key, sold in 2020

$10.57 million

401 Quay Commons, Unit 190, Sarasota, sold in 2022

$10.5 million

1144 Sea Grape Road, Nokomis, sold in 2022

825 Longboat Club Road, sold in 2020

7712 & 7660 Sanderling Road, Siesta Key, sold in 2020

3799 Flamingo Ave., Siesta Key, sold in 2019

$10.4 million

6211 Gulf of Mexico Drive, Longboat Key, sold in 2022

$10.25 million

4300 Higel Ave., Lido Key, sold in 2014

$10.15 million

5965 Gulf of Mexico Drive, Longboat Key, sold in 2021

$10.06 million

171 S. Washington Drive, Lido Key, sold in 2021

$10 million

3410 Flamingo Ave., Siesta Key, sold in 2013

 

 

 

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