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Home on saltwater canal tops the sales list
Ahouse in Palm Harbor was the top real estate transaction for the week of Feb. 17-23 in Flagler County in the Multiple Listing Service. Barry and Barbara Poliner, of Palm Coast, sold 24 Curry Court to Guardian Property Investments LLC, of Palm Coast, for $740,000. Built in 1987, the house is a 4/2.5 and has a fireplace and 3,206 square feet.
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WAYNE GRANT
REAL ESTATE EDITOR
Condos
Victoria Sweeney sold 45 Riverview Bend, Unit 1942, to Andrew and Sharon Andresen, of Palm Coast, for $550,000. Built in 2006, the condo is a 3/3 and has 2,007 square feet. It sold in 2020 for $345,000.
Elizabeth Bye, as trustee, sold 40 Club House Drive, Unit 208, to Eric Rice and LuAnn Smith, of Butler, Pennsylvania, for $155,000. Built in 1977, the condo is a 2/2 and has 986 square feet.
Belle Terre
Wymont Florida V LLC, of Englewood, Colorado, sold 67 Prattwood Lane to Chohan and Sons Inc., of Sacramento, California, for $330,000. Built in 2022, the house is a 3/2 and has 1,721 square feet.
Cypress Knoll
RH Asset Holdings LLC, of Orlando, sold 11 Edison Lane to Glennis and Manuel Miranda, of Mooresville, North Carolina, for $357,500. Built in 2021, the house is a 4/2 and has 1,903 square feet.
Florida Park
Sp Homes LLC, of Altamonte Springs, sold 134 Foxhall Court to Gary Petcovic, of Palm Coast, for $330,500. Built in 1979, the house is a 3/2 and has 2,067 square feet. It sold in 2021 for $255,000.
Grand Haven
Kelly Hill, of Louisville, Kentucky, sold 9 St. Andrews Court to Natalia Shcherbina, of Palm Coast, for $350,225. Built in 2001, the house is a 4/2 and has 1,986 square feet.
Hammock Dunes
Bank of America N.A., as trustee, sold 3 Valencia Court to James and Mary McNeil, of Palm Coast, for $675,500. Built in 1995, the house is a 3/3.5 and has a fireplace, swimming pool and 3,119 square feet.
Indian Trails
Timothy and Amanda Mclean sold 70 Barrington Drive to Green Defense Pest Control LLC, of Hurricane, Utah, for $460,000. Built in 2003, the house is a 3/2.5 and has a swimming pool and 2,034 square feet.
Dakota Wilkinson, of Ponte Vedra, sold 104 Brewster Lane to Gladys Casiano and Victor Peguero, of Palm Coast, for $290,000. Built in 1990, the house is a 4/2 and has 2,230 square feet. It sold in 2020 for $215,000.
Huburn, Egbert and Gerald Profitt, and Alicia Dash, of Rosedale, New
Courtesy photo The house features six bedrooms, five bathrooms, a half-bath and a swimming pool.
York, sold 104 Bridgehaven Drive to East Coast Homes Inc., of Lexington, South Carolina, for $174,500. Built in 1991, the house is a 4/2 and has 1,971 square feet.
Lehigh Woods
Jacobo and Gabriela Villanueva, of Palm Coast, sold 82 Roxboro Drive to Tracy and Cynthia Day, of Austin, Texas, for $380,000. Built in 1995, the house is a 3/2 and has a swimming pool and 1,699 square feet. It sold in 2020 for $260,000.
LGI Homes Florida LLC, of The Woodlands, Texas, sold 42 Rickenbacker Drive to SFR JV-HD Property LLC, of Tustin, California, for $311,900. Built in 2021, the house is a 3/2 and has 1,270 square feet.
Jade Merriman-Adler and Braian Adler, of Palm Coast, sold 8 Rybar Lane to Damon Barrs, of Palm Coast, for $265,000. Built in 2004, the house is a 4/2 and has 1,761 square feet.
Matanzas Woods
Seagate Homes LLC, of Palm Coast, sold 39 Matanzas Lakes Drive to Gregory and Joyce Mawyer, of Palm Coast, for $357,900. Built in 2022, the house is a 3/2 and has 2,033 square feet.
Not in Subdivision
Maronda Homes LLC, of Sanford, sold 22 Fawn Haven Trail to Patrick and Heidi Bramwell, of Ormond Beach, for $348,615. Built in 2022, the house is a 3/2 and has 1,702 square feet.
Palm Harbor
Oliveiros and Luzia Cacoilo, of Newark, New Jersey, sold 76 Flemingwood Lane to Michael Caudle and Saffron Caudle, of Palm Coast, for $489,000. Built in 2007, the house is a 3/3 and has 2,502 square feet.
Mark Stevens and Lisa Close, of DeLand, sold 6 Colechester Lane to Patricia Race, of Palm Coast, for $439,900. Built in 1986, the house is a 3/2 and has a fireplace and 2,175 square feet. It sold in 2015 for $150,000.
WJHFL LLC, of Greensboro, North Carolina, sold 16 Frenora Lane to Sinan Yavuz, of Palm Coast, for $263,990. Built in 2021, the house is a 3/2 and has 1,477 square feet.
Pine Grove
Venda Brown, of Sarasota, sold 1 Phoenix Lane to Gerald and Ruth Long, of Palm Coast, for $349,900. Built in 2019, the house is a 4/2 and has 1,866 square feet. It sold in 2020 for $213,500.
Pine Lakes
3DRE LLC, of St. Augustine, sold 3 Warner Place to Valerie Parks, of Palm Coast, for $357,900. Built in 2021, the house is a 3/2 and has 1,601 square feet.
Enrique and Rosalba Antuna, of Greensboro, North Carolina, sold 37 Whittingham Lane to Kevin Burke, of Palm Coast, for $245,000. Built in 1988, the house is a 2/2 and has 1,305 square feet.
River Oaks
Graham Korte, of Palm Coast, sold 1075 Lambert Ave. to Ronald and Shannon Boahn, of Flagler Beach, for $625,000. Built in 1987, the house is a 3/2 and has a swimming pool and 1,843 square feet. It sold in 2019 for $364,000.
Seminole Woods
Teodula Goytia, of Jacksonville, sold 37 Sea Front Trail to Erica and Nicholas Sedeyn, of Palm Coast, for $355,000. Built in 2004, the house is a 4/2 and has a swimming pool and 2,007 square feet.
Floyd and Debra Herrick, of Lake City, sold 82 Sleepy Hollow Trail to Keith and Michelle Van Prooyen, of Palm Coast, for $276,000. Built in 2005, the house is a 4/2 and has 1,673 square feet.
Woodlands
Bryon Fletcher, of Lillian, Alabama, sold 29 Blakeport Lane to Daniel Sprouse, of Palm Coast, for $276,000. Built in 1981, the house is a 3/2 and has a fireplace and 1,522 square feet. It sold in 2018 for $159,000.
Toby Tobin, of gotoby.com, contributed to this report.
Plan for 100-room hotel OK’d on site of former farmers market
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Beach when visiting because there’s not a nice hotel in the city.
“We all know that we really need a hotel in our town,” he said.
A representative of the county’s tourism development office also spoke in support of the project.
“We could not think of a more perfect location,” said Debra Naughton, representing the tourism development office. She noted that the location had previously been the site of a historic, 1925 hotel. “Everything old is new again,” she said.
One resident objected to the building’s height — parapets would reach as high as 47 feet — and its limited parking, saying it could lead to a parking crunch in the downtown area.
City Planner Larry Torino said the city’s planning staff has worked extensively with the developer.
“This has probably been the most vetted project that I’ve been involved with in my association with the city of Flagler Beach,” Torino said. “... This development team has been really a pleasure to work with. ... I believe the product that has been delivered to the city speaks very well of the effort they made.”
Margaret Brock, director of hospitality for the central Florida-based architecture firm BRPH, said the hotel will have lush landscaping.
“There was a great deal of attention put into the landscape to make sure that we have a great deal of greenery and buffering,” she said. “... This is not a typical prototype hotel. This has a lot of character, and it really speaks to a lifestyle brand which is very specific to Flagler.”
The building will feature tropical colors, murals and extensive articulation, she said.
Commissioners’ concerns revolved around parking and beach access.
Commissioner Deborah Phillips worried about the parking: The plans show only 83 onsite parking spots for the hotel’s 100 rooms.
Torino said that the remaining spaces would be off-street parking.
Commissioner James Sherman wondered if that would lead to parking shortages during city events like First Fridays.
Torino said St. Augustine has that issue.
“There’s many times there that I’ll drop off my bride ... and I’ll have to park two and a half blocks away,” he said. “You know, if we get into parking, we could talk about it all day and all night. You’re never going to solve the parking problem, but you can try to manage it and control it the best you can.”
He said the risk of insufficient parking would mainly fall on the hotel ownership.
Commissioner Eric Cooley was concerned about the vagueness of language in the developer’s plans regarding what could be added on the portion of beach owned by the hotel.
Torino said that nothing would actually be built there, but that the hotel management would like to put out chairs each day.
Commissioner Jane Mealy noted that the beach, even parts of it that are private property, is open to all under Florida law and county ordinance.
“This is the one thing that bothers me about this whole project,” she said. “I love the hotel. I love all the work that you did with all the cooperation that went on between the developer and the city staff. But this is something that won’t fly with me at all. We have — what’s the legal term for open beach?”
“Customary use,” replied City Attorney Drew Smith. “That does not mean that a private beach owner cannot use their piece of the beach, it means they cannot gate it off and prohibit access.”
Smith said the hotel’s beach area would be open to people who aren’t hotel guests. They’d be able to use the hotel’s chairs in that area, but not to bring their own, he said.
The chairs would be removed from the beach each evening.
“You have a very nice project here. The finished product is much better than I would have thought it would have been,” Cooley said before the commission voted unanimously in favor of the hotel. “You did a great job with it.”
BRIAN WALSH
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