$2.85M condo in L’Elegance of Lido Beach tops sales

ADAM HUGHES RESEARCH EDITOR

Acondominium in L’Elegance of Lido Beach tops all transactions in this week’s real estate. Philip Crimmins, trustee, of Frisco, Texas, sold the Unit B-206 condominium at 1800 Benjamin Franklin Drive to Gregory John Pusinelli and Marie Pusinelli, trustees, of Chicago, for $2.85 million. Built in 1996, it has three bedrooms, three baths and 2,070 square feet of living area. It sold for $700,000 in 2000.

QUEEN’S HARBOUR

Francis and Kathleen Garcia, of Longboat Key, sold their home at 3503 Fair Oaks Court to KLP Securities LLC for $2.4 million. Built in 2000, it has four bedrooms, fourand-a-half baths, a pool and 3,461 square feet of living area. It sold for $1,245,000 in 2017.

COREY’S LANDING

Gloria Biberman, of Sarasota, sold her home at 3414 Fair Oaks Lane to Joseph and Rosemary Burgess, of Longboat Key, for $1,865,000. Built in 1991, it has four bedrooms, fourand-a-half baths, a pool and 3,724 square feet of living area. It sold for $1,125,000 in 2005.

ST. ARMANDS TOWERS NORTH

John and Cynthia Smith, of Nashville, Tennessee, sold their Unit 83 condominium at 1 Benjamin Franklin Drive to John Pinckney Booker III, of Sarasota, for $1,575,000. Built in 1968, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,389 square feet of living area. It sold for $850,000 in 2017.

BEACHPLACE

Margaret Farkas, trustee, of Beaver, Pennsylvania, sold the Unit 605 condominium at 1135 Gulf of Mexico Drive to Donn Knight, trustee, of Longboat Key, for $1.55 million. Built in 1980, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,503 square feet of living area. It sold for $353,000 in 2004.

Richard and Laura Ogden, of Washington, D.C., sold their Unit 303 condominium at 1105 Gulf of Mexico Drive to Alan Sharaf and Carolynn Levy, of Brookline, Massachusetts, for $1,175,000. Built

RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS

APRIL 3-7 in 1981, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,503 square feet of living area. It sold for $490,000 in 2010.

VILLA CASUARINA

Margaret Taylor and Sten Bringert, trusses, and Andrew and Jessica Uelsmann, of Gainesville, sold the Unit 4 condominium at 5321 Gulf of Mexico Drive to Karee and Edward Valek, of Sarasota, for $940,000. Built in 1970, it has two bedrooms, one bath and 988 square feet of living area. It sold for $150,000 in 2021.

ISLANDER CLUB OF LONGBOAT

Jack Schwarz, as President for Aria Longboat Key Condominium Association Inc., sold the Unit 24-S condominium at 2295 Gulf of Mexico Drive to TALKWW LLC for $500,000. Built in 1970, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,235 square feet of living area. It sold for $410,000 in 2018.

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