Key Real Estate: Orchid Beach unit sells for $2,575,000

Harold Libby, of Sarasota, sold Unit Penthouse D 1102 at the Orchid Beach Club Residences, 2050 Benjamin Franklin Drive on Lido Key, to Stephanie and William Brown for $2,575,000. Built in 2005, the 3,654-square-foot unit has three bedrooms and three-and-a-half bathrooms. It last sold for $2.81 million in September 2005.

The sale was the largest of seven transactions that occurred during the week of Nov. 22 through Nov. 26, which was shortened by two days because of Thanksgiving. Of the seven transactions recorded at the Sarasota and Manatee county courthouses on Longboat, Lido, St. Armands and Bird keys, five sales occurred on Longboat Key, three of which were in Manatee County; two took place on Lido Key.

Bay Isles
ARC Pool 1 LLC, a Maryland limited-liability company with a Coronado, Calif., address, sold the home at 3318 Bayou Road in the Bay Isles Subdivision to Vincent and Patricia DiCioccio, 2425 Gulf of Mexico Drive, for $816,500. Built in 2005, the 3,059-square-foot home has three bedrooms, three bathrooms and a swimming pool. It last sold for $275,000 in August 2003.

Sea Gate Club
Carol Levine, of Andover, Mass., sold Unit 11F at the 90-unit Sea Gate Club, 2425 Gulf of Mexico Drive, to Roman and Martina Stana, of Sugar Land, Texas, for $600,000. Built in 1973, the 1,513-square-foot unit has two bedrooms and two bathrooms. It last sold for $164,000 in May 1987.

Harbour Villa Club
Oden and Susan Arnot, of Baltimore, transferred their 50% interest in Unit 111 at the 38-unit Harbour Villa Club at The Buccaneer, 615 Dream Island Road, via quit-claim deed to Thomas and Susan Mink, also of Baltimore, for $215,000. Built in 1985, the 1,293-square-foot unit has two bedrooms and two bathrooms. It last sold for $525,000 in April 2004.

McCall’s Beach Castle
Simon McNiffe sold Unit 11 at McCall’s Beach Castle, 5310 Gulf of Mexico Drive, to Joann Erftenbeck, of Mason, Ohio, for $180,000. Built in 1973, the 1,014-square-foot unit has two bedrooms and two bathrooms. It last sold for $410,000 in March 2007.

Longboat Harbour
Janet Allen sold Unit 205 at 4390 Exeter Drive in the 300-unit Longboat Harbour to James and Linda Jarrell, of Dayton, Ohio, for $175,000. Built in 1970, the 837-square-foot unit has two bedrooms and two bathrooms. The unit sold for $73,000 in June 1996.

Lido Key
Marc Pohl, of Warminster, Pa., sold Unit 301 at Lido Shores condominium, 350 S. Polk Drive, to Peter and Darleen Ros, of Sarasota, for $270,000. Built in 1977, the 1,036-square-foot unit has two bedrooms and two bathrooms.

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