Water Club unit sells for $1,925,000

David and Alberta Purpora, St. Armands Key, sold Unit 502 at the Water Club I, 1241 Gulf of Mexico Drive, to Thomas Grusecki and Christina Grant, of Schiller Park, Ill., as joint tenants with rights of survivorship, for $1,925,000. Built in 1996, the 3,400-square-foot unit has three bedrooms and five bathrooms. It last sold for $771,000 in January 1999.

The sale was the largest Key transaction recorded at the Sarasota and Manatee county courthouses during the week of June 27 and July 1. Of the week’s 15 sales, 12 occurred on Longboat Key, including six in Manatee County, while one each occurred on Bird Key, Lido Key and St. Armands key. Three of the week’s sales were for $1 million or more.

Also at Water Club I, Rosabelle Edelstein and Jane Rosenbloom sold Unit 805 to Daniel and Malvina Sambursky, of Vestal, N.Y., for $1 million. Built in 1996, the 2,650-square-foot unit has three bedrooms and three bathrooms. It last sold for $799,000 in April 1997.

Country Club Shores
Peter and Helen Midunczyk, of Osprey, sold the vacant Lot 12 in Block E, located on Bowsprit Lane in Country Club Shores Unit IV, to Nora McDonagh, of Chicago, for $540,000. The lot last sold for $890,000 in May 2005.

Sleepy Lagoon
Lonnie Grigsby, of Osprey, sold the home at 614 Norton St. in Sleepy Lagoon to Axay and Calice Kalathia for $540,000. Built in 1994, the 4,676-square-foot home has four bedrooms, three bathrooms and a swimming pool. It last sold for $1 million in December 2005.

Islands West
Thomas DeVoto, of Manchester, Mo., sold Apartment 2-D at the 89-unit Islands West, 2525 Gulf of Mexico Drive, to Mike and Irene Langlois, of Ontario, for $500,000. Built in 1972, the 1,468-square-foot unit has two bedrooms and two bathrooms. It last sold for $356,500 in December 2002.

Grand Bay
Deborah Linden, of Windermere, sold Unit 642 at 3070 Grand Bay Blvd. in the 272-unit Grand Bay to Thomas and Catherine D’Aulizio, of Stratford, Conn., for $475,000. Built in 1995, the 1,276-square-foot unit has two bedrooms and two bathrooms. It last sold for $539,000 in October 2002.

Tiffany Plaza
Irving and Pearl Kushner, of Sarasota, sold Unit 508 at the 42-unit Tiffany Plaza, 4325 Gulf of Mexico Drive, to Michael and Diane Mullihan for $450,000. Built in 1975, the 1,411-square-foot unit has three bedrooms and two bathrooms. It last sold for $75,000 in November 1982.

Longboat Harbour Towers
Ian Lipsitch, Carol Lipsitch and Susan Buttersworth, individually and as co-trustees of the Miriam Lipsitch Trust, of Atlanta, sold Unit 504 at the 73-unit Longboat Harbour Towers, 4401 Gulf of Mexico Drive, to William Schweitzer for $372,500. Built in 1972, the 1,534-square-foot unit has two bedrooms and two bathrooms. It last sold for $140,000 in April 1981.

Beach at Longboat Key
Kevin Migone and Michael Gallatin, both of Sarasota, and Harry Migone, of Miami, sold Unit 221 at the Beach at Longboat Key, 3465 Gulf of Mexico Drive, to Knetchel the Beach LLC, a Florida limited-liability company with a Mequon, Wis., address, for $350,000. The 843-square-foot unit was built in 1950. It last sold for $899,900 in January 2006.

Whitney Beach condominium
Janet Pogue, of Edgartown, Mass., sold Unit 191 at 6800 Gulf of Mexico Drive in the bayside phase of the 137-unit Whitney Beach condominium to William Bishop III and his wife, Donna, also of Edgartown, for $185,000. Built in 1972, the 928-square-foot unit has one bedroom and one bathroom.

Spanish Main Yacht Club
Karen Kleinmann, of Silver Spring, Md., sold Unit 143 at 644 Spanish Drive N. in the 212-unit Spanish Main Yacht Club to Carole Preston, of Sussex, England, for $175,000. Built in 1968, the 1,069-square-foot unit has two bedrooms and two bathrooms. It last sold for $270,000 in July 2003.

Bailey-Dobson Subdivision
Nigel and Margaret Brown, of Holmes Beach, sold a vacant lot at 561 Gulf Bay Road in the Bailey-Dobson Subdivision to Philip Duval and Sabine Stolte-Duval, of Hamburg, Germany, for $126,000. The property last sold for $96,000 in June 2010.

Bird Key
Mario and Ann Govic, of Sarasota, sold the home at 410 Meadow Lark Drive, on Bird Key, to Richard and Eileen Cawley, of Sherborn, Mass., for $1.2 million. Built in 1973, the 3,257-square-foot home has three bedrooms, three bathrooms and a swimming pool. It last sold for $1.1 million in October 2008.

Key Towers South
Christopher and Evelyn Parkhurst, of East Sussex, England, sold Unit 6-A at Key Towers South, 1750 Benjamin Franklin Drive on Lido Key, to Robert and Amy Bosenberg, of Fairfield, Ohio, for $455,000. Built in 1970, the 1,403-square-foot unit has two bedrooms and two bathrooms. It last sold for $505,000 in April 2002.

Kingston Arms
Lucretia Hawkridge, of Sarasota, sold Unit 15B at Kingston Arms, 500 S. Washington Drive, on St. Armands Key, to David and Michele Wilson, of Windsor, Conn., for $270,000. Built in 1963, the 1,035-square-foot unit has two bedrooms and two bathrooms. It last sold for $115,000 in December 1992.

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