Bird Key home sells for $1.6 million

Ronald and Carole Wolfson, trustees, of St. Charles, Ill., sold the home at 109 N. Warbler Lane to Kimberly Shanahan, Sarasota, for $1.6 million. Built in 1970, it has two bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 2,627 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $860,000 in 1999.

Also on Bird Key, Joseph and Sharon Iossa, of Florham Park, N.J., sold their home at 129 Seagull Lane to Ana Pedroza-Resendiz and Jorge Resendiz, Sarasota, for $529,000. Built in 1961, it has three bedrooms, three-and-a-half baths, a pool and 2,190 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $710,000 in 2005.

This week’s residential real-estate transactions were recorded between Oct. 24 and Oct. 28 at the Sarasota and Manatee county courthouses.

This week’s top Bird Key sale was the only sale to exceed $1 million. Of this week’s 12 sales, seven were on the Sarasota County side of the island and one was on the Manatee County side, or north end, of the Key. Off the Key, one sale each was recorded on Lido and St. Armands keys, and two were recorded on Bird Key.

Sanctuary I at Longboat Key Club
Melvyn and Eleanor Glickman, Longboat Key, sold their B-503 condominium at 585 Sanctuary Drive to Gregs and Mettie Thomopulos, Iowa City, Iowa, for $835,000. Built in 1990, it has three bedrooms, two-and-a-half baths and 1,823 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $594,000 in 1999.

Queens Harbour
Victor and Maria Scully, Sarasota, sold their home at 3522 Fair Oaks Lane to Alan and Louise Parsons, New York, for $722,500. Built in 2000, it has three bedrooms, three baths, a pool and 2,562 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $547,400 in 2000.

Sea Gate Club
Marvin and Betty Morse, Sarasota, sold their Unit 6-A condominium at 2425 Gulf of Mexico Drive to Samuel and Stacie Linsky, Tampa, for $580,000. Built in 1973, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,513 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $450,000 in 2001.

Sunset Beach on Longboat Key
Kenneth and Betty Johnson, of Urbana, Ill., sold their Unit 1404 condominium at 2109 Gulf of Mexico Drive to Derek and Aletta Scholten, of Ontario, Canada, for $540,000. Built in 1984, it has two bedrooms, two baths and 1,358 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $874,000 in 2005.

Fairway Bay
949716 Ontario Inc. sold the Unit 1304 condominium at 1926 Harbourside Drive to Jim McAlpine and Howard Carr, trustees, Toronto, Canada, for $373,800. Built in 1982, it has three bedrooms, three baths and 2,097 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $216,000 in 1991.

Lauren Toronto, Land O’Lakes, sold the Unit 1403 condominium at 1928 Harbourside Drive to Paul and Cheryl Reynolds, Apopka, for $277,500. Built in 1982, it has two bedrooms, three baths and 1,626 square feet of living area. It previously sold for $350,000 in 2006.

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