Business Briefs

+ $6.1 million sale is top Bird Key transaction since 2008
A Bird Key home at 232 Seagull Lane sold April 11 for $6.1 million.

The sale was the highest transaction recorded on Bird Key since January 2008, when the home at 643 Mourning Dove Drive sold for $6.9 million.

Douglas and Cynthia Tibbetts, of Sarasota, were the sellers of the home, and Mark and Ellen DiZio, also of Sarasota, were the buyers, according to Sarasota County property records.

Cheryl Loeffler, of Premier Sotheby’s International Realty, was the listing agent. Lynn and Michael McDonald, of Coldwell Banker, represented the buyer.

Built in 2006, it has five bedrooms, five baths, two half-baths, a pool and 7,287 square feet of living area, according to the Sarasota County Property Appraiser’s website, sc-pa.com.

+ LaPensee expands to offer new-pool construction
LaPensee Plumbing and Pools recently expanded its swimming pool division to offer new-pool construction.

The Holmes Beach-based company has offered pool maintenance, equipment repair and replacement, resurfacing and full-service cleaning since 2007.

“Our customers made me decide to start building,” said Tom Sanger, commercial pool contractor, in a news release. “We continuously get calls asking us to build pools and to make custom backyard spaces. My biggest motivation is the industry I’m in and the endless capabilities there are with pools. I want to be known as a leader in my field.”

Sanger and his crew use design software Pool Draw to customize pools according to client preference.

+ Manatee County’s property tax payment plan approaches
Manatee County Tax Collector Ken Burton Jr.’s Office announced that April 30 is the deadline to participate in the 2014 installment plan for property tax payments.

The application is for the 2014 tax year and does not apply to unpaid 2013 taxes, which are now delinquent.

Manatee County taxpayers can apply at taxcollector.com.

To participate, the application must be filed by April 30. The first installment must be paid no later than June 30. For more information, call 750-9566.