Real Estate
Condo Sale Shatters Record for Sarasota County
The luxury condo, purchased through a trust, was bought by a couple from New England who prefer to stay anonymous.
A penthouse condo with views of the Gulf of Mexico shattered sales records in Sarasota County, fetching $6.75 million, according to the Sarasota Herald-Tribune.
The Herald-Tribune reports that the price "is a record paid for a condominium unit in Sarasota County, according to property appraiser records."
The highest sales price for a condo was previously $6.21 million, the Herald-Tribune reports. It was for a penthouse on Lido Key.
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In this new record sale, the four-bedroom, six-bathroom unit is located in a gated community called L’Ambiance, at Longboat Key Club-Islandside.The condo has 5,170 square feet of space, or 8,5757 square feet, if the terraces are counted, too, according to the Herald-Tribune.
The sales was handled by real estate agent Cheryl Loeffler of Premier Sotheby's International Realty.
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The buyers want to stay anonymous but are from New England, according to the Herald-Tribune. Sellers are Michael and Joanne Masin.
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