Edgardo and Ana Cristina Defortuna purchased one of the best-known properties on this exclusive island enclave south of Miami—President Richard Nixon’s Winter White House—and tore it down. The Defortunas, developers and managers of some of Miami’s priciest condominium buildings, had grand visions for the waterfront property, which features a rare private beach on Biscayne Bay. …
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Sarasota Quay property to hit market
One of the most prominent urban properties in Florida will hit the market for sale following a four-year foreclosure saga. The Irish government, acting as receiver for the defunct Anglo-Irish Bank, repossessed the former Sarasota Quay property Monday after no other bidders made a viable offer at its long-awaited foreclosure auction, court records show. The …
Bank bids on mayor’s condo
It looks like the foreclosed condo owned by the mayor of Greensboro will wind up in the hands of a bank in High Point. High Point Bank and Trust Co. was the only bidder Tuesday on the Center Pointe condominium owned by Mayor Robbie Perkins and his ex-wife. The bank bid $201,000. Other bidders have …
Longboat property makes $710,000
A Holmes Beach real estate investor bought an acre of waterfront land on this barrier island for $1.68 million, divided it into three lots and sold them at a $710,000 profit. Richard S. Eason bought the property at 3454 Gulf of Mexico Drive earlier this month through a company he controls — The Enclave at …
Rich with possibility
Luxury Realtor and designer Darren White built the $2.5 million penthouse Aqua Vista with an eye for high society. Swaddled in granite and Portuguese cork, the 29th-floor penthouse boasted a poolside cabana the size of a Tokyo apartment. So last month, White gathered his blueprints and joined a clutch of real estate elites at a …
Beach house’s sale in top four of $1 million plus deals this year
A 6,571-square-foot estate on Longboat Key became the fourth property in Southwest Florida this year to net more than $5 million when the sale closed Wednesday. Behind closed gates, the mega estate sits on an acre of the sandy island, overlooking the Gulf of Mexico. The home comes complete with a separate three bedroom guest …
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