April 2011: Bob
& Lisa Morris Move to Signature Sotheby's International
Realty
We are pleased to announce that we
have joined Signature Sotheby’s International Realty. To us
and our clients, it represents a union of complementary
strengths. We are proud to have joined the top-performing
luxury real estate team on Florida's Gulf Coast.
We are expanding our reach through the global resources of a
legendary brand – including the most widely viewed showcase
of distinguished properties, in print and online, in the
world.
This is a change in keeping with the times. We find
ourselves operating in a highly competitive global
marketplace, serving the interests of an increasingly
international, discriminating, mobile and tech-savvy
clientele. Our new affiliation with Signature Sotheby’s
International Realty opens multiple doors to this exclusive
audience and equips us with an array of proprietary
marketing tools to reach them.
The result, we believe, will be
an increasing competitive advantage in the Southwest Florida
luxury market, as we look to the future.
Click here
to read a Longboat Key Observer story with more details
about our new affiliation. If you have questions, we welcome
your inquiry.
July 29,
2009: Vittadini house sells on Westway Drive.
A spec house at 1301 Westway Drive, Lido Shores, sold July
17 for $7,423,500. The house was designed by Adrienne
Vittadini and architect Clifford Scholz, and built by
Perrone Construction in 2006. In November of that year, when
I interviewed Vittadini at the house for a feature story, it
was listed at $11 million by Linda Dickinson of Michael
Saunders & Company. It was owned by Sole Investments LLC, of
which Gianluigi Vittadini, Adrienne?s husband, is managing
member. But the MLS price had been reduced to $8,999,000 by
this summer. It sold for 82.5 percent of list, or $1,367 per
square foot. The MLS lists the most recent tax bill at
$63,305, without homestead exemption. In its 6,580 square
feet, the house has walnut floors, stone terraces, three
fireplaces, a two-story living room, library/media room,
staff quarters, two master suites, a pool with drop-dead
views of New Pass (see photo by our Thomas Bender), a
private beach, a dock with sailboat water, an elevator,
etc., etc. ?This is quiet luxury,? says the MLS listing. The
house is one of two that Vittadini built on a parcel
formerly occupied by the modernist 1951 home of Lido Shores
developer Phil Hiss. The Sarasota County Property
Appraiser's Web site lists the new owners as Robert and Anne
Essner. He retired last year as CEO of Wyeth, the
pharmaceutical and health-care products company. Dickinson
was the listing agent, while the selling agent was Lisa
Morris of Prudential Palms Realty.
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