A glass elevator, a floor-to-ceiling glass wine cellar and a rooftop terrace with panoramic views of Sarasota came with the week’s biggest home purchase in the North Port, Florida metro area: the 2024-built house at 1610 N. Lodge Drive, which closed at $10.14 million on September 3. The five highest-priced sales publicly reported across the metro for the week ending September 6, 2026, combined for $38.05 million.
The week’s closings were spread across Sarasota, Englewood, Bradenton and Longboat Key β from a Gulf-to-bay compound on Manasota Key to a 30-acre estate along the Manatee River β and two of the week’s sales landed in Sarasota. Coldwell Banker Realty held the listing side in two of the transactions: the leader on N. Lodge Drive and a $5.45 million condominium at L’Ambiance on Longboat Key.
No. 1 — $10,140,000 · 1610 N Lodge Drive, Sarasota, Florida
The metro’s top sale closed on September 3, 2026, at 1610 N. Lodge Drive in Sarasota, where a three-story coastal modern house completed in 2024 brought $10,140,000. The five-bedroom home sits behind an electric gate in Cherokee Lodge, within the oak-canopied Cherokee Park neighborhood, and carries a reported 7,110 square feet.
A glass-box foyer with a custom staircase and a glass elevator opens the interior. The second-floor main level pairs a great room β finished with a custom glass floor and firebox β with an open kitchen carrying custom cabinets, waterfall stone countertops and Sub-Zero and Wolf appliances, and the dining room is set off by the floor-to-ceiling glass wine cellar. A balcony on this level holds a hot tub that spills into the main pool below, while the third floor gathers four en suite bedrooms and a second laundry room, and a staircase from the primary suite’s balcony climbs to the rooftop terrace.
Vehicle storage splits between a detached two-car garage beneath the guest house and a hidden side garage with room for six to eight cars, and the garage level adds a private gym and an outdoor entertaining area with a stainless steel outdoor kitchen and a fire pit. The property previously changed hands for $3,000,000 in 2021, before the current residence was completed in 2024. The $10.14 million closing ranked No. 1 in RealtyWire’s North Port Metro Area Top 5 for the week, with Kelly Gettel and Lexy Melone of Coldwell Banker Realty representing the listing side of the metro’s highest-priced reported sale.
Kelly Gettel and Lexy Melone of Coldwell Banker Realty were the listing agents. Andrew Tanner of Premier Sotheby’s International Realty represented the buyer.
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No. 2 — $9,200,000 · 740 N Manasota Key Road, Englewood, Florida
On the gated north end of Manasota Key, the Gulf-to-bay compound at 740 N. Manasota Key Road in Englewood sold for $9,200,000, the week’s second-highest reported sale. The transaction closed August 31, 2026. Set on approximately 1.1 acres with private beach access on one side and a bayfront dock on the other, the four-bedroom property was completed in 2018 and carries a reported 7,515 square feet; listing materials identify KIMCO as the builder and put the main residence at 5,839 square feet with a 1,676-square-foot guest house.
The concrete-built main house stands at high elevation with impact-rated windows. Its great room rises to a 35-foot cypress ceiling behind a two-story curved wall of glass framing the Gulf, anchored by a see-through fireplace, and the kitchen runs to dual islands, stone surfaces, paneled Sub-Zero refrigeration, a Wolf cooktop and double ovens beside a butler’s pantry. The primary suite takes in a Gulf-front Juliet balcony, a cypress ceiling and a bath with a soaking tub, marble flooring and mother-of-pearl detail overhead, while two office suites β one with custom built-ins, the other paneled in wood with an onyx-clad full bath β can double as guest quarters.
Outdoor terraces face the Gulf beneath a rotunda-style copper roof with travertine floors, alongside a pool with a sun shelf and an outdoor kitchen pavilion under a custom copper hood. The dock carries a 10,000-pound lift in roughly six feet of water, parking accommodates nine vehicles, and the guest house adds a full kitchen, two baths and a balcony overlooking the Intracoastal Waterway. The property previously changed hands for $1,450,000 in 2014, before the current residence was completed in 2018, and the $9.2 million closing placed Michelle Hupp of Keller Williams Island Life Real Estate on the listing side of the No. 2 sale in this week’s metro rankings.
Michelle Hupp of Keller Williams Island Life Real Estate was the listing agent. Roger Pettingell of Coldwell Banker Realty represented the buyer.
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No. 3 — $6,762,500 · 401 Quay Commons #1501, Sarasota, Florida
At the Ritz-Carlton Residences Sarasota in downtown’s Quay District, the corner unit at 401 Quay Commons, Unit 1501, went under contract the same day the current listing went live and closed on September 3 for $6,762,500, the week’s No. 3 sale.
Built in 2021, the three-bedroom residence spans a reported 3,798 square feet behind floor-to-ceiling glass, with bay-to-Gulf views and three balconies, the largest a 31-by-12-foot terrace with a built-in electric grill. Hand-finished details include a wet bar with leather-clad cabinetry, textured metal accent walls, wood-slat acoustic panels and crushed-pearl textured paint, and the marble-wrapped primary bath pairs a micro-jetted soaking tub with a double shower and dual walk-in closets fitted with custom organizers. Residents draw on 24-hour staff and concierge service, room service from Jack Dusty’s, a waterfront pool, a lap pool and a fitness room, with downtown Sarasota’s restaurants, galleries and farmers market within a mile.
The same-day contract put Andrew Tanner of Premier Sotheby’s International Realty on the listing side of the week’s No. 3 sale in RealtyWire’s metro rankings; Tanner also represented the buyer in the top-ranked N. Lodge Drive transaction in Sarasota.
Andrew Tanner of Premier Sotheby’s International Realty was the listing agent. Kristin Schutz of Marcus & Company Realty represented the buyer.
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No. 4 — $6,500,000 · 1245 Mill Creek Road, Bradenton, Florida
Fourth place went to a 30-acre riverfront compound at 1245 Mill Creek Road in Bradenton, which sold for $6,500,000 and closed on August 31, 2026. The estate went under contract 27 days after the current listing date.
Along a private stretch of the Manatee River, the property pairs a custom main home completed in 2021 β put at 4,489 square feet in listing materials, finished in coral stone, shellstone, quartzite and acacia wood, with an elevator, a gym, a media room and covered terraces β with an elevated one-bedroom guest house from 2020, known as “The Treehouse,” that overlooks a pond through oversized windows. The property carries a reported 5,771 square feet.
A 60-foot dock gives direct access to the river, and raised walking and ATV trails wind beneath moss-draped oaks to fire-pit areas, sunset overlooks and a screened riverfront fish shack with a sink for cleaning the day’s catch. A 60-by-30-foot air-conditioned outbuilding with an office and full bath handles car collections, boats, RVs or horses β garage space across the estate runs to more than 15 vehicles β alongside a heated saltwater pool, a koi pond and a greenhouse. The property previously changed hands for $1,425,000 in 2019, before the current residence was completed in 2021, and the closing gave Lenore Treiman and Daniel Treiman of Michael Saunders & Company the listing side of the week’s No. 4 sale.
Lenore Treiman and Daniel Treiman of Michael Saunders & Company were the listing agents. Steven Pimlott of Horizon Realty International represented the buyer.
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No. 5 — $5,450,000 · 415 L Ambiance Drive #A301, Longboat Key, Florida
The fifth sale of the week closed September 2, 2026, at L’Ambiance on the south end of Longboat Key, where the corner Gulf-front residence at 415 L Ambiance Drive, Unit A301, changed hands for $5,450,000.
Built in 1992, the three-bedroom unit spans a reported 3,380 square feet, wrapped by an expansive terrace with multiple seating areas and Gulf views through walls of high-impact glass. The kitchen carries extensive custom cabinetry and stone surfaces beside a dedicated dining area, a split-bedroom plan separates the guest rooms, and a flexible den serves as a media room or office. The residence conveys with two garage parking spaces and a private wine locker, while the L’Ambiance building offers concierge service, a fitness center, three guest suites, two Har-Tru tennis courts and a resort-style pool and spa with direct beach access, adjacent to the Longboat Key Club.
The unit previously changed hands for $2,400,000 in 2014. Its closing ranked No. 5 in RealtyWire’s North Port Metro Area Top 5 for the week and gave Coldwell Banker Realty its second listing-side credit among the week’s transactions, after the top-ranked Sarasota sale, with Bruce Myer and Chase Myer handling the listing.
Bruce Myer and Chase Myer of Coldwell Banker Realty were the listing agents. Michael Moulton of Michael Saunders & Company represented the buyer.
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RealtyWire selected these transactions from publicly reported residential sales identified for the calendar week ending Sunday, September 6, 2026. The report may exclude private, off-market, delayed or nondisclosed transactions. Prices, property details and professional representation are reported as available at publication and may be updated following confirmation from transaction participants.
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