Florida
Sandy Beaches and Ample Water Views Make This Tiny Florida City a Coveted Place to Live
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Sanna Mander
About an hour southwest of Tampa, Fla., is Anna Maria Island, a 7-mile-long tropical oasis comprising three cities. On the island’s north finish is the town of Anna Maria, the ZIP Code of which is 34216, Florida’s second-most costly as ranked by median itemizing worth, in line with Realtor.com. (
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proprietor of The Wall Avenue Journal, additionally operates Realtor.com underneath license from the Nationwide Affiliation of Realtors.) The ZIP Code is topped solely by Miami’s Fisher Island. Town of Anna Maria, solely a handful of blocks large, is house to simply underneath 2,000 full-time and part-time residents who love the island’s previous Florida attraction. However the white sand seashores going through each the Gulf of Mexico and Tampa Bay are the largest draw for locals and guests alike.
Noteable Stops and Retailers
The view from the Anna Maria Metropolis Pier, which is on the finish of Pine Avenue’s restaurant and procuring district
The Waterfront Restaurant
This restaurant with Tampa Bay views has a quaint cottage really feel. House owners Jason and Leah Suzor oversee a menu that features grouper tacos, kung pao calamari and a ‘cook dinner your catch’ possibility for diners who provide their very own freshly hooked fish.
Shiny Fish Emporium
Sand greenback portray is a well-liked exercise for the entire household at this present store, which has a Nineteen Fifties Florida beach-glam vibe. Proprietor and artistic director Rebecca Preston curates a list that ranges from Jonathan Adler furnishings to Florabella resort put on to mochi ice cream.
Hometown Desserts
Proprietor Cindy Tutterow opened this bakery within the metropolis of Anna Maria in 2012. Pies, cheesecakes and brownies are on supply (and marriage ceremony desserts, too), however the Key lime coconut cake with coconut cream filling and frosting reigns supreme.
Sandbar Seafood & Spirits
Sit together with your toes within the sand, on the coated deck or inside at this seafood restaurant, which has been owned since 1979 with companions together with Ed Chiles, son of former Florida governor Lawton Chiles. Within the evenings there’s a contest to guess the precise time the solar will set into the Gulf of Mexico.
Anna Maria Common Retailer
This retailer, which sells groceries and family fundamentals, has been on the island for the reason that Nineteen Seventies, though it has modified areas and homeowners over time. Right this moment it’s owned by Brian Seymour, who has expanded its deli choices (order the Cuban sandwich). Put together to face in line at Dips, the ice cream, sweet and sports activities paraphernalia store that’s housed inside the retailer.
Membership to have
The Key Royale Membership is a non-public social and golf membership positioned in Holmes Seashore, a couple of 15- to 20-minute drive with site visitors from the town of Anna Maria’s Pine Avenue business stretch. Its nine-hole course is the one golf course on the island.
The Key Royale Membership’s nine-hole golf course, in Holmes Seashore, is the one golf course on Anna Maria Island.
Occasion of the 12 months
The annual fall Bayfest pageant takes place on Pine Avenue and sometimes options native meals and drinks, artisan cubicles and musical acts. It attracts crowds from across the island.
“$16 Million”
Recommendation for the customer
The water impacts a purchaser’s worth algorithm: Are you able to see it from your home? How shut are your toes to touching it? “Large blue makes a giant distinction,” says Erin Pleasure Leathem, a real-estate agent with the Anna Maria Gross sales Group of Island Actual Property. Ms. Leathem provides that the town of Anna Maria has the bottom inhabitants density of the three cities on the island and single household houses as the first fashion of residence, a mixture that helps with the house values.
On the MARKET
Seashore Ave.
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This 3,452-square-foot house on roughly 0.2 acres is simply two homes away from the seaside. It was inbuilt 2016. The second flooring is the dwelling degree, with a kitchen, eating room, nice room, workplace, and two bedrooms. The first suite encompasses the whole third flooring. A wraparound deck is shaded by three Banyan bushes. A four-car storage has room for a golf cart. An elevator and whole-house generator are further facilities. Agent: Alan Galletto Group, Island Actual Property.
Oak Ave.
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Inbuilt 2007, this home was just lately transformed and redecorated. At 2,847 sq. ft, the quarter-acre property sits on a canal with easy accessibility to Bimini Bay. The home has indoor-outdoor move with two giant decks and a roof deck. There are water views from the home’s back and front, and the roof deck has 360-degree views. The yard has a pool, placing inexperienced and out of doors kitchen. Agent: Kathy Harman, Michael Saunders & Firm.
Crescent Drive
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This 2,290 sq. foot residence was inbuilt 2018. It has three ranges. On the second flooring, which is the dwelling degree, there are three en-suite bedrooms. The first suite on the third flooring has a loft-style studying room, a beverage station, and entry to a rooftop deck. The 0.13 acre property additionally has a pool, coated out of doors space for entertaining, and canal entry. Seashores and Pine Avenue’s leisure district are a brief stroll away. Agent: April Inexperienced, Duncan Actual Property.
All information is December 2022. Source: Realtor.com
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