Circle K. buys Clark Road Exxon

BUYER: Circle K Stores Inc. (principals: Brian Hannasch, Mike Strumble, Robert Kittleson, Dan Abernathy, Geoffrey Haxel and Sylvain Aubry), Sarasota

SELLER: GEC Sarasota LLC

PROPERTY: 5651 Clark Road, Sarasota

PRICE: $2.69 million

PREVIOUS PRICE: $900,000, April 2002

LAW FIRM ON DEED: Zorrilla & Associates PL, Miami

PLANS, DESCRIPTION: Convenience store chain Circle K purchased an Exxon gas station on Clark Road, just west of Gantt Road, for $2.69 million. The 1.79-acre property holds a 3,738-square-foot building, a 3,900-square-foot canopy and a 782-square-foot car wash. The purchase price equated to $1.5 million per acre and $319 per square foot for the total building area, which is 8,420 square feet.

Circle K operates more than 3,000 stores nationwide and more than 4,000 international stores. It has 405 corporate-owned stores in Florida.