Eye surgeon's company buys Eighth Street medical building

BUYER: Elesig Partners LLC (principal: Barrett Ginsberg), Naples
SELLER: Jeannie Moran, individually and as trustee of the Jeannie Harris Moran aka Betty Jean Moran Living Trust
PROPERTY: 77 Eighth St. S., Naples
PRICE: $909,000
PREVIOUS PRICE: $935,000, December 1983
LAW FIRM ON DEED: Woods Weidenmiller & Michetti PL, Naples

PLANS, DESCRIPTION: A purchase entity led by cataract and Lasik surgeon Dr. Barrett Ginsburg of Eye Centers of Florida purchased a 4,840-square-foot medical office building for $909,000.

The price equated to $188 per square foot. That figure is higher than the two-year average price per square foot for office space ($120) in Southwest Florida, according to the CoStar Group.

Constructed in 1987, the building's primary tenant is the dental group Olde Naples Periodontics. The building is located less than four blocks south of NCH Downtown Naples Hospital.

Ginsburg declined to comment on the purchase.

The purchase entity Elesig Partners LLC mortgaged the property to Wells Fargo Bank for $656,250.