OZA Cafe owners buy Gulf Breeze Inn

BUYER: Oza Inn LLC (principals: Albert and Zuzana Shaw), Venice

SELLER: Gulf Breeze Inn LLC

PROPERTY: 1602 S. Tamiami Trail, Venice

PRICE: $700,000

PREVIOUS PRICE: $1.65 million, December 2006,

LAW FIRM ON DEED: Boone Boone Boone Koda & Frook PA, Venice

PLANS, DESCRIPTION: Albert and Zuzana Shaw, owners of the OZA Cafe in Venice, purchased the 20-unit Gulf Breeze Inn near U.S. 41 and the Venice Bypass. The $700,000 purchase price equated to $35,000 per unit.

The 10,331-square-foot motel was originally built in 1957. The motel also features a four-bedroom home for the complex manager. Calls to the Shaws were not returned prior to publication.

The purchase entity Oza Inn LLC mortgaged the property to Community Bank of Manatee for $560,000.