Eye doctors buy former Tampa Tribune Clearwater building

BUYER: KSL 2560 LLC (manger: Herbert Knauf and directors: Clinton Sheets and Andrea Lusk), Clearwater
SELLER: 2560 Gulf to Bay Blvd. LLC
PROPERTY: 2560 Gulf to Bay Blvd., Clearwater
PRICE: $2.28 million
PREVIOUS PRICE: $1.4 million, December 2012
LAW FIRM ON DEED: Johnson Pope Bokor Ruppel & Burns LLP, Clearwater

PLANS, DESCRIPTION:
A purchase entity led by eye doctors: Herbert Knauf III, Clinton Sheets and Andrea Lusk of Eye Site of Tampa Bay purchased the 25,464-square-foot former Tampa Tribune Building for $2.6 million.

The price equated to $89 per square foot. That figure is lower than the two-year average price per square foot for office space ($118) in the Tampa Bay area, according to the CoStar Group.