Home run: Ex-MLB star’s $16.5 million mansion sale shatters record

The Belleair Shores mansion belonged to former Philadelphia Phillies slugger Ryan Howard.

By Business Observer Staff
| 1:55 p.m. February 1, 2019
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The mansion at 1700 Gulf Blvd., in Belleair Shores, has sold for a record-breaking $16.5 million. Courtesy photo.

Tampa Bay-Lakeland

CLEARWATER — A three-story, 19,000-square-foot mansion in Belleair Shores has sold for a record-breaking $16.5 million, making it the highest-priced residential sale in the Tampa Bay area, according to real estate agents.

Located at 1700 Gulf Blvd. and boasting more than 200 feet of Gulf frontage, the property belonged to former Philadelphia Phillies All-Star first baseman Ryan Howard, who was Major League Baseball’s Rookie of the Year in 2005 and the National League’s Most Valuable Player in 2006. He also led the Phillies to a World Series title in 2008, when they defeated the Tampa Bay Rays.