Finnish window co. CEO buys South Palm Beach condo

Clyde B. Brechbuhler and wife, Wanda, sold a three-bedroom, three bath condo in the Thirty Five Sixty development at 3560 S. Ocean Blvd. in South Palm Beach to Timo and Marjut Vannas for $799,000 on March 5.

The Brechbuhlers paid $275,000 for the 2,025 square foot Unit #0601 in June 1987.

Mr. Brechbuhler has worked with Brechbuhler Scales, Inc. in Canton, Ohio. The company, a provider of state-of-the-art weighing equipments, has been run by his family since 1929.

Mr. Vannas is the founder and CEO of Pihlavan Ikkuna, a window manufacturer in Finland.

Home sales in South Palm Beach dropped 31 percent in December 2007 versus sales in 2006. The median sales price also dropped from $350,000 to $262,000.

BlockShopper Metrics started tracking condo sales in South Florida in 2001.

Address: 3560 S Ocean Boulevard, #0601
Buyer(s): Timo Vannas and Marjut Vannas
Seller(s): Clyde B Brechbuhler (Individually and as Trustee), Wanda L Brechbuhler (Individually and as Trustee), and Clyde B Brechbuhler (Trust)
Sale date: 2008-03-05

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