The heraldtribune reports MHC Mermaid’s Manor in Bradenton, Fla. has been acquired out of foreclosure by trusts in the name of Harold E. Crye and Hazel Ann Ball for $1.2 million, from BOFI Federal Bank. The 70-site Mermaid’s was previously owned by Tampa’s CPM Properties LLC, managed by Harvey Estes, which paid $1.61 million for the property in Dec. 2007, but lost it in a $1.356 million foreclosure judgment last Sept. yellowpages.com listed the community as closed, MHProNews has discovered, although no dates are given.

(Dustin Franz/athensnews–manufactured housing community)