Topping out at $150M, here are 2024's priciest real estate sales in Palm Beach

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Palm Beach grabbed the spotlight in 2024 — and not just because its most famous resident won his second term in the White House.

Putting President-elect Donald Trump aside — if that’s even possible — the island town saw two of the country’s highest-dollar residential sales of 2024, according to Mansion Global’s year-end roundup of deals that closed above $100 million. The most expensive of those Palm Beach transactions clocked in at $150 million for a mega-mansion on Tarpon Island, the town’s only private island. The other followed closely behind at $148 million for a landmarked oceanfront estate on North County Road.

The pair of deals ranked ranked No. 2 and No. 3 on the list, behind a $210-million sale of an estate in Malibu, California. Mansion Global said it couldn’t confirm any details about the Malibu sale, which was reported in June by the Los Angles Times.

One other sale on the national list, in Aspen, Colorado, had strong Palm Beach links, thanks to the billionaire buyers, who both have primary homes in Palm Beach. Casino-and-resort mogul Steve Wynn and securities-technology tycoon Thomas Peterffy paid $108 million for the Colorado house in a deal ranked No. 7 by Mansion Global.

Although they may not have hit $100 million mark, eight other Palm Beach sales were recorded at $49 million or more.

Here’s a look at Palm Beach’s 10 highest-dollar deals of the year, in descending order of price. The list also includes the biggest condominium sale of the year on the island.

The sales were previously reported by the Palm Beach Daily News and reconfirmed in the monthly transaction reports issued by the Rabideau Klein law firm. The sale prices and dates presented here are those recorded with the deeds at the Palm Beach County Courthouse.

$150 million, 10 Tarpon Isle

The bridge leading from 10 Tarpon Island to the rest of Palm Beach can be seen at the lower left of this aerial photo.

The May sale of Tarpon Island and its renovated-and-expanded mansion became 2024’s highest-dollar residential deal in Florida. The Estate Section sale also set a new price record in Palm Beach for a home sold on the Intracoastal Waterway without additional ocean frontage. Australian investments tycoon Michael Dorrell was widely reported to be the buyer behind MCI Properties LLC, the limited liability company that bought the 2.3-acre estate. The property was redeveloped by Todd Michael Glaser through his eponymous company. Glaser’s investors in the project included Jonathan Fryd of Fryd Properties in Miami; developer Scott Robins of Scott Robins Cos. in Miami Beach; and Randall Realty Group’s Jim Randall of Manalapan. Real estate agents Suzanne Frisbie of the Corcoran Group and Chris Leavitt of Douglas Elliman Real Estate held the listing. Broker Christian Angle of Christian Angle Real Estate also was involved on the sellers’ side. Agent Margit Brandt of Premier Estate Properties represented the buyer. With 11 bedrooms, the two-story mansion has 28,618 total square feet of living space, inside and out. The original house was built in the 1930s.

$148 million, 455 N. County Road

An aerial photograph taken several years ago shows Amado, a landmarked Palm Beach estate at 455 N. County Road, where the tennis court can be seen in the foreground near the swimming pool. The large lot at the far left has been developed with houses since this photo was taken. Private-equity specialist Daren Metropoulos bought the estate for a recorded $148 million in June.

This landmarked Palm Beach estate, known as Amado, sold in June in an off-market transaction. Private-equity and branding specialist Daren Metropoulos bought the 3.2-acre oceanfront property from the family of the late Canadian businessman and real estate investor William Pencer. Agent Jim McCann of Premier Estate Properties represented the sellers in the deal, negotiating opposite Angle. Designed by first-generation Palm Beach architect Addison Mizner and built in 1919 on the North End, the extensively renovated estate has six bedrooms and 22,741 total square feet, property records show.

$85 million, 108 El Mirasol

Sold in April for a recorded $85 million, this vacant beachfront lot at 108 El Mirasol on the North End of Palm Beach measures about an acre.

On the North End, this vacant lot measuring about an acre with 225 feet of direct beachfront sold privately in April. The sale price for the lot was likely a record-setter for a vacant parcel of its size in Palm Beach. The buyer was a Delaware-registered limited liability company named after the property’s address. The seller was ANK Palm Beach LLC, a Delaware entity managed by New Jersey businessman Anand Khubani. Broker Lawrence Moens of Lawrence A. Moens Associates represented the seller’s side, while Corcoran Group agents Paulette Koch and Dana Koch acted on behalf of the buyer, real estate sources confirmed for the Palm Beach Daily News.

$81 million, 1446 N. Ocean Blvd.

With a modular, contemporary-style design, this house built in 1979 at 1446 N. Ocean Blvd. in Palm Beach sold for a recorded $81 million in November 2024. The house was the longtime vacation home of the late Barnes & Noble chief Leonard Riggio and his widow, Louise.

Sold in November, this 1970s-era beachfront house was the longtime Palm Beach vacation retreat of the late Louise Riggio and her husband, Leonard, the former chairman of the Barnes & Noble bookstore chain and co-founder of videogame retailer GameStop. The sale closed a few months after his death, at 83, in New York on Aug. 26. The buyer was a Delaware limited liability company named 1446-65 N Ocean Way LLC, with a mailing address in care of real estate attorney David Klein of the Rabideau Klein law firm in Palm Beach. The estate measures 1.68 acres with about 205 feet of beachfront, according to property records. The house has seven bedrooms and 11,042 square feet of living space, inside and out. Moens handled both sides of the sale.

$74.25 million, 740 Hi Mount Road

The second-most expensive residential property sold this season in Palm Beach was this lakefront estate at 740 Hi Mount Road, seen with the red roof in the center. The property sold privately in March for $74.25 million.

Palm Beach entrepreneur and investor Harvey Jones in March used a trust in his name to buy this North End house overlooking about 166 feet of Intracoastal Waterway frontage from one of the highest points in Palm Beach. On a lot measuring an acre, the 1999 Mediterranean-style house has six bedrooms and 15,487 square feet of total living space, property records show. On the seller’s side of the off-market sale was a trust in the name of Candida Burnap, known as “Candy” and the widow of venture capitalist Bartlett Burnap. She was represented by Elliman agents Ashley McIntosh and Leavitt. Agents Todd and Frances Peter of Sotheby’s International Realty acted on behalf of Jones.

$60.37 million, 130 Banyan Road

Extensively renovated and expanded, this 1924 house at 130 Banyan Road in Palm Beach sold in May for a recorded $60.37 million in an off-market deal.

Interior designer Victoria Hagan and her media-investor husband, Michael Berman, in May sold this extensively renovated 1924 house via an off-market deal in the Estate Section. The sale likely set a Palm Beach price record for a non-waterfront estate that did not involve a house swap when it sold. The actual amount that changed hands in the deal may have topped $65 million, people familiar with the transaction said. On the buyer’s side, New York City real estate attorney Steven M. Loeb served as trustee of The Banyan Road Trust. Brown Harris Stevens agents handled both sides of the sale, with Liza Pulitzer and Whitney McGurk representing the sellers and Blair Kirwan acting for the buyer. With five bedrooms and a staff bedroom, the house and its two-bedroom attached guesthouse have a combined 15,700 total square feet, including the basement level, town records show. The lot measures about an acre.

$51.63 million, 200 Via Palma

An extensively remodeled lakeside estate at 200 Via Palma in Palm Beach’s estate section changed hands in July for a recorded $51.63 million

Completely rebuilt by Jeanne S. Siegel and her late husband, investor and businessman Herbert J. Siegel, this 1952 mansion in the Estate Section sold in July to Geats LLC, a Delaware-registered limited liability company. Moens represented Siegel, and Frisbie acted for the buyer. Measuring about nine-tenths of an acre, the lot has 140 feet of frontage on the Intracoastal Waterway. The house has nine bedrooms and 12,441 total square feet.

$51.25 million, 200 S. Ocean Blvd.

Built in 2018, an oceanfront house at 200 S. Ocean Blvd. in Palm Beach sold in May for a recorded $51.25 million.

Becky Gochman, an equestrian, and husband David H. Gochman, a businessman and investor, in May sold this custom home they built for themselves in 2018. The buyer of the Midtown estate facing the ocean was a Delaware-registered limited liability company named WPB Investments 1 LLC. McCann was the listing agent. Elliman agents Phatavanh Olsen and Derek Olsen represented the buyer. The four-bedroom house and separate two-bedroom guesthouse have 8,948 total square feet. The main lot and its beach parcel total about an acre.

$50 million, 940 N. Lake Way

A Palm Beach vacant lot fronting the Intracoastal Waterway sold for a recorded $50 million in July at 940 N. Lake Way.

Billionaire investor and entrepreneur Harvey Cooper Jones in May sold this vacant lakefront lot for the same price he had paid for the property in 2023. He sold the North End lot to a Delaware-registered limited liability company named after the property’s address. Jones had razed a 1970s house on the lot, which measures four-fifths of an acre. Angle represented the buyer opposite the Peters team at Sotheby’s International Realty.

$49 million, 315 Chapel Hill Road

Sold in June for a recorded $49.6 million, a lakefront estate at 315 Chapel Hill Road in Palm Beach includes the main house at the left and the guesthouse at the right. The famous kapok tree on the grounds of the Royal Poinciana Chapel can be seen at the far left.

This lakefront house in Midtown was sold in June by the estate and children of the late industrialist and entrepreneur William “Bill” E. Flaherty. The buyer was a Delaware-registered limited liability company named Ocean Breezes 2 LLC. The buyer soon razed the five-bedroom house and its three-bedroom guesthouse, which had combined 6,438 square feet of living space, inside and out. The Architectural Commission is reviewing the design of new house planned for the double lot, which has about 200 feet of lakefront and measures four-fifths of an acre and includes a narrow strip of land on the west side of the Lake Trail walking path. Angle handled both sides of the sale.

Highest-dollar condo sale: $15.7 million, Penthouse A, 101 Worth Ave.

Penthouse A can be seen on the corner of the top floor of the Kirkland House, a condominium building at 101 Worth Ave. in Palm Beach. The penthouse sold in September for $15.7 million.

Recorded in September, the off-market sale of this oceanfront penthouse in Midtown’s Kirkland House condominium building set a building price record and was the third-highest dollar sale ever of an oceanfront condo in Palm Beach. Retired Connecticut construction executive and attorney Roderic “Rod” M. Oneglia was among three trustees who sold the penthouse through a trust in his name. The buyer was longtime Palm Beach resident and investments specialist Nicholas “Nick” Adams. Sotheby’s International Realty agents Bobby Goodnough and Raj Shrestha acted on behalf of Adams. Agent Anne Carmichael of Brown Harris Stevens represented Oneglia and the other trustees. The renovated three-bedroom condo — facing the ocean on the northeast corner of the sixth floor —has 4,630 square feet of total living space, including 800 square feet on its balconies.

Portions of this article appeared previously in the Palm Beach Daily News.

Darrell Hofheinz is a USA TODAY Network of Florida journalist who writes about Palm Beach real estate in his weekly “Beyond the Hedges” column. He welcomes tips about real estate news on the island. Email dhofheinz@pbdailynews.com, call 561-820-3831 or tweet @PBDN_Hofheinz. Support our journalism. Subscribe today.

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