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Palm Beach's "Ham and Cheese House" under contract at $105M

Palm Beach's historic Casa Eleda, known as the Ham and Cheese House, is under contract at $105 million, the county's priciest deal of the week.

10.28.26 · 1 min

$105Masking price
13,170 sq fthome size
1 acrelot size, ~150 ft of ocean frontage

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  1. 01~$3BRoyal Caribbean Takes 50% of Sandals Resorts in Land PushSFL
  2. 02$1.7BSwire breaks ground on Brickell Key towers with $1.7B presoldSFL
  3. 03$1.7BMasTec buys electrical contractor Superior Group for $1.7BSFL
  4. 04$1.28BWells Fargo Moves to Foreclose Boca's Workspace Property TrustSFL
  5. 05$1.11BJPMorgan Leads $1.11B Financing for Mercedes-Benz Places MiamiSFL
  6. 06$772MRelated Ross's Twin CityPlace Office Towers Rise in WPBSFL
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Merrimac Wins Approval for 773-Unit Fort Lauderdale TowersFort Lauderdale commissioners approved Merrimac Ventures' amended site plan for a 773-unit mixed-use project at 317 N Federal Highway, Case No. UDP-A26061.10.22.26 · 1 min
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LCOR Pulls $150M Permit for 544-Unit Edgewater Tower10.21.26Sabet Group's Edgewater tower lands $93M building permit10.20.26Construction Resumes at Griffin's Citadel HQ After Rig Collapse10.18.26Publix Now Owns 38% of Its Stores, Up From 14% in 200910.18.26

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Spirit Airlines Sells Dania Beach Campus to Hill City Capital for $84MSpirit Airlines deeded its shuttered Dania Beach headquarters campus to Hill City Capital in two deals worth a combined $84 million.10.27.26 · 2 min
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Fortune, Chateau land $463M loan for St. Regis Sunny Isles tower10.26.26 · 1 min
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Driftwood, Merrimac Land $145M Loan for Riverside Wharf10.26.26 · 1 min

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Three South Florida Properties Set for Foreclosure AuctionThree South Florida foreclosure cases, two in Palm Beach County and one in Broward, head to auction this week with a combined $5.77 million in judgments.10.27.26 · 1 min
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A&J Realty Miami Files Chapter 11 Over Cosabella Penthouses10.22.26Mana Buys Fort Lauderdale's 110 Tower at 21% Discount to 2016 Price10.22.26Washington Prime Group Selling Boynton Beach Mall as It Winds Down10.21.26Edgewater commercial parcel heads to auction over $11.6M judgment10.20.26

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Wilton Manors Cafe Ousted as Site Flips to Waypoint for $11MAlchemist Cafe closed in Wilton Manors as Kaplan Residential's entitled site for a 190-unit project sold to a Waypoint affiliate for $11M.10.18.26 · 2 min
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Blackstone's April Housing Plans $17M Palm Park Rehab in Boynton10.12.26 · 2 min
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Hyperion Starts Ocean One, 371 Rentals in Downtown Boynton Beach10.10.26 · 1 min

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Miami-Dade Weighs $2.4M Fire-Pump Fix for Transitway GarageMiami-Dade staff are asking the county board to approve a $2.4M change order fixing a fire-pump shortfall at the South Dade Transitway's SW 168 St garage.10.27.26 · 2 min
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Out to Bid: Five South Florida Hearings Set This Week10.27.26Residents Sue Miami-Dade to Force a Vote on Seaquarium Marina10.23.26Delray Beach CRA Weighs RH Development's West Atlantic Ave Pitch10.22.26Boca Planning Board Advances 8-Story Bertani at Broken Sound10.22.26

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South Florida Industrial Pipeline Falls 42% as Developers Pull BackTri-county industrial construction fell to 3M SF from 5.2M SF a year ago, Colliers Q3 data show, as $350/SF costs meet $16-$18 rents.10.14.26 · 2 min
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194 $10M-Plus Home Sales Put Miami-Dade on Record Pace09.16.26 · 2 min
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South Florida Building Permits Turn Negative, Down 7.4%09.03.26 · 2 min

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Ex-CIA Exec Admits $194M Fraud; Palm Beach, Hobe Sound Homes ForfeitDavid Rush admitted a $194M fraud built on a fake classified program. About $102M bought four Palm Beach and Hobe Sound properties now headed for forfeiture.10.07.26 · 2 min
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$102Mspent on four Florida properties
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Caroline Weiss, Miami Developer and Weiss Group CEO, Dies at 8810.01.26Brasfield & Gorrie Triples South Florida Office, Moves to Weston09.26.26Andreessen Horowitz Leases HQ Space at CityPlace, West Palm Beach09.11.26Sotheby's Buys De La Vega's ONE Sotheby's in South Florida09.10.26

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