This should not come as a surprise. Dan Ponton, owner of Club Colette, has four building projects underway simultaneously. “I create backdrops for celebrations for people and we are constantly transforming Club Colette,” he explains. “So my work, which I really love, continues into my private life.” Current ventures include his new condo at Trump [...]

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Actor George Hamilton’s condo, #1504 at 400 N Flagler Drive in the Waterview Towers, comprises two bedrooms, two bathrooms and 1,797 square feet of interior space. And, for him, it’s the perfect size and in the perfect location. Bigger is not always better, he says. “I owned Douglas Fairbanks’ and Charlie Chaplin’s homes.” At one [...]

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It can’t be helped. When you own an historic house, it comes with history. This Palm Beach oceanfront home, Il Sogno, a 10-bedroom, 10-bath and three-half-bath Mediterranean-style home with 11,627 square feet inside and out that sits on 1.4 acres, is owned by Catherine and Fred Adler. Franklyn Smith commissioned Marion Sims Wyeth to build [...]

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Palm Beach architect Addison Mizner’s Bella Costa, at 111 Dunbar Road, saved from the wrecking  ball by Benjamin and Elys Wohl in 1999, has been restored and is now offered for sale by Sotheby’s International Realty for $8.95 million. It has eight bedrooms, five bathrooms, one half-bath and 9,682 square feet inside and out. Costa [...]

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creating one of Palm Beach’s most identifiable mansions.

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A delightful library created by Palm Beach designer, Stephen Mooney

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Big design impact, small budget

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Real Estate, week one, June 2010

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for single-family homes, could be a good sign Last January, the harbinger of a slow season, only one home sold in Palm Beach. It was priced for $2 million. This January, two single-family homes sold– for $3 million and $8 million – and nine homes went under contract, generating cautious optimism among local realtors and [...]

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No matter the size (and label) of the pocketbook, it’s been a tough year for rich and poor alike. To date this year, foreclosures have been filed on 13 single-family homes in Palm Beach, with 5 of them sold, according to Wilshire International Realty broker owner Christine Franks. In addition to the foreclosures noted by [...]

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