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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Find and buy your dream home? You are not in your dream home. So. Should you sell your present home (and take the loss), in order to buy another home (taking advantage of today’s low prices) in a better neighborhood and better suited to your needs? Miami Dade County Real Estate “That’s the advice I [...]

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Casa Juanita, a landmarked 1925 Spanish Mediterranean-style estate by society architect Marion Sims Wyeth, offers a true taste of the early grandeur and graciousness of Palm Beach’s resort lifestyle. A showplace, it was built by yachtsman Sterling Postely of New York City and Oyster Bay, and his wife Jeanne, for whom their home was named. [...]

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Cielito Lindo’s original owner, Jessie Woolworth Donahue, may have come from dime-store money, but she had lavish tastes. Her luxury home. completed in 1927, the 45,000-square-foot Cielito Lindo, was designed by Palm Beach architect Marion Sims Wyeth, and while not as large as Mar A Lago, it was palatial, with a four-story tower, 30-by-50-foot living [...]

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