Palm Beach Lifestyle & Culture

Great Gulf brings Mandarin Oriental's first Florida residences to Northwood: a Safdie Architects tower with 215 feet of Intracoastal frontage, from a reported $3.5M, targeted for 2031. Why the brand went north of every proven price in the city.

The warehouse revival on North Dixie Highway gets its first residences for sale: 117 homes on 11 floors, stated from $2M. A rooftop of pool, bowling and pickleball sits above the street commerce. Why the neighborhood itself is the product.

Nearly every barrier island on Florida's coast was built out. Jupiter Island was kept whole. The story of the Reed family's foresight, a town incorporated to protect a vision, and the gifts that placed both ends of the island in conservation forever.

The owner of The Boca Raton is building 75 residences on 5.2 acres of the resort itself, reported from $5M. What changes when the developer and the destination share a balance sheet.

Three hundred years of grand plans failed on Jupiter Island, from a dollar-an-acre land trade to a paper Hollywood called Picture City. Then one family chose restraint. The full history of the coast's quietest town, and why it explains everything about the island today.

Twenty-eight homes, nine stories of glass, and a roof with both waters in view. Why the smallest building in Boca Raton's pipeline treats its count as the luxury, from a reported $2.7M with over a third of the book sold.

Twenty-two private schools across the corridor from Vero Beach to Boca Raton, profiled by tier, with the 2027-28 admissions calendar and the feeder patterns that determine where graduates actually go.

The true return on coastal living is measured not in appreciation but in morning light, salt air, and the small rituals that compound into a richer, healthier life: a framework for evaluating homes by the wellness dividend they pay.

The Palm Beaches Marathon returns December 12 and 13, 2026 with five races on a flat, USATF-certified Boston qualifying course along Flagler Drive. Dates, start times, the course, the closures and what race weekend means for downtown West Palm Beach.