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Yahoo
05-08-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Palm Beach County condo wars erupt this summer with infighting, lawsuits, and mean nicknames
Welcome to The Dirt! I'm real estate, weather and critter reporter Kimberly Miller with the latest developments in the sizzling market. This summer has mostly been a deep dive lesson for Palm Beach Countians (Countyites, Countiers?) in politics and I don't mean whatever shenanigans are happening in Tallahassee or Washington or Syndey Sweeney's genes jeans. No, I mean the real deal politics of what we used to call Condo Commandos, which now seems like an erudite title for a gentler time when The Real Grandmas of Century Village just talked smack behind each other's backs and ate the last pudding out of spite. Palm Beach Post reporters have written an estimated 1,670 stories about scorched Earth condominium wars the past few months and this week is no different with "The Beast of Beach Sound" (true nickname) and the "Not so Halcyon Days at the Halcyon" (made up nickname.) In "The Beast of Beach Sound," developers bought out the majority of an oceanfront condo because developers gonna develop and are doubling the size of a four-story building to the chagrin of neighbors who see no beauty in building an eight-story complex just 25 feet from Beach Sound Road. Want to get The Dirt? Stay up to date on South Florida's sizzling real estate market and sign up for The Dirt weekly newsletter, delivered every Tuesday! Exclusively for Palm Beach Post subscribers. In other real estate-related news, Palm Beach County home prices slumped in June putting the market in firmly-balanced territory, a judge says the Halcyon Condominium Association in Palm Beach is so wrecked it needs a receiver, and health care companies are flocking to Palm Beach County as wealthy residents escape from L.A. and New York because, as it turns out, Snake Plissken is a prophet. Halcyon Condominium Association in Palm Beach messed up big, according to judge This is a total stereotype but don't you assume Palm Beachers would be good money managers? I mean, they're Palm Beachers, right? Not so says Circuit Judge Maxine Cheesman who has ordered the appointment of a receover to oversee the association management at the Halcyon Condominium Association. A resident sued the association after it failed to have a vote on installing a $2.5 million air conditioning system and, hey, BTW, there's $15 million in expenditures that aren't accounted for, according to the filings. The association is asking the judge to reconsider and maybe it's too much to ask retirees who just want to, well, retire, to be in charge of a multi-million-dollar association budget and still be friends at the pool. Palm Beach County existing home prices drop in June for first time in at least five years There's debate about whether Palm Beach County is morphing into a year-round real estate market with more families looking to buy in the summer before school starts. Traditionally, June has been a slumpy month until the pandemic when prices could not be tamed. But this year, June home sale prices were down 5% from the previous year. And this is a message from the Emergency Broadcast System; Don't panic. Repeat. Do. Not. Panic. It's likely just a readjustment after we all lost our ever-loving minds during Covid-19 and it's a good thing for buyers who have more room to negotiate. Plus, the median price is still $626,000 and the average price is still more than $1 million. So, yeah, home ownership remains unaffordable for a lot of folks. Healthcare companies flock to heaven's waiting room The definitive and informative round up of what healthcare companies are expanding into Palm Beach County is out with lead business reporter Alexandra Clough's deeply-reported piece on plans for new medical facilities and treatments. Companies are coming from New York, Ohio and Massachusetts to boost their local offerings. Sure, they're following the moneyed and insured folks moving to Palm Beach County, but local providers are upping their game to compete, and that, my friends, is the American way! Also, some of us have genes jeans that are wrinkled, faded, full of holes and just generally distressed. We need all the medical facilities we can get. Live lightly. Kimberly Miller is a journalist for The Palm Beach Post, part of the USA Today Network of Florida. She covers real estate, weather, and the environment. Subscribe to The Dirt for a weekly real estate roundup. If you have news tips, please send them to kmiller@ Help support our local journalism, subscribe today. This article originally appeared on Palm Beach Post: NYU Langone, Cleveland clinic among healthcare providers flocking to Palm Beach Solve the daily Crossword
Yahoo
29-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Pickleball civil war erupts in West Palm Beach gated community RiverWalk
Welcome to The Dirt! I'm real estate, weather and critter reporter Kimberly Miller with the latest developments in the sizzling market. Ho-hum, it's the dog days of summer in South Florida and if you're not endlessly circling the parking lot looking for shade or dodging Coldplay's kiss cam, you may find yourself embroiled in a pickleball civil war in one of Palm Beach County's many gated communities. RiverWalk of the Palm Beaches is toying with the idea of building six new pickleball courts in an area of greenspace that some community members really like. But RiverWalk's pickleball committee (yes, there's a pickleball committee and it's something we should all aspire to in retirement) says that two Realtors told it that new pickleball courts will increase home values. There are already pickleball courts at RiverWalk, but they're clay. Quelle horreur! Now the anti-picklers have formed a limited liability company to fight the pro-picklers because this is South Florida and we love us some LLCs. So pick a side, make your bets and stay tuned. Want to get The Dirt? Stay up to date on South Florida's sizzling real estate market and sign up for The Dirt weekly newsletter, delivered every Tuesday! Exclusively for Palm Beach Post subscribers. In other real estate-related news, two Reality TV stars are teaming up to hawk homes in Palm Beach County, there's an old cabin in Northwood Shores that may or may not date back to 1893, there's a plan for rooftop dining at the Offices At The Press, and take a tour of some of the reject homes in Palm Beach that ARCOM put the kibosh on. Former 'Bachelorette' star joins Ryan Serhant's real estate team in Jupiter Jupiter native and veteran of the reality television scene Tyler Cameron is now selling real estate with "Owning Manhattan" star Ryan Serhant, and it's like "The Bachelorette" and "Million Dollar Listing New York" had a really handsome baby who wants to sell you a house. Because I live my life vicariously through the crewmembers on Bravo's "Below Deck" (espresso martini anyone?), I wasn't as familiar with Cameron, who is already a real estate pro with his Emmy-nominated home remodeling show "Going Home with Tyler Cameron." Besides the intrigue of two reality stars joining forces, it was also another sign of Serhant's longterm business plan in Palm Beach County which is to crush his enemies, see them driven before him and hear the lamentations of their women because that's what's best in life. But no, really, Serhant has opened three offices in Palm Beach County since 2023 and recruited powerhouses such as Palm Beach-based agent Gary Pohrer. Is there a franchise of the "Million Dollar Listing" juggernaut headed to South Florida? It's already been attempted once, so we'll see. Rooftop dining at the Offices At The Press The landmark Palm Beach Post building at Belvedere Road and South Dixie Highway, which is still host to the award-winning 109-year-old newspaper but also a slew of other companies, could be getting a rooftop bar and restaurant under a plan pitched by its owner Boca Raton-based Pebb Capital. The four-story building has views of the Intracoastal Waterway and downtown West Palm Beach, and is part of the burgeoning South Dixie Corridor of design shops, restaurants and boutiques. In the same plaza is Joseph's Classic Market, Pink Steak steakhouse, Amped Fitness and a standalone Starbucks. The employment opportunities are appreciated as artificial intelligence takes all the desk jobs and we descend into a dystopian hellscape à la "The Purge." My money's on the Gen Xers because their survival skills were honed from years of climbing out bedroom windows with smuggled Boone's Farm and Bartles & Jaymes. Thank you for your support. Old home in West Palm Beach needs a new home A cabin hidden for years on a property in West Palm Beach's Northwood Shores community may be that of early pioneers to the area Lucretia and Henry Hannong. If so, that means it dates to 1893. While additions and modifications have obscured much of its original construction, neighborhood historian Carl Flick has gathered enough evidence to make a convincing argument that it is the Hannong's cabin. The death of the previous owner, who had built a 12-foot security fence around the property, and two subsequent sales left the cabin open for inspection by Flick, city officials and descendants of Lucretia and Henry. The race is on to move the structure and set it up as a museum to the area and the pioneers who persevered without air conditioning, bug repellent or White Claw hard seltzer. It was a tough life. Live lightly. Kimberly Miller is a journalist for The Palm Beach Post, part of the USA Today Network of Florida. She covers real estate, weather, and the environment. Subscribe to The Dirt for a weekly real estate roundup. If you have news tips, please send them to kmiller@ Help support our local journalism, subscribe today. This article originally appeared on Palm Beach Post: Rooftop bar and restaurant pitched for Palm Beach Post building in West Palm
Yahoo
15-06-2025
- Climate
- Yahoo
Hurricane season 2025: Safety tips for navigating around your neighborhood after storm
The Atlantic hurricane season runs from June 1 through Nov. 30 with the peak of the season on Sept. 10. The most activity happens between mid-August and mid-October, according to the National Hurricane Center. The key to getting through storm season is being prepared. Here are some important tips on staying safe after the storm. 🌀 2025 Hurricane Season Guide: Storm preparedness tips, supply list, evacuation zones DON'T TOUCH POWER LINES. Watch for downed lines. Consider every power line energized. Call 911 or FPL at (800) 4-OUTAGE to report fallen power lines that present a clear danger to you or others. Do not attempt to touch any electrical power lines and keep your family away from them. Watch your step. The area could be covered with broken glass and other debris. Don't walk in standing water and don't venture out in the dark because you might not see a power line that could be energized and dangerous. Watch for insects, snakes and other animals — including alligators — driven out by high water. If your neighborhood floods during the storm, listen to the radio for instructions. Watch and listen for reports of storm-spawned tornadoes. Be careful about letting your pet outdoors. Landmarks and scents might be gone, and your pet might get lost. Kimberly Miller is a journalist for The Palm Beach Post, part of the USA Today Network of Florida. She covers weather, real estate and how growth affects South Florida's environment. Subscribe to The Dirt for a weekly real estate roundup. If you have news tips, please send them to kmiller@ Help support our local journalism; subscribe today. This article originally appeared on Palm Beach Post: Hurricane season 2025 prep: Keeping safe after storm hits
USA Today
10-06-2025
- Business
- USA Today
West Palm Beach luxury condominium by Related Ross gets makeover and higher price tag
West Palm Beach luxury condominium by Related Ross gets makeover and higher price tag Welcome to The Dirt! I'm real estate, weather and critter reporter Kimberly Miller with the latest developments in the sizzling market. In the ongoing saga of Clash of Condos: A story of hating thy neighbor's guts, the latest installment features Flagler Pointe in West Palm Beach where a handful of residents are accused of "incessant complaints" and of purposefully putting their hand in wet paint to prove that there was wet paint and no one, No ONE, put up a sign declaring that there was wet paint! Wait, what? Two things; someone put their hand in wet paint to prove that there was no sign that said wet paint? And, look, this is South Florida, our regional past time is complaining. We literally have PhD's in complaining. The International Olympic Committee once considered having a complaining competition but decided it was unfair because, well, South Florida would win gold every frickin' time. Anyway, there's been some name calling and a threat of a lawsuit. Sounds like a fun place to live right now. Keep your popcorn handy for this one. In other real estate-related news, celebrity chef Guy Fieri sold his Lake Worth Beach home after a few price reductions, Related Ross is redesigning its Shorecrest condominium to cater to higher-end buyers, West Palm Beach's Historic Preservation Board has run afoul of Mayor Keith James because who hasn't, and check out senior business reporter Alexandra Clough's extensive investigation into financial concerns at MorseLife. Celebrity chef Guy Fieri gets less than he hoped for in Lake Worth Beach home sale Guy Fieri sold his Lake Worth Beach home earlier this year for $7 million, which is less than the $8.75 million he had originally listed it for but not bad considering he paid $3.9 million for the waterfront property in March 2021 and so no one feels all that bad about it. But here's the big question — at what point is Guy Fieri so ubiquitous in Palm Beach County that his every move is no longer news? I'm not knocking the popularity. Afterall, my name is Kimberly Miller and I'm a recovering (totally addicted except for "The Valley" snoozefest) reality TV fan, so I've got no room to knock. But I would think Taylor Swift would be sucking some of the air out of his local celebrity ascendency as of late. Shorecrest condominium by Related Ross gets redesigned, again If you haven't heard, some folks are a tad queasy with the state of the economy/country/world/Starbucks discontinuation of the Iced Matcha Lemonade, and are in wait-and-see mode on buying pricey condos. But not very rich folks, nope, no sir. The very wealthy are still in the game and Related Ross has redesigned Shorecrest condominium with them in mind. This is the third makeover for Shorecrest, which has settled at building 100 units in its most recent iteration, which is down from 199. The starting price is $2.7 million, which is up from the original target of $1 million, which was totally doable of course. West Palm historic preservation board gets the smack down from the city commission West Palm Beach's Historic Preservation Board is no omnipotent superpower like the Town of Palm Beach's Architectural Review Commission, which rules with a golden compass that few dare challenge for fear of getting literally voted off the island. No, West Palm's board mostly flies under the radar, until last month. When it put the kibosh on erecting a prefabricated home in the city's Historic Northwest neighborhood, Mayor Keith James called the decision "nonsensical" because the community, while historic, needs inexpensive homes now. Like yesterday. And they don't have to be Bahamian vernacular or bungalow craftsman. Contemporary high school portable classroom will do just fine, thank you very much. Live lightly. Kimberly Miller is a journalist for The Palm Beach Post, part of the USA Today Network of Florida. She covers real estate, weather, and the environment. Subscribe to The Dirt for a weekly real estate roundup. If you have news tips, please send them to kmiller@ Help support our local journalism, subscribe today.
Yahoo
01-06-2025
- Climate
- Yahoo
The other season — hurricane — has arrived; being prepared is key
It's June 1, which means it's that time of year again. If you've lived in Florida for any length of time, no explanation is needed. If you're a recent arrival, it marks the beginning of the six-month Atlantic hurricane season that runs through Nov. 30. That means it's time to stock up on supplies such as water, shelf-stable foods and batteries; to make sure the generator is ready to go in the event of a power failure; and to finalize evacuation plans for your family, including any pets, if the town is in the path of a storm. It's also good to store important papers in waterproof and even fireproof containers. NOAA's prediction of 13 to 19 named storms, including six to 10 hurricanes — and three to five major hurricanes — follows others this spring that have measured the Atlantic basin's stew of ingredients and influential climate patterns to determine that the six-month season will be more active than average. More: With a busy hurricane season expected, Palm Beach encourages residents to prepare early Of note, according to reporting by Kimberly Miller of The Palm Beach Post, is a forecasting challenge this year. The atmosphere is idling in a climate purgatory between El Niño, characterized by abnormally warm water in the Equatorial Pacific, and La Niña, cooler than average water in that area. The former typically points to a less-active season, while the latter can mean a more-active season. Although the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration has had major staff cuts under President Donald Trump's plan to trim the federal government, an official at the agency said the National Hurricane Center is fully staffed, Ms. Miller reported. That's not the case for many of the nation's 120 local weather-forecasting offices where employees were let go, balloon launches have been reduced and vacancies are unfilled, Ms. Miller noted. While Palm Beach County has been mostly spared from major hurricanes since the mean season of 2004, we have seen some storms skate by that cause destruction elsewhere. And even when that's been the case, the effects here were not always minor. Take last year, when tornadoes spawned by Hurricane Milton left a swath of destruction from Wellington north to Jupiter. Thankfully, no lives were lost, but the memory of those tornadoes serves as a reminder that one never knows what will happen during hurricane season. Milton, a Category 5 storm, made landfall in Siesta Key off Sarasota and went on to cause major damage across Central Florida. Palm Beach lies in Evacuation Zone B, which includes most of the county's barrier islands east of the Intracoastal Waterway. It and Zone A, which includes mobile homes and low-lying areas, are typically the first neighborhoods to be evacuated when a major storm approaches. Condominium residents need to remember that a state law allows associations to shut off power, elevators, water and sewer once an evacuation order has been issued. Residents cannot be forced to leave their homes, but who would want to stay without those services? Residents who chose to remain in their condos for the storm do so at their own risk because fire-rescue and police might not respond if conditions have deteriorated. Some condo residents who chose to stay during Hurricane Dorian in 2019 felt the inconvenience of remaining in their homes under those circumstances. One important thing that residents and workers on the island should remember is that they need to be on an official re-entry list, because police usually restrict access to the island during and after a storm. Applicants must have a government-issued I.D. to be placed on the re-entry list, which expires Dec. 31, 2026. To complete an application, visit the town's website. We also encourage residents who haven't already done so to sign up for town alerts while they're on the website. We love living in the Sunshine State, but a cost of that joy is navigating hurricane season. The experts will make their best guesses, and the science has helped to improve the accuracy of their predictions, but the key thing to bear in mind is preparedness. Storms can change directions quickly — or intensify rapidly. Everyone must have a hurricane plan and keep an eye on the weather forecast once a storm is on the horizon. This article originally appeared on Palm Beach Daily News: Preparedness is critical now that hurricane season is here | Editorial
