Builder · No. 20 on the water in Fort Lauderdale · permits 2021–2026

Garza Contractors

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13 new homes since 2021: 6 in Fort Lauderdale, 7 in Pompano Beach. 10 on the water, mostly in Hillsboro Shores, Coral Ridge and Seven Isles, plus 2 townhome units in 1 project. State license CGC1519163.

Where they build

City by city, each against its own typical build

Houses in Fort Lauderdale6

3 complete · 2 rising · 1 filed · plus 2 townhome units

On the water4

67% of their homes · rank 20 in Fort Lauderdale

Typical build · houses22 mo
Only 1 finished home to measure
Top recorded sale$7.9M

New build2849 NE 29 St · $832/sf

Rising now · Fort Lauderdale

2 homes in progress

Townhomes & villas

2 units in 1 project

Attached homes, each on its own lot and sold on its own. They’re counted apart from the houses, and the build-time benchmark is for houses only.

Against the market

Fort Lauderdale · houses since 2021
Build time, permit to CO (1 finished home)
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Garza Contractors’s median is 22 months; the median for waterfront homes in Fort Lauderdale is 33.1. Small sample, so read it loosely.

Median declared permit value $1.07M per home, the 19th highest among 86 builders with three or more homes in Fort Lauderdale. Declared values run well below real construction cost.

Their lots cost a median $1.89M (waterfront median in Fort Lauderdale $2M).

  • Their median
  • Middle half, Fort Lauderdale waterfront

    95 waterfront homes in Fort Lauderdale permitted 2021–2023, from the permit application to the certificate-of-occupancy packet.

  • Median
Every new house on record in Fort Lauderdale

Portfolio

AddressNeighborhoodPermitStatusLotDeclared permit valueSale
2518 Barcelona DrWaterSeven IslesAug 2026Filed$3.1M$1.53M—
2823 NE 24 PlWaterCoral RidgeJun 2026Rising$2.1M$1.59M—
1222 Bayview DrWaterCoral RidgeOct 2025Rising$1.89M$780K—
2849 NE 29 StWaterCoral RidgeOct 2023Sold$1.7M$850K$7.9M
1418 NE 6 StVictoria ParkAug 2023Sold—$745K$2.13M
820 SE 11 CtRio VistaApr 2021Sold$485K$1.29M$3.23M