Every new home in Fort Lauderdale, from lot to keys.
345 homes are rising right now, 158 of them on the water, plus 118 filed with the city and 228 townhomes in 57 projects. See each one from lot purchase to certificate of occupancy, what the lot cost, when it should be done, and who’s building it.
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Watch the next waterfront homes take shape.
Most of these won’t reach the MLS until they’re nearly finished. Here they are with the lot price, the plan, and where each one stands today.
What the badges mean
- FiledPermit applied for; the city hasn’t issued it yet.
- RisingPermitted and not yet finished, with a live permit (the city extends it at each passed inspection) or city records in the past 90 days.
- QuietNo new city records in a long time, and the permit has expired or was never issued.
- CompleteCertificate-of-occupancy packet submitted, or on the tax roll as a built home.
- SoldA recorded sale of the finished home.
- For saleListed for sale on the MLS right now.
- PermittedNew-construction permit issued by the city.
- FoundationFooting, slab or pile inspections, or soil, pile or spot-survey reports filed.
- Going verticalTie-beam, column or framing inspections, or block-wall (CMU), truss and engineering reports filed.
- FinishesInsulation, drywall or blower-door inspections, or the final survey, landscape or paving filed.
- CO appliedCertificate of occupancy applied for.
- CompleteCertificate of occupancy, on the tax roll, or sold.
345 homes, four stages to go.
Builders file documents with the city at each step: soil and pile reports for the foundation, block-wall letters for the walls, insulation and final surveys for the finishes. Each one moves a build along.
New-construction permit issued by the city
Foundation129Footing, slab or pile inspections, or soil, pile or spot-survey reports filed
Going vertical86Tie-beam, column or framing inspections, or block-wall (CMU), truss and engineering reports filed
Finishes52Insulation, drywall or blower-door inspections, or the final survey, landscape or paving filed
Finished, last 12 months182Certificate of occupancy filed, on the tax roll or sold in the past year
Attached homes, each on its own lot.
228 townhomes are rising in 57 projects. Each card is a whole project: every unit outlined from the air, and the stage most of them have reached.
Every buildable lot, with what builders really paid.
Waterfront land in Fort Lauderdale trades at a median $251 per sq ft. See 97 vacant waterfront lots, a lot report for any address, and whether a new home there pencils.
Explore lots →This week in the city’s records.
- 720 SE 7 St · Walls: block-wall inspection letter filedRio Vista
- 2631 Sea Island Dr · Foundation: elevation certificate filedSeven Isles
- 2631 Sea Island Dr · Foundation: spot survey filedSeven Isles
- 428 NE 12 Ave · Walls: block-wall inspection letter filedVictoria Park
- 828 NE 15 Ave · New-home permit filedVictoria Park
- 1609 NE 5 Ct · New-home permit filedVictoria Park
- 500 Coral Way · Foundation: spot survey filedLas Olas Isles
- 1670 Riverland Rd · Walls: block-wall inspection letter filedOak River
- 804 SE 8 St · Foundation: spot survey filedRio Vista
- 1790 NE 18 St · Walls: block-wall inspection letter filedPoinsettia Heights
- 428 NE 12 Ave · Foundation: elevation certificate filedVictoria Park
- 1340 Cordova Rd · New-home permit filedLauderdale Harbors
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Lot to keys since 2021
Lot to keys since 2021: every new-home permit, each stage as it’s reached, and every sale.