Rising
Rising: permitted and not yet finished, with a live permit (the city extends it at each passed inspection) or city records in the past 90 days
Custom
Custom: a company owns the lot, but nothing on record says it’s being built to sell.
2531 Mercedes Dr
Drag to compare the lot in January 2025 with January 2026. The pink line is the surveyed parcel boundary.
Where it stands
Last city record Jun 15, 2026The numbers
From deeds, the permit and the parcel roll- Lot purchase
- $5.44M Jan 2025
- Lot size
- 13,000 sf 0.30 acres
- Declared permit value
- $870K as declared; real cost runs well higher
- Home size
- ~8,058 sf under air from the permit’s plans
- Plan
- 7 bd · 7.5 ba · 2 story
- Flood zone
- AE base flood elevation 7 ft
- Waterfront
- Yes parcel touches a mapped waterway
- Ownership
- Company-owned lot likely a custom home
Against the market
Fort Lauderdale · since 202113.6 months since the permit. A typical waterfront home in Fort Lauderdale takes 33.1; the middle half take 26.6–39.9.
This lot cost $5.44M. The median new-build lot in Harbor Beach went for $5.16M (32 lots).
- This home
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
Construction log
7 city records- Architect LetterComplete
- Foundation: soil and pile report filedSoil Bearing Capacity Certification with Density Report or Pile Log · Complete
- Structural permitStructural Permit · Open
- Fence PermitIssuance Fees Paid
- New-home permit filedResidential New Construction Permit · Issued
- Dock or seawall permitBoatlift-Dock-Seawall-Pile Permit · Issued
- Demolition permitDemolition Permit · Complete
Permit BLD-RNC-25090468 on LauderBuild: “NEW 2 STORY SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE: 7 BEDROOMS, 7 FULL BATHS & 3 HALF BATHS WITH (2) 2 CAR GARAGES TOTAL 9,880 SQUARE FEET 8,058 SQ FT CONDITIONED SPACE”
More new homes nearby
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