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: owned by a person, so most likely built for the owner.
2549 Mercedes Dr
Drag to compare the lot in 2022 with January 2026. The pink line is the surveyed parcel boundary.
Where it stands
Last city record Aug 27, 2025The numbers
From deeds, the permit and the parcel roll- Lot purchase
- Not recorded
- Lot size
- 13,000 sf 0.30 acres
- Declared permit value
- $2.71M as declared; real cost runs well higher
- Home size
- ~6,835 sf under air from the permit’s plans
- Plan
- 7 bd · 7.5 ba
- Flood zone
- AE base flood elevation 7 ft
- Waterfront
- Yes parcel touches a mapped waterway
- Ownership
- Private owner likely a custom home
Against the market
Fort Lauderdale · since 202153.4 months since the permit. A typical waterfront home in Fort Lauderdale takes 33.1; the middle half take 26.6–39.9.
- 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
9 city records- Structural permitStructural Permit · Void
- Accessory Structure PermitAwaiting Initial Fee Payment
- Structural permitStructural Permit · Void
- Approved Supporting DocumentsComplete
- Plan RevisionComplete
- Foundation: spot survey filedSpot Survey · Complete
- Construction document filedDeferred Submittal (Electronic Document Submittal) · Complete
- Foundation: spot survey filedSpot Survey · Void
- New-home permit filedResidential New Construction Permit · Issued
Permit BLD-RNC-22050034 on LauderBuild: “New SFR 7 Bed 7.5 Baths, with 3 car garage 6835 SF New SFR 7 Bed 7.5 Baths, with 3 car garage 6835 SF”
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