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.
2551 Middle River Dr
Aerial from January 2026. The lot looked much the same in January 2025. The pink line is the surveyed parcel boundary.
Where it stands
Last city record Nov 6, 2026The numbers
From deeds, the permit and the parcel roll- Lot purchase
- $1M Nov 2021
- Lot size
- 13,085 sf 0.30 acres
- Declared permit value
- $408K as declared; real cost runs well higher
- Home size
- Not yet on the tax roll
- Plan
- 5 bd · 5.5 ba · 1 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 20218.2 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 $1M. The median new-build lot in Coral Ridge went for $1.25M (101 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
16 city records- Plan RevisionIn Process
- MiscellaneousComplete
- Walls: block-wall inspection letter filedConcrete Masonry Unit (CMU) Letter · Complete
- Plan RevisionVoid
- Permit Application FormVoid
- Roof: truss drawings filedTruss Drawings · Complete
- Foundation: spot survey filedSpot Survey · Complete
- Foundation: soil and pile report filedSoil Bearing Capacity Certification with Density Report or Pile Log · Complete
- Engineer's field report filedEngineering Field Reports (Non-Threshold Buildings) · Complete
- Foundation: termite pre-treatment certifiedTermite Treatment Certification · Complete
- MiscellaneousComplete
- Plan RevisionComplete
- New-home permit filedResidential New Construction Permit · Issued
- Demolition permitDemolition Permit · Issued
- Dock or seawall permitBoatlift-Dock-Seawall-Pile Permit · Awaiting Permit Issuance
- Driveway and paving permitPaving Permit · Complete
Permit BLD-RNC-26030145 on LauderBuild: “NEW SFR NEW 1 STORY SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE: 5 BED 5 1/2 BATH 3 CAR GARAGE”
More new homes nearby
Also close by: 2464 NE 22 Ter · 2500 Middle River Dr · 2500 NE 26 Ave · 2541 NE 27 Ave · 2640 NE 26 Ave · 2517 NE 27 Ave