Filed
Filed: permit applied for; the city hasn’t issued it yet
Custom
Custom: a company owns the lot, but nothing on record says it’s being built to sell.
2552 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 Apr 12, 2026The numbers
From deeds, the permit and the parcel roll- Lot purchase
- $4.95M Mar 2025
- Lot size
- 13,000 sf 0.30 acres
- Declared permit value
- $865K as declared; real cost runs well higher
- Home size
- Not yet on the tax roll
- Plan
- 5 bd · 9.5 ba · 3 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 20217 months since the permit application. A typical waterfront home in Fort Lauderdale takes 33.1; the middle half take 26.6–39.9.
This lot cost $4.95M. The median new-build lot in Harbor Beach went for $5.25M (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
4 city records- New-home permit filedResidential New Construction Permit · Awaiting Permit Issuance
- Miscellaneous PermitIssued
- Dock or seawall permitBoatlift-Dock-Seawall-Pile Permit · Issued
- Demolition permitDemolition Permit · Issued
Permit BLD-RNC-26040262 on LauderBuild: “New 3 story single family residence - 5 bedroom 9 1/2 bath 4 car garage”
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