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.
257 Royal Palm Way
Drag to compare the lot in January 2025 with 2026. The pink line is the surveyed parcel boundary.
Where it stands
Last city record May 27, 2026The numbers
From deeds, the permit and the parcel roll- Lot purchase
- $6M Jul 2024
- Lot size
- 18,639 sf 0.43 acres
- Declared permit value
- $3.34M as declared; real cost runs well higher
- Home size
- ~8,756 sf under air from the permit’s plans
- Plan
- Not in the permit
- Flood zone
- X
- Waterfront
- No
- Ownership
- Private owner likely a custom home
Against the market
Boca Raton · since 202120 months since the permit. A typical home off the water in Boca Raton takes 22.8; the middle half take 19.5–26.3.
This lot cost $6M. The median new-build lot in Royal Palm Yacht & Country Club went for $4M (58 lots).
- This home
Middle half, Boca Raton off the water
178 homes off the water in Boca Raton permitted 2021–2023, from the permit application to the certificate-of-occupancy packet.
- Median
Construction log
21 city records- Roof Final - W / UpliftPassed
- Roof Covering In Progress InspectionPassed
- Drywall InspectionPartial Pass
- Finishes: insulation certifiedInsulation Inspection · Passed
- Framing InspectionPartial Pass
- Exterior Lathing InspectionPassed
- Window/Door Bucks InspectionPassed
- Roof Mop in Progress InspectionPassed
- Roof Tin Cap InspectionRe-inspection required
- Roof Flat in-Progress InspectionRe-inspection required
- Roof: truss drawings filedTruss Engineering Inspection · Partial Pass
- Roof Sheathing InspectionPassed
- Tie Beam InspectionPartial Pass
- Columns InspectionPartial Pass
- Building Elevation SurveyPassed
- Foundation: termite pre-treatment certifiedTermite Slab Pretreat Inspection · Passed
- Dock or seawall permitSlab (Building, Dock) Inspection · Re-inspection required
- Building Form Board SurveyPassed
- New-home permit issuedNew-Home Permit Issued · Issued
- Demolition permitDemolition Permit · Complete
- New-home permit filedResidential New Construction Permit · Issued
Permit BPR-2025-00681 on Boca eHub: “New Construction SFR”
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