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.

485 Royal Palm Way

485 Royal Palm Way in 2026485 Royal Palm Way in 20242024 · Palm Beach County · Palm Beach Co.2026 · Palm Beach County · Palm Beach Co.

Drag to compare the lot in 2024 with 2026. The pink line is the surveyed parcel boundary.

Where it stands

Last city record Nov 9, 2026
Estimated completionMay–Dec 2028From the permit date, with the middle half of build times for homes off the water. An estimate, not the builder’s commitment.

The numbers

From deeds, the permit and the parcel roll
Likely to sell for$17.7–21.5MOur estimate from the lot’s price and what new homes nearby sold for. Not an appraisal or the builder’s price. How we estimate it
Lot purchase
$7.5M May 2024
Lot size
21,610 sf 0.50 acres
Declared permit value
$3.25M as declared; real cost runs well higher
Home size
~7,235 sf under air from the permit’s plans
Plan
Not in the permit
Flood zone
AE base flood elevation 7 ft
Waterfront
No
Ownership
Private owner likely a custom home

Against the market

Boca Raton · since 2021
Build time, months from permit
0 mo30 mo60 mo

1.4 months since the permit. A typical home off the water in Boca Raton takes 22.8; the middle half take 19.5–26.3.

Lot price vs. new-build lots in Royal Palm Yacht & Country Club
$0$18.9M$37.8M

This lot cost $7.5M. 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
How we calculate this

Construction log

4 city records
  1. Footing InspectionPassed
  2. New-home permit issuedNew-Home Permit Issued · Issued
  3. New-home permit filedResidential New Construction Permit · Issued
  4. Demolition permitDemolition Permit · Complete

Permit BPR-2026-02662 on Boca eHub: “New SFR”

Also close by: 399 Royal Palm Way · 2348 E Maya Palm Dr · 1936 Royal Palm Way · 2398 Areca Palm Rd · 458 Areca Palm Rd · 2101 Spanish River Rd