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.
725 Middle River 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 13, 2026The numbers
From deeds, the permit and the parcel roll- Lot purchase
- $5.5M Mar 2023
- Lot size
- 16,524 sf 0.38 acres
- Declared permit value
- $2.66M as declared; real cost runs well higher
- Home size
- Not yet on the tax roll
- Plan
- 7 bd · 10.5 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 202137.8 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 $5.5M. The median new-build lot in Sunrise Intracoastal went for $4.07M (7 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- Foundation: soil and pile report filedSoil Bearing Capacity Certification with Density Report or Pile Log · In Review
- Floodproofing CertificateAwaiting Client Reply
- Finishes: final survey filedFinal Survey · Complete
- MiscellaneousComplete
- Dock or seawall permitBoatlift-Dock-Seawall-Pile Permit · Issued
- Plan RevisionComplete
- NOA / Product ApprovalComplete
- Pool permitPool-Spa-Fountain Permit · Complete
- Foundation: spot survey filedSpot Survey · Complete
- Plan RevisionComplete
- Plan RevisionComplete
- Plan RevisionComplete
- Demolition permitDemolition Permit · Complete
- Driveway and paving permitPaving Permit · Void
- Driveway and paving permitPaving Permit · Issued
- New-home permit filedResidential New Construction Permit · Issued
Permit BLD-RNC-23090013 on LauderBuild: “SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE: 3 STORY 7 BED 10.5 BATH 4 CAR GARAGE”
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