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.
839 Orchid Dr
Drag to compare the lot in 2024 with 2026. The pink line is the surveyed parcel boundary.
Where it stands
Last city record Feb 25, 2026The numbers
From deeds, the permit and the parcel roll- Lot purchase
- $5.1M Jun 2024
- Lot size
- 10,616 sf 0.24 acres
- Declared permit value
- $2.57M as declared; real cost runs well higher
- Home size
- Not yet on the tax roll
- Plan
- Not in the permit
- 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
Boca Raton · since 202126.7 months since the permit. A typical waterfront home in Boca Raton takes 23.9; the middle half take 19.6–31.
This lot cost $5.1M. The median new-build lot in Sun & Surf Club Community went for $2.94M (5 lots).
- This home
Middle half, Boca Raton waterfront
72 waterfront homes in Boca Raton permitted 2021–2023, from the permit application to the certificate-of-occupancy packet.
- Median
Construction log
17 city records- Window/Door Bucks InspectionPassed
- Roof Field FinalPassed
- Roof Flat in-Progress InspectionPassed
- Roof Tin Cap InspectionPassed
- Roof: truss drawings filedTruss Engineering Inspection · Passed
- Roof Sheathing InspectionPassed
- Finishes: insulation certifiedInsulation Inspection · Passed
- Framing InspectionPassed
- Tie Beam InspectionPassed
- Columns InspectionPassed
- Dock or seawall permitSlab (Building, Dock) Inspection · Passed
- Wall Steel InspectionPassed
- Footing InspectionPassed
- Dock or seawall permitBoatlift-Dock-Seawall-Pile Permit · Issued
- New-home permit issuedNew-Home Permit Issued · Issued
- Demolition permitDemolition Permit · Complete
- New-home permit filedResidential New Construction Permit · Expired
Permit BPR-2024-02147 on Boca eHub: “NEW SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENCE”
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