Vacant lotWaterfront

40 Compass Isle

Bay ColonyFort Lauderdale12,500 sq ft lot (0.29 acres)Zoned RS-4.4
Aerial of 40 Compass Isle, January 20262026 · Broward County · Broward Co.

Aerial from January 2026, the newest available. The pink line is the surveyed parcel boundary.

What it’s worth as land

From recorded sales
$1.98–3.65MMiddle half of nearby land sales, adjusted for lot size (12 sales), applied to this lot’s 12,500 sq ft.
Land price per sq ft, sized to this lot
$0$234$467

Sized to this lot, nearby waterfront land sales point to about $182 per sq ft. This parcel last sold for $4.5M in Dec 2025 ($360 per sq ft, the pink dot).

Does it pencil?

Build-and-sell pro forma
Supports a land price up to$1.83Mto build and sell a 8,200 sq ft home here at a 15% margin.
Doesn’t pencilAt $4.5M for the land:Loss $2.11M · −31.3%Needs $1,304/sq ft to hit 15% · assumed $822
Land $4.5MBuild $2.67MSoft costs $267KCarry $1.02MSelling $404KLoss $2.11MSale $6.74M
Fort Lauderdale calibration

Calibrated on 148 Fort Lauderdale deals. With these build costs the calculator's land budget is a median 100% of what the builders actually paid for the lot, and within 25% of it on 87 of the 148 (the old defaults came to 41%).

A quick pro forma, not an appraisal. Every number is editable; the starting points come from city records, and build cost is an assumption to replace with a builder’s bid.

The rules

City GIS and parcel roll
Zoning
RS-4.4 Residential of Single Family/Low Density
Flood zone
AE base flood elevation 7 ft
Lowest floor
8 ft+ BFE + 1 ft minimum under the Florida Building Code; confirm with the city
Waterfront
Yes dock, seawall and setback rules apply
Lot size
12,500 sf 0.29 acres
Ownership
Company often a builder or investor

Setbacks, height and lot coverage depend on the zoning district; see Fort Lauderdale’s Unified Land Development Regulations. Confirm with a surveyor and the city before you buy.

Nearby land sales

Waterfront · last 5 years
AddressSoldPriceLot$/sq ftAway
111 Bay Colony Dr
Bought for a new home · Sarkela
Oct 2025$5.75M16,653 sf$345148 m
30 Compass Pt
Bought for a new home · Storelli Construction
Aug 2025$7M26,663 sf$263203 m
3110 NE 59 St
Bought for a new home · Collin Builders
Aug 2023$1.65M9,360 sf$176367 m
3200 NE 58 St
Bought for a new home · Grey Door Construction
Feb 2022$1.84M9,606 sf$192473 m
3321 NE 58 St
Bought for a new home · Bomar Builders
Jul 2023$6.5M25,094 sf$259482 m
2830 NE 59 St
Vacant lot sale
Feb 2026$1.35M8,295 sf$163491 m
3210 NE 57 Ct
Bought for a new home · J & M Contractors of South Florida
Aug 2022$1.68M9,922 sf$169590 m
3300 NE 56 Ct
Bought for a new home · Bomar Builders
Apr 2022$4.53M17,038 sf$266686 m