The beach-house battle continues on South Ocean Boulevard in Palm Beach.
The Architectural Commission has given the cold shoulder to the design of a new house planned for a narrow strip of land between the Atlantic and the coastal road just north of Mar-a-Lago’s Beach Club.
At its most recent meeting, board members spent an hour reviewing the courtyard-centered house designed for 1015 S. Ocean Blvd. in the Estate Section. The majority of commissioners agreed the contemporary-style residence was overscaled for its lot. And they raised eyebrows about the four zoning-code variances being requested to accommodate the design.
“The variances are causing a problem,” said Commissioner John David Corey, because they would allow the house “to be far too big.”
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Beachfront house planned for Lauder-linked lot in Palm Beach
House designed for lot at 1063 N. Ocean Blvd. would replace the one sold last year for $25 million by the estate of the late Barbara and Morton Mandel.
Darrell Hofheinz
Palm Beach Daily News
Palm Beach could see a new oceanfront mansion built on the North End, although it remains unclear which member of the billionaire Lauder cosmetics family has commissioned it.
The British Colonial-style house designed for 1063 N. Ocean Blvd. won the nod from the Architectural Commission and would replace the former home of the late philanthropists Barbara and Morton Mandel, whose name graces the town’s recreation center.
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Billionaire Griffin’s new house unveiled, proposed for part of South End estate in Palm Beach
A house and guesthouse are planned on 7½ acres of the estate, which measures more than 20 acres, leaving plenty of room for future development.
Darrell Hofheinz
Palm Beach Daily News
Billionaire hedge-fund manager Ken Griffin has finally unveiled plans for a beachfront mansion to be built on part of his massive ocean-to-lake estate in Palm Beach, a quarter mile south of Mar-a-Lago.
With about 50,000 total square feet, including its service basement, the contemporary-style house and guesthouse would be built on 7½ acres on the north part of Griffin’s estate, according to the plans filed at Town Hall.