Jodie Wagner
Palm Beach Daily News
A pair of soon-to-be renovated properties were designated historic landmarks Wednesday during the Palm Beach Town Council s monthly development review meeting.
The properties, at 100 El Bravo Way and 127 Root Trail, earned unanimous approval as landmarks following presentations by landmarks consultants Emily Stillings and Janet Murphy.
The properties, built in 1922 and 1905, respectively, will be restored and renovated after their owners received earlier approval from the town s Landmarks Preservation Commission.
The El Bravo Way property, an oceanfront, Mediterranean revival-style home purchased for $24.5 million last spring by a company associated with Cleveland Cavaliers majority owner Dan Gilbert, already has undergone extensive renovations during the past century, most recently in the early 2000s when an eastern wing was added.
Marie Penny
Special to the Daily News
Editor s note: Each month this season, we will publish a column from the Preservation Foundation of Palm Beach featuring a landmarked property.
With its fish-scale scalloped shingles and pointed finials atop each gable, Duck’s Nest conjures up the Victorian era.
Viewed from Lake Trail, it may appear to be a charming house from the turn of the 20th century. But it also has a fascinating history, which includes weathering hurricanes, architectural styles, and the development of Palm Beach.
The house gets its name from the ducks that roosted on the extensive freshwater marsh, now filled in, which were formerly located east of the building. It’s hard to imagine, but at the time the only way to access this house was by boat via Lake Worth (now referred to as the Intracoastal Waterway).
Sandeep Alva of Onex Falcon buys 4 Golfview Road from trust linked to financier David Martinelli.
Darrell Hofheinz
Palm Beach Daily News
Investment manager David Martinelli has sold, via a deed recorded at $10.9 million, the renovated landmarked house he bought through a trust in 2016 at 4 Golfview Road.
Private-credit-financing specialist Sandeep Alva bought the 1922 house with four bedrooms and 5,207 square feet of living space, inside and out, according to the deed recorded Tuesday.
The house stands on a private road immediately south of Worth Avenue and directly across from the Everglades Golf Course.
Alva founded Falcon Investment Advisors of Boston and New York. In December, his company was acquired by the Toronto investment firm Onex Corp. and is now known as Onex Falcon. Alva serves as its managing director and co-head, according to its website.
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Marie Penny
Special to the Daily News
Editor s note: Each month this season, we will publish a column from the Preservation Foundation of Palm Beach featuring a landmarked property.
Last month’s column focused on the founding of the ordinance, this month we will take a closer look at the classic example of adaptive rehabilitation: The Warden House, 200 N. Ocean Blvd., previously 112 Seminole Ave.
The Warden House was designed by Addison Mizner in 1922 for William Gray Warden, a Standard Oil partner. This Mediterranean Revival estate took up an entire oceanfront block and had a U-shaped plan centered around a patio. But by the 1970s it seemed that the house was destined for the same fate as Mizner s demolished estates El Mirasol, Playa Riente, and Casa Bendita.