Trump has asked advisers about how to get an airport named after him, according to the Daily Beast. A leading Florida Republican then suggested rebranding Florida’s Palm Beach International as ‘Trump International.’ The majority of commissioners in Palm Beach County have rejected the idea, the Sun Sentinel reported. Visit Business […]
The Trump family left Washington, DC on Wednesday for Florida. They join a growing list of powerful figures, from tech titans to Wall Street heavyweights, who have decamped to the Sunshine State amid the pandemic. Here are the most notable transplants making moves in Palm Beach and Miami, from billionaire […]
Trump retreated to Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida, after he left the White House Wednesday. The exclusive private club served as a gilded getaway for the First Family throughout his presidency. We visited the famed property and its neighbourhood, known to locals as Billionaires Row, to see what it’s like […]
A Palm Beach mansion sitting on land once owned by President Trump is in contract to sell for $US140 million, WSJ reported. If the deal closes, it would shatter the area’s $US111 million real-estate record. The beachside mansion is a 10-minute drive from Trump’s Mar-a-Lago Club and has 9 bedrooms. […]
Two New York real estate moguls are accused of arranging hasty COVID-19 vaccinations for their contacts at a Florida country club, Page Six reported. The paper’s sources accused brothers Bill and David S. Mack of making a list of contacts who could get the vaccine at a Florida nursing home. […]
President Donald Trump has asked advisors about how to get an airport named after him, according to the Daily Beast. He has reportedly asked about the “paperwork” required to rename a transport hub. A White House official refused to comment on the story. A top Florida GOP official has suggested […]
Jeffrey Epstein’s New York townhouse, listed for $US88 million, and Palm Beach residence, listed for about $US22 million, are hitting the market. Epstein was found dead in his jail cell last August in a death ruled a suicide. He was awaiting trial for federal sex-trafficking charges. The proceeds from the […]
Fashion designer Lisa Perry just sold her first completed home for $US9.1 million. The 6-bedroom, 6.5-bathroom house is on Palm Beach Island. Perry is best known for her fashion line, which was sold at the now-bankrupt Barneys New York. Her husband, Richard Perry, is a billionaire and the former chairman […]
Residents of Palm Beach County, Florida, erupted at a county commission meeting on Tuesday over a new mandatory mask policy, and Twitter users compared the angry outbursts to episodes of the TV show “Parks and Recreation.” “They want to throw God’s wonderful breathing system out the door,” one woman said […]
John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s former Palm Beach estate sold for $US36 million, a person with knowledge of the deal told The Wall Street Journal. The house had been on the market for $US47.5 million. Located on Billionaires Row, it was last sold for $US23 million four years ago and […]
Melania Trump received the “2020 Woman of Distinction Award” from Palm Beach Atlantic University on Wednesday. In her acceptance speech, the First Lady urged “healthy online behaviour,” while her husband, President Donald Trump, was on Twitter, attacking Mike Bloomberg and threatening to sue “everyone all over the place.” People flocked […]
A $US17.5 million penthouse is being built on one of America’s most famous high-end shopping destinations, Worth Avenue in Palm Beach, Florida. The apartment will be situated directly above a Tiffany & Co. store. With five bedrooms, seven and a half baths, a rooftop with panoramic views, and fully equipped […]
Real-estate consultancy firm Knight Frank analysed global sales data to find the most expensive streets in the world. The firm looked at the most exclusive global neighbourhoods and ranked the top streets by the number of ultra-prime sales, or sales over $US25 million, since 2015. New York City’s 57th Street […]
Business Insider teamed up with Jonathan Miller, the president and CEO of the real estate and consulting firm Miller Samuel Inc., to gather a list of the 17 most expensive home sales the US has seen since December of 2009. According to a report from The Wall Street Journal, the […]
US Army Staff Sgt. Richard Ciccarella was stationed at President Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Florida from August 2017 to March 2018. During that period, prosecutors say, Ciccarella uploaded topless pictures of a relative to a Russian website named iMGSRC.ru. A cursory inspection of the website reveals it to […]
Newly revealed documents show that federal prosecutors under the guidance of US attorney Alex Acosta told the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office that Jeffrey Epstein was not eligible for work release. The Daily Mail reported that a December 2008 letter and other materials from then-US Attorney Alex Acosta’s office arguing […]
President Donald Trump has outstanding debt on many of his real estate properties, a New York Times investigation found. Trump owns more than $US122 million in personal real estate in the US and the West Indies, according to Forbes estimates. From a NYC penthouse to a St. Martin beachfront estate, […]
David Koch, an American billionaire known for donating to conservative political causes, has died at age 79. The late philanthropist, who was worth an estimated $US58.7 billion when he died (per Bloomberg), owned at least $US143 million worth of real estate in New York City, the Hamptons,Aspen, Colorado, and Palm […]
The Washington Post published a report on Thursday outlining how President Donald Trump and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein’s friendship ended when the two fought over a Palm Beach mansion in 2004. The report also reveals that Palm Beach cops received their first tip about underage girls visiting Epstein’s house […]
In what a former Royal Palm Beach High School administrator called an “open secret,” The Palm Beach Post reported that convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein recruited a ring of underage girls from the high school. Police reports suggest that at least 15 students may have been recruited into an alleged […]
During a press conference on Tuesday, the lawyer Brad Edwards, who represents some of the women who have accused the wealthy financier Jeffrey Epstein of sexual abuse, said Epstein continued to commit abuse during his 13 months in jail. Epstein’s 18-month sentence, which was the result of a lenient plea […]
Jeffrey Epstein, who is charged with sex trafficking, spent $US1,222.35 on commissary items during 12 random days in July, August, and September in 2008 while serving a 13-month sentence at a jail in Palm Beach County, Florida, according to order receipts from the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office obtained by […]
President Donald Trump addressed questions over his past praise of Jeffrey Epstein, a New York financier now facing charges from federal prosecutors of sex trafficking and conspiracy. Trump told reporters that he and Epstein had a “falling out” and that the two haven’t spoken in 15 years. Trump told New […]
Florida officials announced Thursday that the Trump administration plans to move thousands of migrants from the border to two Florida counties, with no plan for how to care for them. Palm Beach County Sheriff Ric Bradshaw said the Customs and Border Protection agency will bring 1,000 migrants per month to […]
A US Secret Service agent inserted a USB drive infected with “malicious malware” into his laptop after the hardware was confiscated from a Chinese woman who was arrested late last month at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort. The agent testified in court on Monday that the thumb drive began installing files in […]
The Chinese woman arrested on March 30 while attempting to gain access to President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort had a signal detector, which is used to discover hidden cameras, and thousands of dollars in cash in her hotel room, prosecutors said on Monday. The woman, Yujing Zhang, was carrying a […]
A sprawling Florida mansion just sold to an unidentified buyer for more than $US110 million, making it the most expensive single-family home ever sold in Palm Beach, the Palm Beach Daily News reported. The transaction broke the record set by President Donald Trump back in 2008 when he sold his […]
Billionaire hedge-fund manager Ken Griffin has been on a real-estate spending spree. He’s buying Calvin Klein’s seven-acre Hamptons compound in an off-market deal, Katherine Clarke and Candace Taylor reported for The Wall Street Journal. In January 2019, he set a real-estate record in the US with the purchase of a […]
Since Tuesday, Florida, Georgia, and Arizona have become mired in controversy over uncounted votes. But nowhere is the chaos more dramatic than in Florida, where two major South Florida counties – Broward and Palm Beach – have yet to count thousands of votes. Several races, including the Senate and gubernatorial […]
Local police in Florida had three encounters with Nikolas Cruz, the confessed mass shooter who killed 17 people at high school last week, in just a three-week span. In a 911 tape recording from November 2017, Cruz told police he was struggling with the death of his mother. Roxanne Deschamps, […]
Mar-a-Lago is Donald Trump’s private club in Palm Beach, Florida. The property made a number of headlines and served as the First Family’s gilded getaway throughout Trump’s presidency. It’s where the family went on Wednesday following the end of Trump’s presidential term, even though neighbors weren’t thrilled at the prospect. […]
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[credit provider=”Zillow”] The latest buzz on Wall Street is all about the migration of hedge funds to warmer, sunnier locales — in particular, Palm Beach County in Florida. The county has created the Palm Beach County Business Development Board to help encourage and attract firms, especially those in financial services, to the […]
[credit provider=”Julie Zeveloff/Business Insider”] Thousands of Ferrari lovers flocked to Palm Beach this weekend for the annual Cavallino Classic, one of the largest Ferrari conventions in the world.The centrepiece of the event was the Concorso d’Eleganza at the Breakers Hotel on Saturday morning, where some 150 rare Ferraris from the […]
[credit provider=”Corcoran” url=”http://www.corcoran.com/news/index.aspx?page=Article&pub_id=12346″] This landmarked Maurice Fatio-designed Italian-Romanesque-style house in Palm Beach is on sale for $22.5 million. The home was specially designed for its original owners, late investment banker Mortimer Schiff and his wife, Adele Neustadt Schiff. Today its current owners use it as a vacation home, according to the […]
[credit provider=”Linda A. Gary Real Estate Inc.” url=”http://www.lindaagary.com/view_home.php?propertyid=218″] A nine-bedroom, 10-bathroom house right on the water in Palm Beach is on the market for $38 million.Originally built in 1975, the estate has been remodeled since, and features two oceanfront living rooms, an elevator, a pool with a waterfall, a pool […]
[credit provider=”Sotheby’s” url=”http://www.sothebyshomes.com/palmbeach/sales/0075170#”] A 13,000-square-foot home in the South Ocean area of Palm Beach, with views of the Intracoastal Waterway, is on sale for $38 million.The residence is protected by cast iron gates. The home has seven bedrooms, eight bathrooms, and five half-baths.
[credit provider=”Fite Shavell & Associates” url=”http://properties.fiteshavell.com/property_info.cfm?445/Palm-Beach/Single-Family-Home/102-Banyan-Road”] An 11,000 square foot Palm Beach home, that was inspired by a boutique hotel in Bermuda, is on sale for $26 million, according to the Palm Beach Daily News. The price includes all of the home’s furnishings.The house features seven bedrooms, 9.5 bathrooms, and […]
[credit provider=”1220 South Ocean ” url=”http://1220southocean.com/index.html”] A massive French château-style house with nine bedrooms and 14 bathrooms on the water in Palm Beach is listed at $75 million.It’s a new construction that went on the market in 2010 for $84 million; the current price tag is a bargain, relatively speaking.
[credit provider=”Fite Shavell & Assoicates “] Carroll Petrie, the widow of philanthropist and retail mogul Milton Petrie, sold her Palm Beach house for $6.81 million (Via The Real Deal).Petrie, who lives full-time on Fifth Avenue in New York City, finally unloaded her Elephant Walk Estate, which sits on three quarters […]
Last week we told you about the biggest water guzzlers in the Hamptons. J. Crew CEO Mickey Drexler, who in 2010 used 18.4 million gallons to keep his Bridgehampton estate looking lush, topped the list.
It’s been a while since we last checked in on West Palm Beach FL, which we’ve dubbed one of the most depressing places in America. So what are they up to, and how are they trying to rebound like the rest of the country.
See, this is why we just can’t abide with the destruction of unsold homes. Even if you can’t sell them, you can use ’em for something (sometimes).
Our ongoing battle with the city of West Palm Beach, FL over where the city should fall on the list of Most Depressing Cities has been taken to a brand new level today.
The city of West Palm Beach is stunned that it came in at #7 on our list of the Most Depressing Cities in America.
If one scammer pretends to be another scammer, does a tree fall in the forest?
Ruth Madoff took a break from her comfortable life in Palm Beach to visit her dear old husband in Manhattan jail today. CNBC got a couple seconds of her walking outside the jail, and as you’ll see they obviously did their best to stretch that small snip out. No word […]
What, you thought that Ruth Madoff was living in some barren studio apartment eating oats?
After 60-odd years in New York, clever Ruth Madoff suddenly says her primary residence is her $9 million Palm Beach mansion.
Wow, how ridiculous must those expense reports be?
With friends like these, who needs…
The rich-and-ripped-off can be droll.
Two reports from the front show that Palm Beach didn’t miss a beat on New Year’s. The only difference was that some of the partiers wanted to avoid having their mug on camera.
Maybe the pen is mightier than the sword. Investigators are speculating that the renegades who stole and then returned Bernie Madoff’s lawn statue with a note last week were inspired by a group from a German indie film, Die Fetten Jahre sind vorbei, or for those of you who don’t […]
It may not be much in the grand (Ponzi) scheme of things, but a Palm Beach thief just made off with a $10,000 statue from Bernie Madoff’s estate.
The Bernie Madoff fraud slams into the Palm Beach economy: Super-luxury condos have hit the market. Pawn shops have snapped into action. Dog walkers, lawn mowers, accountants, and lawyers are expected to be thrown out of work. And more…
And there are some very rich members there. One of whom is Nelson Peltz, who built up Snapple.
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