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Ken Griffin has spent more than $500 million buying 10+ Palm Beach mansions, then tearing most of them down, to assemble a 27-acre ocean-to-lake estate. It's now the largest residential parcel on the island, bigger than Mar-a-Lago. We walk through the biggest buys on Blossom Way and South Ocean Boulevard, the 44,000-square-foot compound he's actually building, and why observers think the f...

An empty lot in Manalapan just sold for $30 million. No mansion, no pool. It's a nearly two-acre, lake-to-ocean homesite at 1820 South Ocean Boulevard with a 1969 cabana and an old boat dock on it. The seller paid $7 million in 2015, the county appraised it at $19.1 million this year, and the buyer is still hidden behind an LLC. We'll dig into why this tiny island town south of Palm Beach...

Billionaire Jeff Greene just sold the Tideline Palm Beach Ocean Resort for $150 million, after buying it for $41 million in 2011. The buyer is Fort Partners, the firm behind every Four Seasons in South Florida, and it already owns the Four Seasons Palm Beach right next door. Is this the start of something bigger on that stretch of oceanfront? We break down the numbers, why Greene says he sold, and...

An 85-foot drill rig toppled at the site of Ken Griffin's planned $1 billion Citadel headquarters in Brickell. It crushed three vehicles and a worker container and set a passing SUV on fire. Four people were hurt, and all of them survived with minor injuries. We walk through what happened at 1201 Brickell Bay Drive and what's planned there: a 54-story, 1.7-million-square-foot tower on the...

Miami's worst-kept secret is a billion-dollar deal. Brokers across Wynwood describe developer Moishe Mana's sale of the 30-acre Mana Wynwood complex to Citadel billionaire Ken Griffin as effectively done — at a rumored $700 million to over $1 billion, which would be a record for a South Florida development-site sale. Both men deny it. But Griffin reportedly wants an AI and technology campu...

The owner of the Playboy Mansion is cashing out of Miami Beach. Daren Metropoulos — who bought Hugh Hefner's Holmby Hills estate for $100 million in 2016 — has his oceanfront home at 7815 Atlantic Way in North Beach under contract for nearly $25 million, up from the $18 million he paid in 2021. It's the second-priciest deal in a week where 12 Miami-Dade properties asking $4M+ went under contract,...

Join real estate broker Larry Mastropieri, owner of The Mastropieri Group, and John Laws of Discover South Florida for a full breakdown of the deals, fights and financing reshaping the South Florida market right now. The headliner: the vacant Palm Island lot where Al Capone spent his final years just sold for $21 million — and there's no house on it. The villa was demolished in 2023, so the bu...

Join real estate broker Larry Mastropieri, owner of The Mastropieri Group, and John Laws of Discover South Florida for a breakdown of the deals, rule changes, and neighborhood fights reshaping the South Florida market. This episode's headliner: Ken Griffin just sold his Worth Avenue building to Blackstone for $86 million — only $3 million more than he paid in 2023. On paper that's a break-...

Young Thug just paid $5 million cash for a brand-new estate in Cooper City — seven bedrooms, roughly 6,000 square feet, on a two-acre lot in a quiet western Broward suburb. He skipped the Miami Beach waterfront entirely. We break down the 37% discount off the builder's original $8 million ask, the LLC named after the address, and what it says about where privacy-first celebrity money is actual...

A Leon County judge just ordered the state to rewrite the ballot language for Governor DeSantis' property tax amendment. Judge David Frank ruled the title — "Save Our Homes From Excessive Property Taxes" — reads "akin to a political advertisement" rather than the clear, neutral wording state law requires. Amendment 3 stays on the November ballot, but Attorney General James...

Join real estate broker Larry Mastropieri, owner of The Mastropieri Group, and John Laws of Discover South Florida for a breakdown of the deals, the disasters, and the policy fights reshaping the South Florida market this week. The headliner: Floyd "Money" Mayweather's former Palm Island estate just resold for $18.5 million — about $3.5 million below what it last traded for. But the...

The World Cup is over, football season is coming, and the money never stopped moving. Join real estate broker Larry Mastropieri, owner of The Mastropieri Group, and John Laws of Discover South Florida for a full breakdown of the stories reshaping this market right now. President Trump's four South Florida properties generated roughly $265 million in the first year of his second term — Mar-a-La...

While Brazil was sent home early in this World Cup, one of the country's greatest former champions is settling into an oceanfront view. Join real estate broker Larry Mastropieri, owner of The Mastropieri Group, and John Laws of Discover South Florida for a fast, funny run through the biggest stories reshaping the South Florida market right now. Brazilian legend Kaká — 2002 World Cup winner and...

Join real estate broker Larry Mastropieri, owner of The Mastropieri Group, and John Laws of Discover South Florida for a fast-moving look at the deals, dramas, and policy shifts reshaping the South Florida market right now. This episode's headliner: a James Bond superfan just listed his personal Delray Beach residence — "Villa Skyfall" — for a staggering $85 million, and if it sells...

Real estate broker Larry Mastropieri, owner of The Mastropieri Group, and John Laws of Discover South Florida do deep dive into the stories reshaping the South Florida market right now. Donald Trump Jr. and his new wife, Bettina Anderson, are building an eight-bedroom custom estate in West Palm Beach — and their choice to plant roots on the mainland instead of the island of Palm Beach says everyth...

Larry Mastropieri of The Mastropieri Group and John Laws of Discover South Florida break down some of the biggest real estate and development stories shaping South Florida. From Tiger Woods and Justin Timberlake’s involvement in a massive luxury lifestyle community in Wellington, to Stephen Ross’s potential transformation of Boca Raton’s historic IBM campus into a mixed-use destination, the discus...

Join Larry Mastropieri, real estate broker and owner of The Mastropieri Group, along with John Laws of Discover South Florida, as they break down the latest buzz in South Florida real estate. This livestream covers how World Cup excitement is fueling Miami condo sales to foreign investors, a luxury sales surge in Palm Beach County led by Celine Dion’s former Jupiter estate, the upcoming groundbrea...

Larry Mastropieri, real estate broker and owner of The Mastropieri Group, along with John Laws of Discover South Florida break down some of the biggest stories shaping South Florida real estate. From Jeff Greene’s proposal for Florida’s tallest mass timber tower in West Palm Beach and the impact of the Live Local Act, to soccer icon Roberto Carlos’ multimillion-dollar condo purchases in Fort Laude...

Larry Mastropieri, broker/owner of The Mastropieri Group, and John Laws of Discover South Florida live break down some of the biggest real estate stories impacting South Florida and the Sunshine State. Topics include Florida’s newly approved homestead property tax proposal headed to the November 2026 ballot, a new ultra-luxury auto condo country club planned for West Palm Beach, the latest progres...

Larry Mastropieri of The Mastropieri Group alongside John Laws host a fast-paced livestream covering the latest headlines shaping the South Florida real estate market. From stalled luxury condo sales at the former Surfside collapse site and major development changes in Plantation, to mounting lawsuits at the Aston Martin Residences and a sharp rise in South Florida business bankruptcies, the discu...

Larry Mastropieri, real estate broker and owner of The Mastropieri Group, along with John Laws of Discover South Florida take a look at some of the biggest real estate stories shaping Palm Beach County and South Florida. Tonight’s discussion covers Max Scherzer’s high-profile Jupiter mansion flip, David MacNeil’s record-setting $105 million Manalapan land sale, the final construction phase of The...

Larry Mastropieri, real estate broker and owner of The Mastropieri Group, along with John Laws of Discover South Florida have a timely discussion on the forces reshaping South Florida real estate. They’ll cover Manhattan developers transforming the region’s skyline, a billionaire’s $25 million foreclosure flip in Fort Lauderdale, major apartment construction progress in Delray Beach, and why infra...

Larry Mastropieri of The Mastropieri Group joins John Laws of Discover South Florida for a timely livestream unpacking major South Florida real estate headlines. They’ll discuss the $360 million construction loan moving Icon Beach forward in Hollywood, the foreclosure suit tied to Aria Delray Beach, Florida’s new ranking as the worst state for apartment renters, and Boynton Beach CRA’s $15.4 milli...

Larry Mastropieri and John Laws move through major projects, market trends, and local pushback across Palm Beach, Broward, and Miami-Dade counties. A major early topic was “Project Tango,” a proposed 3.6 million-square-foot data center and warehouse project on 202 acres near Wellington and Loxahatchee. John described the opposition as intense, with thousands of signatures against the project and W...

Real estate broker Larry Mastropieri of The Mastropieri Group and John Laws of Discover South Florida break down some of the biggest headlines shaping the South Florida real estate market right now. From the dramatic implosion clearing the way for ultra-luxury redevelopment on Brickell Key, to major land deals, hotel acquisitions, and new high-end residential projects rising across Palm Beach Coun...