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Bradley Food Pantry in Bradley Beach needs a new home

Post By: Olivia May 3, 2024 0 Comment(s) access:free, ssts:news:local:neptune-wall:bradley-beach, sstsn:BRADLEY BEACH, type:gallery

Volunteers serve patrons of the Bradley Food Pantry on Thursday, May 2, 2024, at St. James Episcopal Church in Bradley Beach, New Jersey.

Packages of meat at Bradley Food Pantry on Thursday, May 2, 2024, at St. James Episcopal Church in Bradley Beach, New Jersey.

Volunteers serve patrons of the Bradley Food Pantry on Thursday, May 2, 2024, at St. James Episcopal Church in Bradley Beach, New Jersey.

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A patron selects a bag of bread from the Bradley Food Pantry on Thursday, May 2, 2024, at St. James Episcopal Church in Bradley Beach, New Jersey.

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Baby formula and food at the Bradley Food Pantry on Thursday, May 2, 2024, at St. James Episcopal Church in Bradley Beach, New Jersey.

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Here's the skinny on a unique new home built in Jacksonville Beach

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Here’s the skinny on a unique new home built in Jacksonville Beach

A narrow lot is no problem when you can build up instead of outwards. This “skinny house” at 1952 Horn St. occupies a 3,485-square-foot parcel in Jacksonville Beach (just under 1/10 of an acre), but its unique footprint offers two bedrooms and 2.5 baths, with room for a pool in the backyard. It’s on the market for $619,000.

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Yalena Perdomo at her new Habitat for Humanity home in Bonita Springs

Post By: Olivia April 15, 2024 0 Comment(s) access:metered, ssts:news:local:communities:the-banner, sstsn:The Banner, tag:Bonita Springs, tag:Habitat for Humanity, tag:Honduras, type:gallery

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Yalena Perdomo hugs Melody Lineberry, HUD certified housing coordinator for Habitat for Humanity, during a ceremony welcoming Perdomo to her new home. Perdomo’s daughter Lindzey, 4, was excited about her new home.

Family, volunteers, and members of the Shadow Wood Charitable Foundation attended the ceremony welcoming Yalena Perdomo to her new Habitat for Humanity home.

Lindzey Perdomo, 4, jumps up and down in excitement in her new bedroom as she describes how she wants to decorate her new room.

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Habitat for Humanity built 14 homes on Partnership Place in Bonita Springs. The last two homes were finally complete and Wednesday one of the houses was dedicated to the Perdomo family.

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Family, volunteers, and members of the Shadow Wood Charitable Foundation attended the ceremony welcoming Yalena Perdomo to her new Habitat for Humanity home.

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Family, volunteers, and members of the Shadow Wood Charitable Foundation attended the ceremony welcoming Yalena Perdomo to her new Habitat for Humanity home.

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Norm Wells, president of the board of trustees of the Shadow Wood Charitable Foundation, that helped fund the Habitat for Humanity home, hands over the keys to the house to Yalena Perdomo and her daughter Lindzey.

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Every new Habitat for Humanity homeowner is given an American flag, a bible, a holiday tree ornament and a box of food from the Harry Chapin food bank. Here Melody Lineberry, HUD certified housing coordinator for Habitat for Humanity, gives Yalena Perdomo the bible while Perdomo’s daughter Lindzey waves the flag.

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Volusia County's top luxury home sales in first quarter 2024

Post By: Olivia March 25, 2024 0 Comment(s) access:free, fl, florida, ssts:business:real-estate, sstsn:real-estate, tag:Daytona Beach, tag:Exclude from Home Front, tag:Home Prices, tag:Local Business (activity), tag:Luxury Homes, tag:New Smyrna Beach, tag:Real Estate, tag:Realtors, tag:Volusia County, type:gallery

This is a view of the Halifax River from inside the great room at the home at 357 N. Beach St. in Ormond Beach that sold on March 4, 2024 for $3.4 million.

This riverfront home at 357 N. Beach St. in Ormond Beach sold on March 4, 2024, for $3.4 million.

This is a view of the golf course at Plantation Bay from the screen-in pool for the 5-bedroom, 5-bath home at 1000 Sudbury Lane in Ormond Beach that sold on March 15, 2024 for $3 million. The home has 5,835 square feet of living space and includes a 4-car garage. It was built in 2021.

Venture Development Realty Inc.

This 5-bedroom, 5-bath home at 1000 Sudbury Lane in Ormond Beach’s Plantation Bay community sold on March 15, 2024 for $3 million. The 5,835-square-foot home is along a golf course and includes a screened-in pool. The listing agent was Debbie Spelman. The buyers were represented by Carol Paquette. Both are Realtors with Venture Development Realty Inc.

Venture Development Realty Inc.

This is the pool and spa at the riverfront home at 357 N. Beach St. in Ormond Beach that sold March 4, 2024 for $3.4 million.

Pegasus Realty & Associates

This is the dock behind the riverfront home at 357 N. Beach St. in Ormond Beach that sold March 4, 2024 for $3.4 million.

Pegasus Realty & Associates

This riverfront home at 357 N. Beach St. in Ormond Beach sold March 4, 2024 for $3.4 million. Built in 2012, it has 4 bedrooms, 4.5 baths, 6,813 square feet of living space and is on a 0.67-acre property that includes a backyard pool and spa, a dock and 150 feet of frontage along the Intracoastal Waterway. The listing agent also also its seller, Realtor Janelle Mertins of Pegasus Realty in Ocala, who owned it as a vacation home.

Pegasus Realty & Associates

This is the kitchen inside the home at 700 N. Peninsula Drive, New Smyrna Beach.

The Keyes Company

The great room inside the home at 700 N. Peninsula Drive, New Smyrna Beach, offers views of the Intracoastal Waterway.

The Keyes Company

This home at 700 N. Peninsula Drive in New Smyrna Beach was sold by listing agent Terri Jackson of The Keyes Company on March 1, 2024 for $5.185 million, the most paid for a single-family home in Volusia County this year through mid-March. Built in 2009, the 5-bed, 6-bath home has 5,120 square feet of living space. The half-acre property is on the Intracoastal Waterway. It includes an infinity pool, outdoor kitchen and dock.

The Keyes Company

This home at 700 N. Peninsula Drive in New Smyrna Beach was sold by listing agent Terri Jackson of The Keyes Company on March 1, 2024 for $5.185 million, the most paid for a single-family home in Volusia County this year through mid-March. Built in 2009, the 5-bed, 6-bath home has 5,120 square feet of living space. The half-acre property is on the Intracoastal Waterway. It includes an infinity pool, outdoor kitchen and dock.

The Keyes Company

An “R” can be seen on the gate entrance to the oceanfront mansion of the late Hawaiian Tropic founder Ron Rice at 175 Ocean Shore Blvd. in Ormond Beach on Monday, Nov. 28, 2022 in Ormond Beach.

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This is an aerial view, taken in the 1990s, of the oceanfront mansion of the late Hawaiian Tropic founder Ron Rice at 175 Ocean Shore Blvd. in Ormond Beach. The property is across the street from Oceanside Country Club (visible at the top).

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Artwork and memorabilia fills the great room in the oceanfront mansion of the late Hawaiian Tropic founder Ron Rice on Monday, Nov. 28, 2022. Rice’s estate put the luxury home at 175 Ocean Shore Blvd. in Ormond Beach up for sale on Thanksgiving Day 2022.

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The oceanfront mansion of the late Hawaiian Tropic founder Ron Rice at 175 Ocean Shore Blvd. in Ormond Beach is pictured on Nov. 28, 2022. The property was recently put under contract to be sold.

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Bill Navarra, the broker/owner of Reality Pros Assured, and Linda Kramer, the longtime personal assistant to the late Ron Rice, stand next to the original trash can that Rice used to mix his first batches of Hawaiian Tropic suntan lotion in the late 1960s. They are seen here on Monday, Nov. 28, 2022, inside Rice’s Ormond Beach mansion at 175 Ocean Shore Blvd. which his estate put up for sale on Thanksgiving Day. The asking price is $5,999,900.

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This is a view of the great room in the oceanfront mansion of the late Hawaiian Tropic founder Ron Rice on Monday, Nov. 28, 2022. Rice’s estate put the luxury home at 175 Ocean Shore Blvd. in Ormond Beach up for sale on Thanksgiving Day 2022.

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Bill Navarra, the broker/owner of Realty Pros Assured, and Linda Kramer, the longtime personal assistant to the late Ron Rice, stand next to the original garbage can that the Hawaiian Tropic founder used to mix his first batches of suntan lotion back in the late 1960s. The garbage can was later plated in silver. Navarra is the listing agent for Rice’s oceanfront mansion at 175 Ocean Shore Blvd. in Ormond Beach which was put up for sale on Thanksgiving Day 2022. He and Kramer are seen here in the mansion’s great room on Monday, Nov. 28, 2022.

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This is an indoor pool at the oceanfront mansion at 175 Ocean Shore Blvd. in Ormond Beach. The 12,414-square-foot four-bedroom, five-bath custom home belonged to the late Hawaiian Tropic founder Ron Rice. It was put up for sale on Thursday, Nov. 24, 2022 with an asking price of just under $6 million. It sits on a full acre that includes 200 feet of beach frontage.

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This is the indoor pool inside the oceanfront mansion of the late Ron Rice, seen here on Monday, Nov. 28, 2022. The pool connects to one of the property’s two outdoor pools and is adorned by statues that are giant-sized replicas of the trophies Rice used to give out to winners of his suntan lotion company’s Miss Hawaiian Tropic International pageants. The luxury home at 175 Ocean Shore Blvd. in Ormond Beach was put up for sale by Rice’s estate on Thanksgiving Day 2022.

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This outdoor pool connects to an indoor pool at the oceanfront mansion of the late Hawaiian Tropic founder Ron Rice on Monday, Nov. 28, 2022. Rice’s estate put the luxury home at 175 Ocean Shore Blvd. in Ormond Beach up for sale on Thanksgiving Day 2022.

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This is the master bedroom suite in the oceanfront mansion of the late Hawaiian Tropic founder Ron Rice, seen here on Monday, Nov. 28, 2022. The suite was redecorated by Rice’s daughter Sterling when he decided to use one of the first-floor bedrooms instead. The luxury home at 175 Ocean Shore Blvd. in Ormond Beach was put up for sale by Rice’s estate on Thanksgiving Day.

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The indoor pool connects to the large outdoor pool in the oceanfront mansion of the late Ron Rice, seen here on Monday, Nov. 28, 2022. The luxury home at 175 Ocean Shore Blvd. in Ormond Beach was put up for sale by Rice’s estate on Thanksgiving Day 2022.

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The first months of 2024 saw these notable homes sell in Palm Beach

Post By: Olivia March 11, 2024 0 Comment(s) access:free, ssts:business:real-estate, sstsn:real-estate, type:gallery

The sun rises above the Worth Avenue Clock Tower in Palm Beach, where real estate activity in Palm Beach at the start of 2024 was sluggish. But some notable properties still changed hands in the first months of the year.

At 1080 S. Ocean Blvd., a never-lived-in house developed on speculation in Palm Beach near former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago Club in Palm Beach changed hands in early February 2024 for a recorded $21.8 million.

The Mediterranean-style house has five bedrooms and 9,847 square feet of living space, inside and out. The house offers ocean views from windows on the second floor, although the property is separated by South Ocean Boulevard from another house directly opposite on the beach.

On the buyer’s side was the 1080 South Ocean Boulevard Trust, named after the property’s address. Broker Linda Olsson of Linda R. Olsson Inc. acted on behalf of the buyer.

Developer Todd Michael Glaser signed the deed as manager of the Florida limited liability company that sold the Mediterranean-style house. Glaser developed the residence on speculation with two of his Miami-based investment partners, Scott Robins and Jonathan Fryd. Agent Suzanne Frisbie of the Corcoran Group represented Glaser’s side of the deal.

Fox News’ political anchor Bret Baier and his wife, Amy, sold — for $13.49 million — one of their two homes in Palm Beach, a deed recorded in January 2024 showed. The Baiers had owned the three-bedroom house at 244 Fairview Road on the North End since June 2022, when they bought it from a company controlled by fashion designer Tommy Hilfiger. The Baiers sold the house to the 244 Fairview Road Trust. The house has 4,970 square feet of living space, inside and out, with Bermuda-style architecture. It stands on a North End lot of about a quarter-acre on a road bordering the south end of Palm Beach Country Club. Broker Christian Angle of Christian Angle Real Estate handled both sides of the sale. The Baiers reside in a larger North End residence on Wells Road.

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A Palm Beach house on more than half an acre at the southwest point of Ibis Isle sold in early January 2024 to the couple next door for a recorded $16.45 million. That was nearly $1 million more than the property’s asking price. The buyers of 2308 Ibis Isle Road West were businessman and media investor Michael Berman and his wife, Palm Beach interior designer Victoria Hagan. With dramatic water views, the five-bedroom, contemporary-style house Berman and Hagan bought was built in 1981 on a lot of three-fifths of an acre. The house has 7,307 square feet of living space, inside and out. The house had been in the same family since 1989, when the late Dr. Irving J. Sherman and his late wife, Florence, paid $1.55 million for it. The Shermans’ daughter, Andrea S. Barletta of Tolland, Connecticut, sold the property. Christian Angle of Christian Angle Real Estate was the listing broker. Agents Liza Pulitzer and Whitney McGurk of Brown Harris Stevens represented the buyers.

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A landmarked house that won an award for historic preservation sold in mid-February 2024 Midtown Palm Beach for a recorded $12.7 million. Known as Tradewinds, the house at 424 Brazilian Ave. was built in 1930 and restored by retired investment banker Lynn Foster, who sold it as co-trustee of a trust. The buyer was another Palm Beach property owner, Timothy Sanford, acting as trustee of the LRG Land Trust. The main house has three bedroom suites and 3,306 total square feet of living space, inside and out. At the rear of the property is a two-bedroom guesthouse with1,294 total square feet, a living room and a kitchen. The Spanish-style house was designed by Maurice Fatio, a noted Palm Beach society architect. Foster’s renovation and expansion kept many of the original details intact, including tile floors and the living-room’s beamed ceiling. Brown Harris Stevens handled both sides of the sale. Agent Carole Hogan represented Foster and negotiated opposite her colleague Maureen R. Woodward.

Shawn Hood Media, Courtesy Brown Harris Stevens

This never-lived-in, contemporary-style home completed last year at 2291 Ibis Isle Road E. on Ibis Isle in Palm Beach sold in late February 2024 for a recorded $12.5 million. The house was developed on speculation on the east side of the island and faces about 100 feet on the Intracoastal Waterway. The four-bedroom house has 5,208 square feet of living space, inside and out, and offers dramatic water views. Entrepreneur and real estate investor Richard Fertig developed and sold the house. A Florida limited liability company named after the property’s address was the buyer. The four-bedroom house has 5,208 square feet of living space, inside and out. Chris Deitz of Compass Florida was the listing agent. Handling the buyer’s side were agent Valentina Kraver and her daughters, agents Sasha Kraver and Isabella Kraver, all of Douglas Elliman Real Estate.

Studio 910 Palm Beach, Courtesy Compass Florida

The house that just sold for $10.2 million at 310 Plantation Road on the North End of Palm Beach was built in 1950 but has since been remodeled.

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Squirrels look for new home as construction project clears forest

Post By: Olivia March 10, 2024 0 Comment(s) access:free, ssts:news:local:south-jersey, sstsn:South Jersey, tag:Facebook Autopilot via SND, tag:NJ Content Sharing - South Jersey, tag:Voorhees, type:gallery

A sign outside Nicoletto Chiropractic in Voorhees might seem confusing until you drive just a short distance to the site of a former forest off Route 561.

A construction vehicle drags felled trees to a woodchipper at the site of the planned $28 million Victory Commons complex in Voorhees.

Demolition’s also planned for two long-abandoned houses at the site between Northgate and Southgate drives.

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More than eight acres of formerly wooded land is being cleared for Victory Commons, an 81-unit affordable apartment complex.

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An abandoned house stands, for the time being at least, next to a property-clearing project for a future apartment complex in Voorhees.

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A front end loader carries fill soil at the construction site for Victory Commons in Voorhees.

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Nature and decay have largely overtaken this abandoned house next to the Route 561 housing site.

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The Michaels Organization, a Camden development firm, has agreed to provide replacements or compensation for trees removed for its Victory Commons complex. Construction is expected to take a year to 14 months.

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A second abandoned house at the construction site is next to the parking lot for Southgate Plaza, a small shopping center.

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Workers are clearing a once-forested site for construction of an 81-unit apartment complex off Route 561 in Voorhees.

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A self-demolition process seems well underway at this abandoned home at the construction site for Victory Commons.

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Vero Beach downtown master plan consultants offer some bold proposals

Post By: Olivia February 8, 2024 0 Comment(s) access:metered, ssts:opinion, sstsn:opinion, type:gallery

In this image produced by DPZ CoDesign Feb. 7, 2024, Vero Beach planning consultants, potential homes for teachers are shown along the northern perimeter of the Freshman Leaning Center on 19th Street.

In this image produced by DPZ CoDesign Feb. 7, 2024, Vero Beach planning consultants, Pocahontas Park as it exists in 2024 is shown at left. DPZ proposes changes to the park, right. They would include eliminating a small parking area and moving shuffleboard courts north, adjacent to more pickleball courts, and creating a pathway into and through the park.

Highly visible crosswalks, including elevated pavement near an intersection on Clematis Street in West Palm Beach, are shown in this undated photo provided by DPZ CoDesign, downtown master planning consultants for the city of Vero Beach. Consultants proposed a similar look for 14th Avenue intersections with the Twin Pairs of State Road 60.

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The Courthouse Executive Center on 14th Avenue in Vero Beach is shown Feb. 7, 2024. Opened in 1937, the former Indian River County Courthouse would make a good Vero Beach City Hall, according to Andres Duany, working on a master plan for the city’s downtown.

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The Heritage Center on 14th Avenue in Vero Beach is shown Feb. 7, 2024. It was built as the city’s community center in 1935.

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Frist family mansion in Nashville sells for $32 million

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The Frist family mansion at 1304 Chickering Road in Belle Meade has been sold for $32 million. Built by HCA Healthcare co-founder Dr. Thomas Frist Jr., the property sits on a 50-acre parcel had been on the market since 2022.

The Frist family mansion at 1304 Chickering Road in Belle Meade has been sold for $32 million. Built by HCA Healthcare co-founder Dr. Thomas Frist Jr., the property sits on a 50-acre parcel had been on the market since 2022.

The Frist family mansion at 1304 Chickering Road in Belle Meade has been sold for $32 million. Built by HCA Healthcare co-founder Dr. Thomas Frist Jr., the property sits on a 50-acre parcel had been on the market since 2022.

Fridrich & Clark Realty

The Frist family mansion at 1304 Chickering Road in Belle Meade has been sold for $32 million. Built by HCA Healthcare co-founder Dr. Thomas Frist Jr., the property sits on a 50-acre parcel had been on the market since 2022.

Fridrich & Clark Realty

The Frist family mansion at 1304 Chickering Road in Belle Meade has been sold for $32 million. Built by HCA Healthcare co-founder Dr. Thomas Frist Jr., the property sits on a 50-acre parcel had been on the market since 2022.

Fridrich & Clark Realty

The Frist family mansion at 1304 Chickering Road in Belle Meade has been sold for $32 million. Built by HCA Healthcare co-founder Dr. Thomas Frist Jr., the property sits on a 50-acre parcel had been on the market since 2022.

Fridrich & Clark Realty

The Frist family mansion at 1304 Chickering Road in Belle Meade has been sold for $32 million. Built by HCA Healthcare co-founder Dr. Thomas Frist Jr., the property sits on a 50-acre parcel had been on the market since 2022.

Fridrich & Clark Realty

The Frist family mansion at 1304 Chickering Road in Belle Meade has been sold for $32 million. Built by HCA Healthcare co-founder Dr. Thomas Frist Jr., the property sits on a 50-acre parcel had been on the market since 2022.

Fridrich & Clark Realty