Prices for cabanas reach $1 million in Palm Beach


Soak this in: Scoring a chunk of pool-front actual property in Palm Seashore takes greater than tossing down a towel — a reserved mattress for enjoyable within the solar now prices as a lot as $1 million. 

“They’re form of a treasured factor on Palm Seashore,” stated Corcoran dealer Suzanne Frisbie. “They will get very costly relying on how giant they’re.”

However these aren’t the cabanas out of your guardian’s favourite seaside resort.

“They’re form of a treasured factor on Palm Seashore [and] can get very costly relying on how giant they’re.”

Corcoran dealer Suzanne Frisbie

They’re tricked-out luxurious areas that solely multi-million-dollar apartment possession entitles you to. And although they usually commerce with condos (like parking areas or storage), they’re really separate items of actual property with their very own pint-sized deeds.

That additionally means house owners should pay upkeep charges and taxes on their poolside escapes. And if their funds are sinking, they could determined to jettison their splash pads for somewhat floating capital. There are different senecios, too.

“In the event you promote your property and the customer doesn’t need your cabana, you will need to promote that cabana instantly,” stated Fern Fodiman of Sotheby’s Worldwide Realty. 

Trying to (Marco) make a splash your self (Polo)? Go forward, cannonball: These are the priciest cabanas in PB.


$1 million-plus: 2200 PGA Blvd. No. 301-302

There are simply six privately owned cabanas on the Ritz-Carlton Residences in Palm Seashore Gardens, a small metropolis on South Florida’s mainland, every price a cool $1 million.

Each cabana has a residing space, a kitchenette and a toilet, providing a delicate reprieve from the solar, stated John Greene of Douglas Elliman. He represents unit 301-302 within the growth at 2200 PGA Blvd., which is slated for completion subsequent 12 months. Priced at $15.5 million, the apartment itemizing contains not solely the cabana, however a ship slip.

“It offers you a way of what you get for 1,000,000 {dollars} on this market,” he stated. “You get a non-public cabana.”

The east-facing poolside cubbies, which span as much as 383 sq. toes, sit within the lap of luxurious, wanting throughout to the undertaking’s personal marina within the North Palm Seashore Waterway. 

Residents heading proper to the health club or a restaurant can pop in for a fast change with out going to their flats, Greene added.

$500,000-plus: 2000 S Ocean 504N

The 93 cabanas at Sloans Curve, at 2000 and 2001 South Ocean Blvd. on Palm Seashore, are every price about $500,000, partially because of the apartment’s proximity to the houses of Tommy Hilfiger and different celebrities, stated Frisbie. 

Frisbie represents unit 504N in 2000 South Ocean, which is priced at $7.99 million and features a cabana. Together with a kitchenette and a full bathtub, it has fairly vegetation outdoors and privateness from the remainder of the row.

And whereas a half-million-dollar valuation could seem absurd to some, because of the arch of the constructing, “The cabanas are nestled down within the dune and shielded from the prevailing breeze,” she stated. Plus, “As a result of it’s such a tiny market, as quickly as one individual pays it, that’s it.”

$500,000-plus: 2 N Breakers Row No. Penthouse 4

Over on Palm Seashore island, the Breakers at 2 N Breakers Row has 40 cabanas, every tucked discretely behind a sliding glass door.

Measuring 175 sq. toes, they provide seclusion within the pool space, which is shared by residents and their visitors (resulting in nasty seems within the competitors for chairs on busy days).

“When it’s 75 levels, you simply open the door and you’ve got this wonderful cross breeze,” stated Jack Elkins of William Raveis South Florida. 

His itemizing, the three,560-square-foot No. PH4, is priced at $17.5 million and has a cabana.

Offering the last word comfort, snacks could be ordered proper to it, Elkins stated, however the proximity to the ocean makes it price not less than $500,000.

$500,000-plus: 2100 S Ocean 308N

Fodiman bought unit 308N at 2100 South Ocean Blvd. for $8.95 million in April 2023. Properly up to date and in a fascinating location alongside the pool, the cabana hooked up that sale was additionally price about $500,000, she stated. 

However even at that worth level, demand is driving up costs up, up and away, stated Fodiman, noting that the majority condos have prolonged ready lists of hopeful patrons vying for cabanas. And whereas these in sunny spots have been as soon as extra fascinating: “Now folks need them on the ocean aspect the place they’re not within the solar,” she stated. “On the ocean aspect, you’re actually watching the waves are available. It’s wonderful.”