In Palm Beach, multi-million-dollar real estate is always a big deal.
But some deals are bigger than others. Take, for instance, the sale — recorded at $150 million — for private Tarpon Island and its mansion in May 2024.
As eye-popping as Tarpon Island’s sale price was, it still wasn’t the most expensive property ever sold in Palm Beach.
It came in third.
Here’s a list of the top 16 highest-dollar single transactions for Palm Beach residential properties to ever have lightened a wallet. All of the prices here were recorded at the Palm Beach County Courthouse, unless otherwise noted.
Most expensive sale: About $170 million, 589 N. County Road
Car dealer Michael Cantanucci and his wife, Kimberly, in April 2023, bought this oceanfront estate from coffee tycoon Robert Stiller and his wife, Christine for about $170 million, setting a new Palm Beach price record in the process. But because of the way the deal was structured, the price was never recorded by the Palm Beach County Clerk for the sale of the 20,000-square-foot mansion and its 1.6 acres. Broker Lawrence Moens of Lawrence A. Moens represented the Stillers, and broker Christian Angle of Christian Angle Real Estate represented the Cantanuccis, the Palm Beach Daily News confirmed.
$155 million, 1495 N. Ocean Blvd.
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