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Intense demand for island commercial space propels per-square-foot prices ever higher

Sales prices and lease rates in the Central Beach business district have shot up in the past several ...

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Island condo sales surge as Surfside effect fades

Condos are back. It’s taken nearly half a decade, but the financial, psychological and regulatory aftershocks of the ...

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GHO will offer 6 new high-end homes in Central Beach

Central Beach homebuyers will have some exciting new choices in the coming year as GHO Homes brings six ...

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After delays, it’s ‘full steam ahead’ at Indigo

Indigo Vero Beach, the ultra-luxury oceanfront development on the south side of Tracking Station Park, has just been ...

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Hale Groves sale: New eco-legacy for famed citrus site

Almost 80 years after Steve and Polly Hale opened a fruit stand on U.S. 1 that grew into ...

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How an unlikely entrepreneur founded a billion-dollar real estate company here

In a challenging year for real estate, in which aftershocks of the pandemic real estate boom were still ...

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Latest luxury garage project has island buyers revved up

If you see a caravan of classic luxury cars – or car carriers laden with vintage Porches and ...

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Magical ‘eco’ restoration of Coastal Oaks takes shape

After years of strategizing, planning and raising money, Indian River Land Trust is getting close to a big ...

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Wave of South Florida buyers splashes into Vero market

Goodbye bright, blaring nightlife, traffic jams and the roar of Dolphins games. Hello, quiet dinners on Ocean Drive ...

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Skeptical residents get more details on muck storage site plan

Florida Inland Navigation District executive director Janet Zimmerman drove up to Vero from Jupiter last week to meet ...

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40 new luxury homes hit market in Grand Harbor

There’s great news for brokers and buyers heading into Vero’s busy winter real estate season – especially for ...

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’25 home prices on island stayed amazingly stable

Ever since the peak of the pandemic real estate boom in the spring and early summer of 2022, ...