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Barrier island gets its second $60-million listing so far this season

Less than a month after a $60-million property came on the market in the Estate Section, rocking the ...

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Riomar draws national attention as top luxury market

Long seen as one of the best neighborhoods on the island, Riomar has come into its own as ...

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$29M mansion leads sudden surge here in ‘stratospheric’ listings

When the grand oceanfront house in Sandpointe once known as Casablanca Maria hit the market here a couple ...

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Buyers expected to pony up for new Polo Grounds homes

As the season gets underway at the Polo Grounds west of town, with matches now through mid-April, there ...

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Planned estate’s $60 million price tag raises Vero’s profile ever higher

In a mere 10 years, Vero Beach has gone from a quiet retirement community dismissively called “Zero Beach” ...

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Dale Sorensen Real Estate, despite ‘puzzling’ year, tops $1.4B in sales

Despite 12 roller-coaster months that Dale Sorensen Sr. called “puzzling and challenging,” his real estate company had another ...

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‘Spirit’ is willing as distiller vows to make world’s best rum here

An entrepreneur with a colorful background and stellar career as a craft distiller has enthusiastic county support for ...

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Surge in condo prices on island currently outpacing single-family homes

The overall housing market has cooled considerably since the peak of the pandemic boom, but condo prices on ...

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‘World-class’ aquarium coming to the Indian River

Brevard Zoo is more than halfway through a $100-million fundraising campaign to build an extraordinary aquarium and lagoon ...

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Orchid Island building boom bringing new generation of members to the club

A building boom is underway at the Orchid Island Golf and Beach Club, where real estate prices are ...

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What will Santa bring? For Vero Beach Regional Airport, a U.S. Customs facility

Corporate Air is close to breaking ground on a $20 million expansion at Vero Beach Regional Airport that ...

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Island’s biggest homebuilder saving oaks to preserve Vero’s ‘Old Florida’ ambiance

Near the end of a roller coaster year for the construction and real estate industries, GHO Homes continues ...