Palm Beach
The island. Estate streets, Worth Avenue, and the Intracoastal between it and everything else.
Palm Beach is the island town across the Intracoastal from West Palm Beach, reached by three bridges. Worth Avenue anchors the shopping district, the Estate Section carries the landmark properties, and the island runs narrow enough that many streets touch both the ocean and the lake sides. It is its own market with its own rules, and it prices like it.
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What you should know before you come
Nature, food, schools, and what there is to do, the things people ask about before they move, buy, or even just visit Palm Beach.
The island institutions
Worth Avenue
One of the country's most storied shopping streets.
The Breakers
The landmark oceanfront resort that has anchored the island since the Flagler era.
Flagler Museum
Henry Flagler's Gilded Age estate, Whitehall, kept as a museum.
The Society of the Four Arts
Gardens, a library, and a cultural calendar open to the public.
Outdoors
The Lake Trail
A paved path along the Intracoastal, the island's favorite walk and ride.
Midtown Beach
The island's main public stretch of Atlantic sand.
Phipps Ocean Park
The quieter oceanfront park on the island's south end.
Dining and shopping
Royal Poinciana Plaza
The restored midcentury plaza of boutiques and restaurants.
Worth Avenue dining
The vias hide courtyard restaurants behind the storefronts.
The Breakers' restaurant collection
Several of the island's best-known tables sit inside the resort.
Getting around
Three bridges to West Palm Beach
Downtown WPB, its dining, and the Brightline are minutes across the water.
Palm Beach International Airport
Roughly fifteen minutes door to door.
Town of Palm Beach Marina
Rebuilt town docks on the Intracoastal for serious boats.
Who tends to buy in Palm Beach
The range of people this area draws, and what actually brings them.
Luxury and estate buyers
The island is one of the country's premier addresses, with a market to match.
Seasonal residents
Winter-season living with staff-ready homes and club life close by.
Privacy-focused principals
Executives and public figures who want discretion and security.
Pied-a-terre buyers
Smaller condos and co-ops near Worth Avenue as a lock-and-leave base.
What Derek has sold in Palm Beach
Sample sale · Island estate
5 bd · 6 ba · 6,100 sqft · Built 1998
$8,400,000Closed
Sample sale · Oceanview condo
2 bd · 2 ba · 1,650 sqft · Built 1985
$2,150,000Closed
Sample sale · In-town residence
4 bd · 4 ba · 3,800 sqft · Built 2005
$4,600,000Closed
Includes sample entries while this area’s verified record is being prepared.
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Nearby
Other areas Derek knows
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West Palm Beach
The county seat. Downtown, the island, and the corridor that connects them.
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Lake Worth
Coastal city with a downtown strip and the Intracoastal at its eastern edge.
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Palm Beach Gardens
Golf communities and the PGA corridor.