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Old Floresta

Old Floresta, FL Real Estate

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Originally developed in the mid-1920s by Florida’s own Addison Mizner, Old Floresta was originally just known as Floresta. The homes here encapsulate elements of Mizner’s original Boca Raton architectural design concepts that made him famous. Situated between Palmetto Park and Glades roads, Old Floresta is an exclusive historic community with streets named after Florida’s vibrant flora and fauna. Mizner designed the charming Mediterranean-style homes for the executives of his company. Homes in the community feature rough stucco exteriors, wrought iron balconies, barrel tile roofs, brick driveways and well-groomed tropical landscapes, giving them a special Floridian charm. The term “Floresta” means “a delightful rural place.” It is a place where home is a meaningful tribute to Florida’s rich history and Mizner’s vision.

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About Boca Raton

Boca Raton is the southernmost city in Palm Beach County, Florida, United States, first incorporated on August 2, 1924 as “Bocaratone,” and then incorporated as “Boca Raton” in 1925. The 2015 population estimated by the U.S. Census Bureau was 93,235. However, approximately 200,000 people with a Boca Raton postal address reside outside its municipal boundaries. Such areas include newer developments like West Boca Raton. As a business center, the city also experiences significant daytime population increases. It is one of the wealthiest communities in South Florida. Boca Raton is 43 miles (69 km) north of Miami and is a principal city of the Miami metropolitan area, which was home to an estimated 6,012,331 people at the 2015 census.

Overview

Boca Raton is home to the main campus of Florida Atlantic University and the corporate headquarters of Office Depot, ADT, Lynn University and Cancer Treatment Centers of America. It is also home to the Evert Tennis Academy, owned by professional tennis player Chris Evert. Town Center Mall, an upscale shopping center in Central Boca Raton, is the largest indoor mall in Palm Beach County. Another major attraction to the area is Boca Raton’s downtown, known as Mizner Park.

Many buildings in the area have a Mediterranean Revival or Spanish Colonial Revival architectural theme, initially inspired by Addison Mizner, a resort architect who heavily influenced the city’s early development. Still today, Boca Raton has a strict development code for the size and types of commercial buildings, building signs, and advertisements that may be erected within the city limits. No outdoor car dealerships are allowed in the municipality; further, Walmart is blocked from within the city proper. No billboards are permitted; the city’s only billboard was grandfathered in during annexation. The strict development code has led to several major thoroughfares without large signs or advertisements in the traveler’s view.

Toponymy

The original name “Boca de Ratones” appeared on eighteenth-century maps associated with an inlet in the Biscayne Bay area of Miami. By the beginning of the nineteenth century, the term was mistakenly moved north to its current location on most maps and applied to the inland waterway from the closed inlet north for 8.5 miles (13.7 km), which was called the “Boca Ratones Lagoon.” The word “ratones” appears in old Spanish maritime dictionaries referring to “rugged rocks or stony ground on the bottom of some ports and coastal outlets, where the cables rub against.” Therefore, the abridged translation defining “Boca de Ratones” is “a shallow inlet of sharp-pointed rocks which scrape a ship’s cables.”

Residents of the city have kept the pronunciation of Boca Raton similar to its Spanish origins. In particular, the “Raton” in “Boca Raton” is pronounced as /rəˈtoʊn/ instead of /rəˈtɒn/. The latter is a common mispronunciation by non-natives to the region.

Suburban expansion

In the 1980s, because of an explosion of development to the west of the historical center of the city, some eastern areas began to decay, including the downtown corridor. For instance, the old Boca Raton Mall, a shopping mall in the downtown area, was beginning to experience higher vacancy, and occupancy by marginal tenants, owing to the opening of Town Center at Boca Raton west of the city in 1980.

In 1991, the new downtown outdoor shopping and dining center, Mizner Park, was completed over the site of the old Boca Raton Mall. It has since become a cultural center for southern Palm Beach County. Featuring a landscaped central park between the two main roads (collectively called Plaza Real) with stores only on the outside of the roads, Mizner Park resembles a Mediterranean suburban “town center” with a more contemporary look. It features many restaurants and is home to the Boca Raton Museum of Art, which moved to the new facility in 2001. In 2002, a new amphitheater was built, replacing a smaller one and providing a large-capacity outdoor venue where concerts and other performances are held.

Mizner Park has significantly aided downtown revitalization. Many new eight- to ten-story mixed-use buildings have been constructed, are under construction, or are proposed for the downtown area. The surrounding areas to the downtown have benefited from the downtown redevelopment.

The National Cartoon Museum built a 25,000-square-foot (2,300 m2) facility on the southwest edge of Mizner Park in 1996. Open for six years, the museum relocated to its original home in New York City in 2002. Building renovations for public uses, including the local public TV station, and private uses, such as a locally owned and operated bookstore, were completed in 2008. In addition to the Mizner Park Cultural Arts Association’s theater and space, the building is home to the Schmidt Family Foundation.

As development continued to focus to the west of the city in the 1980s and 1990s, the mall area known as Town Center at Boca Raton became the geographic center of what is referred to as West Boca Raton, though this mall was not annexed into the city until 2004. This area, including the unincorporated area west of the city (discussed below), is now almost entirely built out.

Greater Boca Raton

A majority of postal Boca Raton lies outside of the actual city limits. This large unincorporated area to the west of the city limits is included in the Boca Raton mailing address and local telephone calling area. There are many large planned developments in the area, including gated communities, and a number of golf courses. This is a result in the later start of development in these areas, and the availability of large tracts of land. Many of these communities are large enough to be designated as census-designated places, including Boca Del Mar and Boca Pointe, geographically in Central Boca Raton, with Avalon at Boca Raton, Boca Falls, Boca Winds, Cimarron, Hamptons at Boca Raton, Mission Bay, Loggers’ Run, The Polo Club Boca Raton and polo club movers, Sandalfoot Cove, and Whisper Walk as West Boca Raton.

On November 2, 2004, the voters of the Via Verde Association, Waterside, Deerhurst Association (Boca South), Marina Del Mar Association, Rio Del Mar Association (both originally Boca Del Mar communities), and Heatherwood of Boca Raton Condominium Association approved annexation into the Boca Raton city limits, increasing the city land area to 29.6 square miles (77 km2).

Pearl City is a neighborhood in Boca Raton, immediately north of downtown. The neighborhood was originally platted on May 30, 1915 for the blue-collar African Americans employed at the Boca Raton Resort and similar establishments, on area farms, in construction, and various other jobs.

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New construction gated custom modern farmhouse on one of the best streets in the historic section of Old Floresta, designed by renowned architect Derek Vander Ploeg and built with the finest quality and finishes. The first floor features an oversized great room open to the large chef's kitchen and adjacent dining room. The kitchen features a large center island, top of the line Miele appliances, a large pantry/prep area and a refrigerated glass 200 bottle wine storage between the kitchen and great room. The large club room includes a beautiful wet bar. The second floor includes the primary suite and 4 en suite secondary bedrooms including 2 oversized VIP suites, and the laundry room. The primary suite features a morning bar, custom built his and hers walk in closets, dual vanities and full makeup vanity, freestanding custom soaker tub, walk in shower and Toto Neorest smart water closet. The backyard features a full outdoor summer kitchen and dining area under a cedar trellis, a covered lanai, a large pool with a heated spa, and access to a cabana bath outdoor shower. 

Some of the home features include smart home crestron automation with modern keypads to control lighting and motorized shades, Sonos surround speakers throughout, Wide plank European oak engineered wood flooring and porcelain slab tile on the interior, cedar tongue and groove ceilings in the master suite and covered outdoor spaces, an optional glass elevator and Dominican coral stone hardscape exterior details. 
The Fully enclosed motor-court with motorized gates complete the front entry. The 3 car garages include electric vehicle charging. There is a security system with cctv camera monitoring. The house is backed up by a whole house emergency generator. 

Disclaimer:  Builder and/or Seller reserve the right to make changes and/or modifications to plans, specifications, features, colors and prices.  All plans,  elevation renderings, and videos shown are artists' conceptions and are not to scale.  The information herein is believed to accurate but not guaranteed and may be subject to errors, omissions and changes without notice.  All measurements, dimensions, room sizes and lot sizes are approximate. $6,850,000 Active

874 Azalea Street Boca Raton, Florida

5 Beds 5.2 Baths 6,393 Sq Ft

MIZNER HOME in Boca Raton - Motivated seller.  Two-story 3100 sq ft Original Addison Mizner home on rare 15,645 sq ft corner lot.  Located in beautiful & desirable Historic Old Floresta neighborhood with top rated public schools.  Close to South Park Beach/A1A (2.3 mi), Mizner Park (1.2 mi) Royal Palm Place (1.7 mi) coming soon Brightline (1 mi), Tri Rail (4.4 mi) & more.  Truly and ideal location. Property features include:  Dade County Pinewood floors, Mizner fireplace & tile, screened loggia, Florida Room, fountains & more.  Don't miss this rare opportunity. $1,900,000 Active

785 Alamanda Street Boca Raton, Florida

3 Beds 2.1 Baths 2,655 Sq Ft

Rarely available, this authentic Mizner jewel dates back to 1926 and is an original Addison Mizner home nestled in Boca Raton's highly sought after historic neighborhood of Old Floresta. This historically designated 3 bedroom, 3 bathroom home presents stunning architectural details including Pecky Cypress ceilings, handmade tiles, hard wood floors, 10' and 14' ceilings throughout and wood burning fireplace. A tropical oasis surrounds the newly renovated pool with firepit waterfalls, new pebble tech diamond brite, a new sun shelf with umbrella, all new travertine pavers and a new pergola with lights and fans All new sprinkler system & all new mosquito misting system complete this million dollar backyard. The kitchen also features a new gas cooktop and refrigerator. An Addison Mizner jewel, The prized neighborhood of Old Floresta was originally established in the mid 1920's by celebrated society architect Addison Mizner, whose picturesque Spanish Mediterranean designs defined the city's signature style that endures to this day. Named "Floresta" ("a delightful rural place"), the neighborhood took shape on lush tree-lined streets evocatively named for flowering plants. Today, Old Floresta holds special appeal as a uniquely distinctive and desirable address, located in the heart of Boca Raton, only minutes away from Mizner Park's world-class shopping and dining, the Boca Raton Resort and Club, pristine Atlantic ocean beaches, top rated public and private schools and Boca Raton's private executive airport. $1,850,000 Coming Soon

776 Periwinkle Street Boca Raton, Florida

3 Beds 3 Baths 2,858 Sq Ft

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