Joel Engelhardt, Author at Stet News

'Unpreserving the Ag Reserve'

May 9, 2023

Palm Beach County Commission moves forward with controversial land swap that opponents say will undo decades of preservation Supporters of a land swap that threatened to gut Palm Beach County’s decades-long efforts to save farmland in the Agricultural Reserve told commissioners at…

West Palm Beach’s loss could be West Palm Beach’s gain

March 27, 2023

by Joel Engelhardt

Court ruling opens the door for negotiations with a potential operator of the Sunset Lounge. Through its own actions, West Palm Beach found itself with a newly renovated $20 million restaurant and nightclub in the Historic Northwest Neighborhood and nobody to run…

Related buying block in Northwest Neighborhood

March 21, 2023

by Joel Engelhardt

We love property records because they don’t deal in rumor and innuendo. So it’s a fact that Related Cos. out of New York has dropped $15 million to buy most of a large block in the predominantly Black Historic Northwest Neighborhood, just…

Ritz-Carlton Palm Beach Gardens on the site of the former Panama Hattie's

Panama Hattie’s transformed: Developer Dan Catalfumo’s Ritzy vision

February 14, 2023

by Joel Engelhardt

Former Panama Hattie’s site to be home to 106 condos priced as high as $7.2 million and now sporting a Palm Beach Gardens address. Recessed LED lighting casts a warm glow on the cream-colored porcelain flooring. Earth tones dominate the walls, sofas…