The space that’s Doc’s All American could house a couple dozen residential units, as well as offices or retail.
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By Christine Davis
The corner location of Doc’s All American, 10 N. Swinton Ave., is up for sale, as is 37 W. Atlantic, the site of Dunkin’ Donuts. Listing agent Cecelia Boone, with Southdale Properties, is representing the sellers, Cecilia Egan and her family.
“The entire property was listed just before the end of 2015. We were waiting for the Dunkin’ Donuts and Doc’s Ice Cream leases to expire,” Boone said. “We are not selling them as income properties, but rather as a development opportunity.”
Zoned Old School Square Historic District as well as commercial business district and comprising 0.77 acres, “it’s on the best hard-control corner and the entrance to the downtown core,” Boone said. “It could work for a mixed-used project, with an allowable height of 54 feet and a density of 30 units per acre, plus retail. It will probably get 23 or 24 units, plus retail or office.”
Philip Vultaggio, Egan’s father, bought the property years ago, Boone said. “Her family has a famous place in Massapequa, Long Island, the All American Burger and Marshall’s Ice Cream Bar next door. People wait outside in line, even in winter.”
In an email, Egan shared a bit of her family’s history. “Actually, we did reopen Doc’s after it sat vacant for decades, with a couple of friends. My parents purchased the block knowing that it was going to be a good location ‘down the road.’ ”
At that point, with no interest from prospective tenants, they got it up and running and then sold the operation, she wrote.
Her family’s Long Island businesses are still operating. Egan, who lives in Wisconsin and Royal Palm Beach, says she salivates just thinking about the ice cream. Her father started Marshall’s in 1952, and “for 50 years, it was Carvel (ice cream) and the No. 1 store on Long Island.” In 1963, he opened All American Hamburger, a popular Long Island landmark.
“When my father died in 2013, sympathy notes arrived from all over the world — from former employees who were part of the original crews in the ’50s and ’60s to customers who grew up eating at Carvel/Marshall’s and All American. They wrote notes of their fond memories of working for Phil, the value of honest work along with many other lifelong lessons,” Egan wrote.
“Customers recounted stories of how he always had a big smile when handing them an ice cream cone, and needless to say, we four kids always had the best school parties because our parents supplied the burgers, fries and ice cream.”
For information, call Boone at 302-8978.
Popbar Handcrafted Gelato on a Stick, the maker of customizable, all natural, gluten-free popGelato, popSorbetto, and YogurtPops, opened a Delray Beach location at 411 E. Atlantic Ave., Suite B, Delray Beach, in November. Hours are 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. Sunday through Thursday, and 11 a.m. to midnight Friday and Saturday.
Samar Hospitality, a Jericho, N.Y., hotel developer, has approval for the 122-room Aloft hotel, 202 SE Fifth Ave., Delray Beach. The hotel is part of a mixed-use project that includes 35 condos, 6,280 square feet of retail space and parking.
Jessica Rosato, luxury residential specialist with Nestler Poletto Sotheby’s International Realty, Delray Beach, was recently installed as the 2016 president for the Greater Palm Beach County Women’s Council of Realtors.
For consecutive years since 2008, Eau Palm Beach Resort & Spa has received the 2016 AAA Five Diamond designation, and through March, locals can experience the AAA Five Diamond property for themselves. With valid Florida identification upon check-in, they are eligible for a 15 percent discount.
To book the resort’s “Florida Resident Winter Escape,” call 533-6000 or visit www.eaupalmbeach.com.
Five other South Florida resorts, including Four Seasons Resort Palm Beach, received the rating.
Florida Realtors’ December figures show that Palm Beach County’s median sale price for single-family homes has reached $305,000, the highest median price activity since June 2015. Year over year, median days on market has dropped 32.1 percent, from 56 to 38 days, with the greatest number of closed sales falling between $200,000 to $600,000.
Rosemurgy Properties sold three student-housing communities in Boca Raton for a combined $105.25 million. Palm Beach County records show the Deerfield Beach-based commercial real-estate firm sold University Park, University View and University Square to the Bahrain asset manager Investcorp.
An affiliate of Investcorp paid $70 million for University Park, an 11-acre complex at 135 NW 20th St., which has eight buildings with 159 units. Investcorp also purchased University View, a 55-unit townhome community at 2190 NW Fourth Court, for $20.25 million.
Also, a 90-unit apartment complex, at 200 NE 20th St., sold for $15 million.
Jack Elkins, an agent with the Fite Group Luxury Homes, now offers prospective buyers online tours offering 3-D technology. To see an example, visit http://3dimaginggroup.com/3d-model/1920-s-ocean-blvd/.
Christel Silver, owner of Silver International Realty in Delray Beach, recently received the Global Realtor of the Year Award from the Realtors Association of the Palm Beaches. She also received the Global Achievement Platinum Award from the National Association of Realtors.
Jameson Olsen, director of marketing and business development for All My Sons Moving & Storage, was recently named affiliate member of the year for Palm Beach County by the Realtors Association of the Palm Beaches. Olsen sat on the association’s Young Professional Network committee and will have an active role in 2016 on the Realtors Political Action Committee, the Young Professional Network Committee for Palm Beach County and St. Lucie County, as well as the Community Outreach Committee.
Olsen’s community involvement includes her commitment to the American Red Cross as a South Palm Beach County Gala committee member, the annual Steve Weagle ride to benefit the American Red Cross, and sponsor for Toys for Tots toy drive efforts.
In December, Vi at Lakeside Village hosted a grand reopening of its Private Memory Support Unit, which has undergone a $1.5 million renovation, the first phase of an ongoing expansion that will include additional resident units, as well as redesigning and expanding the rehab treatment rooms, kitchen and other utility support areas.
A luxury continuing care retirement community, Vi offers levels of care that include villa homes, independent living, assisted living and memory support apartments, as well as skilled nursing and rehab services. Vi is at 2792 Donnelly Drive, Lantana. Call 434-5334.
In December, Boca Raton Regional Hospital was named a 2015/2016 Consumer Choice Award recipient by the National Research Corp.
Palm Beach Travel was selected as an official American Express Travel Insider for Dubai. This is the second American Express Travel Insider designation given to Palm Beach Travel, which also oversees travel arrangements for the British Virgin Islands.
In addition, the agency was selected agent of record for The Residence luxury travel experience, delivered by Etihad Airways of Abu Dhabi, which offers travelers an onboard three-room suite.
Visit www.mypalmbeachtravel.com or call 585-5885.
The Naoma Donnelley Haggin Boys & Girls Club of Delray Beach’s 13th annual Holiday Trunk Show, hosted in December at The Seagate Hotel & Spa, raised approximately $85,000 and will help support the programming for more than 400 children who attend the club.
Diamonds by Raymond Lee will celebrate the grand opening of its bridal boutique at 2801 N. Federal Highway, Boca Raton on Thursday, Feb. 25, from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m.
Noting that any person with a smartphone can be an amateur filmmaker, Michael Van Laanen of Boca Raton envisioned students creating mini-documentaries that meld science, technology, engineering and math with art. These mini-film projects would be housed free of charge in an online archive.
To that end, in 2013, Van Laanen launched the nonprofit organization Our Rock Project Inc. and is seeking partners, students and support in Palm Beach County. He also seeks to partner with local university film and videography students to work with middle and high school students as part of paid internships.
Van Laanen has already begun working with Bak Middle School of the Arts in West Palm Beach and Palm Beach Gardens High School.
For information, visit www.ourrockproject.org. To watch student films, visit www.ourrockproject.org/archive.
The Friends of Mounts Botanical Garden recently awarded $1,000 in scholarships to Palm Beach State College student Amanda Newell of Delray Beach. Newell seeks to pursue a career in horticulture and plans to continue her studies in organic gardening and sustainable horticulture.
Also, Gennette Raborn of Delray Beach won Mounts Botanical Garden’s Selfie Contest to promote the exhibition Nature Connects: Art with Lego Bricks, which runs through Feb. 14.
Admission is $10 for adults; $7 for seniors, veterans and students; $5 for children (3-12); and free for children 2 and under. The garden is at 531 N. Military Trail, West Palm Beach, and is open Tuesday through Saturday from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Sunday from noon to 4 p.m.
Concerned about uncertainty in the tax code affecting small contractors, Rich Shavell, president of Shavell & Company P.A., certified public accountants and consultants in Boca Raton, took part of a four-person witness panel that provided testimony at a December hearing before a U.S. House of Representatives subcommittee in Washington, D.C.
He represented the Associated Builders and Contractors Inc.
Shavell argued that small businesses are the employer of choice for most Americans, but without a commitment and action by Congress, this might be jeopardized.
On Dec. 18, the House and Senate passed a tax extenders package that was signed by President Barack Obama.
Delray Beach resident Allison Turner, CEO and owner of Business Consultants of South Florida, has become the 2016 chair of the Delray Chamber of Commerce’s Ambassadors.
Two Boynton Beach Allstate agency owners, Jarred Smoke and Trisha Tenbroeck, were designated Allstate Premier Agencies for 2015 for their outstanding performance and commitment to their customers. Smoke’s agency is at 8784 Boynton Beach Blvd. Tenbroeck’s agency is at 622 N. Federal Highway.
Daniel Solomon has been promoted to vice president of real estate at Katz & Associates. He works out of the Boca Raton office.
Boca Chamber’s Community Cookout, March 5, will be held at the YMCA of South Palm Beach County, 6631 Palmetto Circle S., Boca Raton. It includes food, games, bounce houses, slides and DJ. Admission is free. Meal tickets cost $5. Children under 10 will receive one complimentary meal ticket.
The Greater Boynton Beach Chamber of Commerce announced its 2015 award winners at its annual gala, A Winter Wonderland, at Benvenuto Restaurant on Jan. 21. They included: Donald K. Porges Certified Public Accountant, Business of the Year; Pathways to Prosperity, Nonprofit of the Year; and Tiffany Womack of TrustBridge, who was named the Young Professional of Boynton.
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