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Lantana/South Palm Beach: Imperial House’s beach stairs approved

Posted by Mary Kate Leming on January 30, 2013 at 16:38

By Mary Thurwachter

The Imperial House lost its beach stairs to Hurricane Sandy in October and has plans to replace them. But first, the South Palm Beach co-op needed — and received — a go-ahead from the Lantana Town Council.
A six-story, 58-un

South Palm Beach: Mayfair helps Imperial to get seawall done

Posted by Mary Kate Leming on April 29, 2010 at 13:10

By Tim O’Meilia

The Imperial House might not wash into the sea this hurricane season after all.

Construction of most of a new $500,000 seawall to protect the 58-unit cooperative fromunrelenting erosion was completed just as turtle-nesting season

Mayfair House board offers beach access to Imperial House

Posted by Mary Kate Leming on February 4, 2010 at 14:25

By Tim O’ Meilia The Mayfair House has come to the rescue of the Imperial House, a nearby six-story co-operative in South Palm Beach in danger of collapsing into the Atlantic Ocean during another angry nor’easter. The Mayfair House, five buildings no

South Palm Beach: Imperial House looks ahead to shaky future

Posted by Mary Kate Leming on January 1, 2010 at 12:02

By Tim O’Meilia Just over the dune at the Imperial House is a bungalow where industrialist, movie maker and aviator Howard Hughes once lived, or so the story goes. Long-time residents of the six-story co-operative have heard the tales and spin the

South Palm Beach seeks county intervention in beach dispute

Posted by Mary Kate Leming on December 31, 2009 at 11:01

By Tim O’Meilia With the Imperial House facing another winter without a seawall, the South Palm Beach Town Council voted on Dec. 15 to ask Palm Beach County to intervene in a dispute between the condominium and the town of Lantana over beach access.

LANTANA: Town remains at odds with co-op over beach access

Posted by Mary Kate Leming on December 31, 2009 at 10:59

By Margie Plunkett The Lantana Town Council dismissed as “insulting” a counterproposal from the Imperial House to pay $5,000 for beach access to fix its failing seawall, and said it would investigate if, under an agreement for emergency work, it cou

Imperial House’s beach work runs into brick wall with neighbors

Posted by Mary Kate Leming on December 3, 2009 at 12:15

By Tim O’Meilia Thirty-three years ago Bonnie Fischer found the dream retirement home — an affordable first-floor oceanfront condominium apartment at Imperial House with a view of a beach several hundred feet wide. In mid-November, an angry north wi

Lantana stands firm on beach access costs

Posted by Mary Kate Leming on December 3, 2009 at 12:00

By Margie Plunkett Lantana council members took a hard stand against helping the neighboring Imperial House condominium building at taxpayers’ expense and said it would charge $213,500 to allow the co-op to stage equipment to fix its rapidly deterio